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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (11 Jun 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 the 29th of May 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that the applicant referred to by the Deputy was issued with a decision on the 4th June, 2013 advising her that she was deemed ineligible to receive a grant. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant, she/he may appeal, in the first instance, to the appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the policy in relation to siblings has not changed. Rather the application process in previous years may have in some instances failed to identify adequately multiple applications for siblings. My Department's Information Note for Home Based July Provision notes that allocations to siblings are reflective of the school grouping principle. This is where one...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 312 and 323 together. The question of enrolment in individual schools is the responsibility of the managerial authority of those schools. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking places. This may result, however, in some pupils not obtaining a place in the school of their first...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The State Examinations Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the Certificate examinations. Applications for such accommodations are submitted by schools on behalf of their students. Full details of the scheme are available for downloading from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The school building project referred to by the Deputy is continuing to progress through the stages of architectural planning and its priority band rating remains unchanged at Band 1.2. My Department's over-riding objective in identifying school building projects to progress to tender and construction is to ensure that every child has access to a physical school place and that our school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Fee Exemptions (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The school in question is a private educational institution. Teachers working at the school are directly recruited and engaged as employees of that school. Their terms and conditions are private contractual matters between themselves and the school authorities. My Department has no role in relation to internal management or contractual issues between school employees and their employers.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provides annual funding of €68,886 to the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind (IGDB) for the provision of its Child Mobility Programme. This grant provides for the services of a Mobility Officer employed by the IGDB who provides mobility training to visually impaired children. Instruction is mostly on a one-to-one basis in a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the student referred to by the Deputy award letter was issued on the 21st February 2013. I also understand that all payments are up to date in this case.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (11 Jun 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, her student grant application was appealed to the Appeals Officer in SUSI and the original decision was overturned. On that basis, the application is currently being reassessed and the student will be notified directly by SUSI of the outcome. Where an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that the applicant referred to by the Deputy was issued with a decision on the 22nd April 2013 advising him that he was deemed ineligible to receive a grant. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant, or that the rate of grant awarded is not the correct one, she/he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Further to the encouragement of the Ombudsman for Children and mindful that greater clarity on my Department's policy on the education of children with autism would be useful for schools and parents, my Department is currently in the process of preparing a comprehensive statement of existing policy within the boundaries of one document. This process is ongoing. My Department's policy on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy may be aware that I published the Report of the Advisory Group to the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in April 2012 and I outlined my Action Plan in response to the Report in June 2012. My Department is implementing that Action Plan. The Advisory Group did not recommend abandoning the current national school model nor do I have any plans to do so.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the policy in relation to siblings has not changed. Rather the application process in previous years may have in some instances failed to identify adequately multiple applications for siblings. My Department's Information Note for Home Based July Provision notes that allocations to siblings are reflective of the school grouping principle. This is where one...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that the applicant referred to by the Deputy was issued with a decision on the 24th April, 2013 advising her that she was deemed ineligible to receive a grant. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant, she/he may appeal, in the first instance, to the appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school building project referred to was included in the €50 million investment in new school building projects recently announced as part of the Government's "Investing in Infrastructure & Jobs" Package. The project is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. Officials from the School Building Unit of my Department will shortly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm to the Deputy that planning permission has been recently obtained for an extension for the school referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy will however be aware, my Department's over-riding objective is to ensure that every child has access to a physical school place and that our school system is in a position to cope with increasing pupil numbers. To ensure that this is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Designation (11 Jun 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has received correspondence from the school in question relating to a change of status proposal. This proposal also has implications for two other schools in the area. My Department has written to the Patron seeking clarification on a number of matters relating to the proposal. The matter will be considered further following receipt and...