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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the student referred to by the deputy was issued with a decision on the 30/04/2013 advising him that he was ineligible in relation to his grant application for 2012/13 academic year. The Deputy will appreciate that in the absence of all of the relevant details that would be contained in an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language Issues (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 239 and 240 together. My Department has been in communication with both the NCCA and COGG. in relation to the co-location. I have been assured that the co-location is on schedule for this summer. Management in both organisations are in direct communications to ensure that any logistics that require to be considered are resolved. The main aim of this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The school to which the Deputy refers is among a list of schools that are planned to be delivered as part of the Bundle 5 of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) schools building programme. These schools are scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016. It is envisaged that construction of this Bundle of school projects will begin approximately eighteen months prior to this target completion...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (14 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: Schools Building Projects Applications (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that the Five Year Construction Plan, that I announced on 9 March 2012, outlines the major school projects that will commence construction over the duration of the Plan. The primary aim at the core of the Five Year Plan is focussed on meeting demographic demands to ensure that every child will have access to a physical school place and that our school system is in a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: To qualify for the special rate of grant an applicant must meet the following conditions: 1. Reckonable income must not exceed €22,703. 2. On the 31st December of the relevant period the reckonable income must include an eligible long-term social welfare payment prescribed under the scheme. In the case of a dependent candidate, the reckonable income taken into account is that of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (14 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: Gaelscoileanna Issues (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department wrote to the school to which the Deputy refers in February last seeking clarification on a number of matters following a visit to the school by my Department's technical staff. A response from the school authorities is awaited.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provides for an extensive range of supports to assist pupils who are deaf or hard of hearing. I can confirm that there are currently 11 special classes for pupils with hearing impairment attached to mainstream primary schools, 5 special class at post-primary level and 3 special schools. An enhanced capitation grant is provided to the special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: University Libraries (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As I have indicated in responses to previous questions from the Deputy on this matter, universities are autonomous statutory bodies and the management and operation of their facilities are entirely the responsibility of the college authorities. Therefore, as Minister for Education and Skills, I have no role in relation to the manner in which the universities operate and manage access by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department no longer provides separate substitute cover for principals and deputy principals to attend conferences such as those organised by the IPPN or other education partners. This decision was taken in 2011 for budgetary reasons rather than any issue about the benefits of the conferences. It is at the discretion of a school Board of Management to allow its existing Teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school to which he refers has an application with my Department for large scale capital funding. The current status of all schools on the school building programme may be viewed on my Department's website at www.education.ie. The Deputy will be aware that the Five Year Construction Plan, that I announced on 9 March 2012, outlines the major school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that the establishment of a network of autism-specific special classes in schools across the country to cater for children with autism has been a key educational priority in recent years. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Croke Park Agreement Issues (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Following the ICTU Public Services Committee's rejection of the proposals put forward by the Labour Relations Commission on an extension to the Croke Park Agreement, my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, requested the LRC to engage with the public service unions to establish if there is any basis to conclude a negotiated agreement. In light of this ongoing process,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the student referred to by the Deputy was issued with a decision on the 25/2/2013 advising him that he was ineligible in relation to his grant application for 2012/13 academic year. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant, or that the rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Expenditure (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Those who meet the qualifying conditions for the special rate of grant under the Student Grant Scheme will be eligible to have their post-graduate tuition fees paid up to the maximum fee limit of €6,270. Currently maintenance support is not available for students entering postgraduate courses. A postgraduate student may qualify to have a €2,000 contribution made towards the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Education Committees Staff (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department is aware of the case of the person to whom the Deputy refers, who is an employee of a Vocational Education Committee (VEC). This person has written to me on a number of occasions and an official from my Department has responded to the letter of 12th February 2013 to which he refers. The details supplied refer primarily to an employee-employer matter. My Department's view is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Home Tuition Scheme operated by my Department is designed to support children who are not in a position to attend school. Because of this it is generally the case that the tuition is provided at the child's place of residence although many parents use the funding, subject to conditions, to attend private pre-schools. The private pre-school in question in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Report (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: In the report School Completers - What Next?, School Completers who -1. were attending full time courses in the state funded further education sector were classified as being in Second Level/Further Education and Training.2. were attending higher education part time were classified as being in Higher Education (if they were attending HEA Aided Institutions).3. had started first year in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that the establishment of a network of autism-specific special classes in schools across the country to cater for children with autism has been a key educational priority in recent years. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through its network of local special educational needs organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications from...