Results 441-460 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Redundancy Payments (17 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The person referred to by the Deputy was employed and paid by the managerial authority of the school. Officials of my Department will contact the managerial authority of the school with regard to the progression of the application for the payment of redundancy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (17 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The statutory role and functions of the Children's Ombudsman are set out under sections 8 and 9 in the Ombudsman for Children Act, 2002. The Act empowers the Children's Ombudsman to investigate the administrative procedures followed by a school board of management provided the parent has firstly and fully followed the schools complaints procedures. The key criterion for any intervention by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (17 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 256 and 257 together. The agreed procedures for the appointment of boards of management of primary schools and the rules under which these Boards operate are set out in my Department's publication "Constitution of Boards and Rules of Procedures 2011". The term of office of the current Boards of the circa 3300 primary schools will expire on 30 November 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware, a building project for the school to which he refers is included in the 5 Year Construction Plan announced in March 2012 and is scheduled to proceed to construction in 2015/16. The school's Patron has undertaken to acquire a site for the new school building. My Department has contacted the Patron's office seeking an update on the site acquisition and a response...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Proposed Legislation (17 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Eligibility under the Residential institutions Statutory Fund Act is currently confined to those former residents who received awards from the Residential Institutions Redress Board or equivalent Court awards or settlements. During the passage of this legislation through the Houses of Oireachtas, I gave an undertaking to review the operation of the Fund two years after its establishment in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (17 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand the Deputy is referring to the filling of administrative vacancies in an Institute of Technology. Such vacancies are filled from the Local Government Common Recruitment Pool, the arrangements for which are set out in Department of Environment Circular 55/1982. Any further queries in relation to this matter should be referred directly to the relevant Institute of Technology.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data (17 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The information on the programme in question is held by SOLAS and I have asked them to provide the data requested directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Expenditure (17 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The information on the programmes in question is held by SOLAS and I have asked them to provide the data requested directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Places (17 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The information on the programme in question is held by SOLAS and I have asked them to provide the data requested directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data (17 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The information on the programme in question is held by SOLAS and I have asked them to provide the data requested directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (17 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the new Junior Cycle Framework students will be expected to cover 24 'Statements of Learning' which encompass key knowledge and skills. One of these statements is to learn "to value what it means to be an active citizen with rights and responsibilities in local and wider context". As students will be expected to fulfil this statement, it is anticipated that education for active...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (17 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Kavanagh College was a private college which provided a number of programmes of education and training leading to awards made by foreign awarding bodies and was not required to have in place arrangements for the protection of enrolled learners. Issues relating to the refund of fees to effected students are therefore a private matter between the college and the students concerned. I and my...

Order of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Who set up the HSE?

Order of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: We are repairing the damage caused by the Deputy's party.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Fianna Fáil has forgotten everything.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (12 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Department has no specific information on the size of the market annually, however one estimate from publishers' sources suggests that the Irish school book market is worth approximately €60 million per annum.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (12 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The school to which the Deputy refers is currently located in temporary accommodation pending the provision of a permanent school building. My officials will work with officials from Kildare County Council with regard to options available for permanent accommodation for this school. My officials have engaged with the school authority and will keep them updated as appropriate, taking into...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (12 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The number of pupils at first level for the past 10 years can be found on my Department's website at the following link: . Final data for the 2013/14 school year will be published my Department's website at the end of the June.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (12 Jun 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The number of pupils at second level for the past 10 years can be found on my Department's website at the following link: . Final data for the 2013/14 school year will be published on my Department's website at the end of the June.