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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested is available on my Department's webite at the link below. Please see table under the heading Class Size Information at Individual Primary School Level.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are recruited specifically to assist in the care of pupils with disabilities, in an educational context. They may be appointed to a special school or a mainstream national school to assist school authorities in making suitable provision for a pupil or pupils with special care needs arising from a disability. The first priority is that the care needs of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The policy my Department is to provide for the maximum level of inclusion of students with special educational needs in mainstream primary and post-primary schools, while also providing for a continuum of provision which can ensure that specialist facilities are also provided for students whose needs are such that they require specialist support in either special schools, or in special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Weight of Schoolbags (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy is aware my Department issued Circular M35/05 in 2005 to highlight the potential health hazard of overweight schoolbags and to outline a range of local measures that could be put in place to help alleviate the problem. The circular referred to the recommendations of the previously published report of the Working Group on the Weight of School Bags. This report acknowledged...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that in the case of the student referred to by the Deputy, that following an appeal to the SUSI Appeals Officer the original decision of the awarding authority was upheld and a decision letter issued on 13th August, 2013. Under the residency requirement of the Student Grant Scheme, a student must have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The capital funding provided to primary and post-primary schools in County Cork (including Cork City) in each of the years 2008 to 2012 and to date in 2013 was as follows: 2008 - €40.673m 2009 - €38.956m 2010 - €40.498m 2011 - €31.194m 2012 - €30.828m 2013 - €28.343m The Deputy will appreciate that without the specific school names and school roll...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The policy of my Department is to ensure, as far as possible, that the Managerial Authorities of schools give priority to unemployed registered teachers who are fully qualified when filling vacant teaching posts. Thus my Department has issued a number of circulars addressing this issue in recent years. Under these circulars school Principal's must maintain a list of unemployed registered...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 343, 388, 389 and 408 together. As the Deputy will be aware the student contribution, which currently stands at €2,500, is payable by students who qualify under the free fees schemes. Students who qualify under my Department's student grant scheme have the contribution paid on their behalf by the Exchequer. Conscious of financial pressures on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand that SUSI -Student Universal Support Ireland, the centralised student grants awarding body, has met its first target for processing applications for the 2013/2014 academic year. It has completed its initial assessment of all first time applications received before the August 5th deadline for priority processing. Late applications continue to be accepted. This year the SUSI...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 346 to 348, inclusive, together. The introduction of a Code of Practice for the provision of education to international learners and a related International Education mark are provided for in the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act, 2012 and no further legislation is required. The Act provides that Quality and Qualifications...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that the purpose of the Home Tuition Scheme is to provide a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school. The scheme was extended in recent years to facilitate tuition for children awaiting a suitable educational placement and also to provide early educational intervention for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: In 2011, the school referred to by the Deputy was approved devolved funding under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme to build two mainstream classrooms. Construction of the two classrooms commenced in July this year.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: In January this year the school referred to by the Deputy was approved devolved funding under my Department's Additional to build two mainstream classrooms. I understand from the school authority that construction of the two classrooms will commence shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at an early stage of architectural planning. A Pre-Stage 1 Stakeholder Meeting between the Department, the School Board of Management and its Design Team was held earlier this month. The school currently caters for a Principal plus 16 Mainstream classroom teachers. When this project is complete the school will accommodate a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The school referred to by the Deputy was one of the schools approved funding under my Department's 2012 Prefab Replacement Initiative. The School Management Authority have confirmed that works have recently commenced on the site for the provision of 5 permanent mainstream classrooms and an office.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 355 and 369 together. The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. Planning Permission has been received and the pre-qualification of contractors is underway. The project is listed on the five year school building programme to go to construction in 2013. The estimated cost of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The application assessment process for the patronage of the new post-primary schools due to open in September 2015 and 2016, including the new school proposed for the area to which the Deputy refers, is currently underway. As part of this process, my Department will prepare a report for consideration by the New Schools Establishment Group who will submit a report to me for final consideration...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357 and 365 to 368, inclusive, together. The capital funding provided to primary and post-primary schools in County Wicklow in each of the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 was as follows: 2011 - €14.155m 2012 - €5.416m 2013 - €6.688m The Deputy will appreciate that without the specific school names and school roll numbers it is not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The school to which the Deputy refers is among a range of schools earmarked for delivery through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) process. The PPP process forms a central part of the Government's overall economic stimulus package. This specific school was identified for inclusion in the PPP process in May 2013. It is expected that procurement of the bundle of schools to which this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The school to which the Deputy refers is among a range of schools earmarked for delivery through the public private partnership (PPP) process. The PPP process forms a central part of the Government's overall economic stimulus package. This specific school was identified for inclusion in the PPP process in May this year. It is expected that procurement of the bundle of schools to which this...