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

Ruairi Quinn: The school building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The project was authorised in March to proceed to Stage 2b - Detailed Design which involves obrtaining planning permission, fire certificate and disability access certificate and the completion of tender documents. When the relevant statutory approvals have been obtained and the stage 2b...

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

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the applicant referred to by the Deputy was issued with a decision on the 16th July 2013 advising him that he was deemed ineligible to receive a grant. SUSI have confirmed that the applicant has not appealed this decision. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a...

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

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that the July Education Programme is available to all special schools and mainstream primary schools with special classes catering for children with autism that choose to extend their education services through the month of July. My Department also provides for a July Programme for pupils with a severe/profound general learning disability. Where school based provision...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology Issues (18 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: For many years, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been crucial in enabling my Department provide key services including payrolls for serving and retired school employees, the On-Line Claims System, post-primary pupils database etc. With the ongoing need to further reduce the cost of delivering public services by streamlining current processes, rolling out shared services...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Expenditure (18 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought by the Deputy is contained in a report recently published on my Department's website on pay savings achieved and costs avoided in year three of the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Erasmus+ programme, worth approximately €16 billion over a seven year period, brings together all the current EU and international schemes for education, training and youth. For the first time, sports initiatives are included. The Irish Presidency brokered agreement on the programme with the European Parliament on 26th June last. This new programme will focus on formal and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Uniforms (18 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: In accordance with the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. Individual school authorities are responsible for the drawing up of a school policy in relation to the wearing of school uniforms. My Department recommends that the formulation of such a school policy should allow for prior consultation with...

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

Ruairi Quinn: The student grant scheme does not extend to postgraduate courses pursued outside of the island of Ireland. Tax relief at the standard rate of tax may be claimed in respect of tuition fees paid for approved courses at approved colleges of higher education including approved undergraduate and postgraduate courses in EU Member States and in non-EU countries. Further information on this tax...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: University Ranking System (18 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The new phase of Multirank was launched by the Commission in Dublin at a major higher education conference on Increasing the Visibility of Quality in Higher Education, held at the end of January. I understand that its implementation is gaining pace and that U-Multirank has now exceeded its target, with more than 600 universities and colleges now having registered their interest from...

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

Ruairi Quinn: Article 24 (6) of the Student Grant Scheme 2013 provides that gifts or inheritances received in the reference period will be included as reckonable income. The applicant can however reapply for subsequent years of their study. Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the applicant referred to by the Deputy was issued with a decision...

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

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the applicant referred to by the Deputy was issued with a decision on the 2nd May 2013 advising her that she was deemed ineligible to receive a grant. Following an appeal to the SUSI Appeals Officer the original decision of the awarding authority was upheld and a decision letter issued on 10th...

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

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that, in the case of the student in question, her grant application was refused. The student appealed this decision to the appeals officer in SUSI and the original decision was upheld. A letter outlining the position issued to the student on the 12th July, 2013. Where an individual applicant has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (18 Jul 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, their application is currently being reviewed and will be contacted directly by the end of the week.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (18 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Higher Education Authority (HEA) is introducing a new performance-based framework where up to 10% of an institution's core grant funding will set aside to be released based on institutional performance. The framework will be mediated through a process of strategic dialogue leading to agreement of mission-based performance funding compacts between each Higher Education Institution...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (18 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: ICT has become an integral part of teaching and learning. In the 2012 Survey of Schools: ICT in Education, which was carried out by European Schoolnet, on behalf of the European Commission, the frequency of use of ICT in lessons was examined. The survey showed that the use of ICT by teachers in Ireland is much higher at all grades than the EU average. There are considerable more teachers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Students (18 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Fully comparable data for the number of full and part-time international students registered in public and private Irish Higher Education Institutes are only available for the years 2009 to 2012. They are as follows: 2011/12 32,000 2010/11 29,000 2009/10 25,000. They are taken from an annual survey conducted by Enterprise Ireland and published on the Education in Ireland website at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has made significant progress relating to the Programme for Government commitments on school buildings and accommodation. These are detailed below. A 5-year School Investment Plan 2012-2016 announced on 9 March 2012, provides for a €2 billion school capital investment programme to 2016, of which €1.5 billion is being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Agencies Pension Provisions (18 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available within my Department and is being sought from the bodies/agencies under the aegis of my Department. When compiled it will be forwarded to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Expenditure (18 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. - Year KM Domestic Travel Domestic Travel Expenses KM Foreign Travel Foreign Travel Expenses Minister Ruairi Quinn T.D. 2011 30,950.00 €9,669.79 Nil *€1,971.44 2012 41,071.00 €12,125.18 Nil €696.26 2013 9,392.00 €8,254.21 Nil €828.48 Minister Ciaran Cannon T.D. 2011 54,352.00...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Process (18 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Information relevant to the Deputy's question is currently being compiled. A further reply will issue to the Deputy as soon as possible.