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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Complaints Procedures (10 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the 1998 Education Act provides the legal framework for the delivery of education to children through recognised schools. All recognised schools are legally owned by the school patrons or trustees and managed by a school's Board of Management which is also the employer of teachers in a school. While the Minister for Education and Skills provides funding and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (10 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware, a new set of proposals for a public service agreement were put forward by the Labour Relations Commission which now form the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013-2016 (the Haddington Road Agreement, a copy of which has been forwarded to the Deputy). One aspect of this Agreement relates to supplementary assignment arrangements for Special Needs Assistants...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Participation (10 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) is a college and university admissions scheme which offers places on reduced points and extra college support to school leavers from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The scheme is operated by a number of higher education institutions and not by my Department. Admissions to the institutions are regulated by the institutions themselves....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (10 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that all primary and post primary schools have access to psychological assessments either directly through the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS), or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA), full details of which are on the Department's website. Where a NEPS psychologist is not assigned to a school, authorities therein...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (10 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department. As soon as any available data is compiled, it will be forwarded to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (10 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The total number of teachers at 31st March 2013 are: 32,276 Primary; 16,823 Voluntary Secondary, Community and Comprehensive; and 10,699 Education and Training Boards (ETBs). It is a matter for the Teaching Council to determine the education, training and qualifications required for a person to be registered as a teacher. Therefore, my Department does not now record details of individual...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Student Support Act 2011 is the primary legislation introduced by the Oireachtas to underpin the programme of legislative and administrative reform of the student grants system. The Act provides that certain areas may be prescribed by way of regulation subject to principles and policies laid down by the Oireachtas in the primary legislation. Section 16 of the Act provides for the making...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (10 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The main financial support available to students attending higher education is the Student Grant Scheme administered by Student Universal Support Ireland. Under the terms of the scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students who meet the prescribed conditions of funding including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. The Deputy will appreciate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (10 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning, stage 2b. This stage includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Safety Certificate, Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of tender documents. Due to competing demands on my Department's capital budget, imposed by the need to prioritise the limited...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (10 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that pupils with Down Syndrome attending mainstream schools may receive additional teaching support in primary schools, either under the terms of the General Allocation Model (GAM) of teaching supports, if the pupil's educational psychological assessment places the pupil in the mild general learning disability/high incidence disability category, or through an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (10 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the terms of the student grant scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students who meet the prescribed conditions of funding including those which relate to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. The nationality requirements for the student grant scheme are set out in section 14 of the Student Support Act 2011 and regulation 5 of the Student Support Regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: This is a day to day operation matter for FAS. I have made enquires of FAS and I understand that to qualify for the Craft Certificate an apprentice must complete all 7 training phases and assessments and be employed as an apprentice with a FÁS approved employer for a minimum period of 4 years (208 weeks). According to the information on record on the FÁS Apprenticeship Database,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Places (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department will fund over 430,000 part time and full time education and training places across the range of provision in the higher education, further education and training sectors in 2013. Unemployed participants are prioritised for places in further education and training. In line with commitments under the Pathways to Work initiative, over 51,000 places across this provision will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning, stage 2b. This stage includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Safety Certificate, Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of tender documents. Due to competing demands on my Department's capital budget, imposed by the need to prioritise the limited...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: In accordance with my Department's recently published Circular on Supplementary Assignment Arrangements for Special Needs Assistants (Circular 37/2013), all SNAs who received notification of the termination of their employment due to redundancy from 1st May 2013 are deemed to be a member of a Supplementary Assignment Panel for SNAs. As a result, unless an SNA opts out of this Panel, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Teaching Council is the designated authority for the recognition of professional qualifications of teachers in Ireland under Council Directive 2005/36/EC. The Council is obliged under the terms of the Directive to grant registration (or freedom of establishment) to teachers who have completed 'regulated education and training' and are deemed fully qualified as a teacher under the terms...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that in the case of the student referred to by the Deputy, his student grant application was appealed to the appeals officer in SUSI on 19th June, 2013. On that basis, the application is currently being reassessed and the student will be notified directly by SUSI of the outcome. Where an appeal is turned down...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (9 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 4th July 2013 advising her that she was deemed ineligible to receive a grant. If the applicant considers that she has been unjustly refused a student grant, or that the rate of grant awarded is not the correct one, she may...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (9 Jul 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the applicant referred to by the Deputy has been awarded a grant and an award letter issued on 1st July, 2013. SUSI also confirmed that they are awaiting an invoice from the applicant's college for the fees. Regarding the payment of fees, where a student has informed the institution that a decision...