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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (21 May 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: A new National Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education (2014-2019) is currently being prepared by the National Access Office for my Department. The findings of the School Completers - What's Next report will be considered in the context of this new Access Plan.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to the Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget and ceiling on teacher numbers.Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The Stage 2(b) (Detailed Design) is nearing completion. Due to competing demands on my Department's capital budget, imposed by the need to prioritise the limited funding available for the provision of additional school accommodation to meet increasing demographic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Bodies Accounts (21 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the provisions of the 2009 'Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies' a number of bodies under the aegis of my Department are required to lay their Accounts before the House of the Oireachtas. A list of these bodies are: - Education Finance Board (EFB); - FÁS; - Grangegorman Development Agency; - Higher Education Authority; - National Council for Curriculum and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (16 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has provided information to schools in relation to the condition of Narcolepsy and to provide guidance to schools on the accommodations which can be made in schools to assist such children. - Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support, for children who have a medical condition such that they require access to care support in order to be able to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (16 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The International School of Martyrs (ISM) is a private educational institution located in Tripoli, Libya. The Irish Leaving Certificate examination is offered each year to candidates in the school. The role of the State Examinations Commission (SEC) is to provide examinations to candidates who have been entered for either the Junior or Leaving Certificate and in this regard I am...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (16 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that requested documentation was not furnished within the timeframe set out in a communication with the applicant. The applicant referred to by the Deputy was issued with a decision on the 11/4/2013 advising him that he was deemed ineligible to receive a grant. If an individual applicant considers that she/he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (16 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that the grant application of the student referred to by the Deputy for the 2012/13 academic year was refused. SUSI has confirmed that it issued a letter 30th April 2013 indicating that under the scheme, students who have previously attended, but not completed a course of study are required to complete an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (16 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As part of the Budget 2012 decisions, the number of pupils required to gain and retain a classroom teaching post in small primary schools is being gradually increased between September 2012 and September 2014. During this period the pupil threshold for a 2-classroom school is being increased to 20 pupils. In these extremely challenging times, all public servants are being asked to deliver...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (16 May 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: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (16 May 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, approved course, previous academic attainment and means. Under my Department's student grant scheme, eligible candidates may receive funding provided they are attending an approved course at an approved...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (16 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 and 130 together. The Deputy will be aware of this Government's ongoing commitment to ensuring that all children with special educational needs, including children with Down's syndrome, can have access to an education appropriate to their needs. The policy of my Department is to secure the maximum possible level of inclusion of students with special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions Staff (16 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand that the outcome of the investigation into an allegation of plagiarism against the person in question was that following an appeal, the Examination Assessments and Appeals Committee (EAAC) of the Institute found that the degree was not obtained in an unjustified or fraudulent manner and that the graduate was not guilty of plagiarism, as defined in the Institute's regulations....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (16 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Special Education Unit (SNU) at the school referred to by the Deputy was not equipped at the time of its construction as the type of Unit to be established at the school was not known at that time. The school in question, which was delivered through the Public Private Partnership process, has since been allocated funding of €6,500 for one special class and €7,000 to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (16 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm for the Deputy that the Fund for Students with Disabilities provides support for students with disabilities, including those with narcolepsy, so that students can participate fully in further and higher education. The Fund for Students with Disabilities is managed by the HEA on behalf of my Department. Typical supports for which funding is approved include assistive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The Department is in receipt of the Stage 2(b) submission from the Design Team. Following a review of the submission the Design Team were requested to review significant cost overruns. This work included the carrying out of additional site surveys. An addendum to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (16 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications from primary and post primary schools for special educational needs supports, including resource teaching and Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants Eligibility Criteria (16 May 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, a grant has been refused and a letter outlining the position issued on the 9th May, 2013. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant, she/he may appeal, in the first instance, to SUSI. Where an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (15 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: An official from the Primary Teachers Payroll Section of my Department has been in contact with the person concerned regarding the issues raised by the Deputy and outlined the current position to her.