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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: 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. It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department understand from Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that the student in question does not meet the terms and conditions of the student grant scheme for the special rate of 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 SUSI. Where an individual applicant has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Regulations (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy is probably aware, the National Procurement Service (NPS) is already supporting Small and Medium Business Enterprises (SMEs) to participate in public sector procurement competitions through its education and guidance strategies. All of the NPS tender documents explicitly seek to encourage the participation of SMEs in competitions, by encouraging them to explore the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Disputes (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I appreciate the concerns you raise in your question. While my Department sets out the constitution of Boards of Management and rules of procedure it is not directly involved in the management of schools. Under the provisions of the Education Act, 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school, and it is the Board of Management which employs the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The course referred to by the Deputy has not been approved as it has not been demonstrated that it represents academic progression from the qualification required for entry to the course. I have no plans to extend the student grant scheme to include this course on that basis.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (12 Mar 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Múinteoirí Bunscoile agus Meánscoile (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Thug an Rialtas faomhadh do roinnt beart a bhain le liúntais seirbhíse poiblí tar éis don Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar fud na seirbhíse poiblí ar liúntais agus préimh-íocaíochtaí. Mar thoradh ar chinneadh an Rialtais, táthar tar éis na liúntais Gaeltachta, na...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 231 to 233, inclusive, together. I wish to advise the Deputy that a site assessment if required would only take place at the point when a building project is being approved. In respect of rented portacabins that have more then 50% of the pupils being taught in portacabins, my Department does not have the specific information sought by the Deputy relating...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Details of all Additional Accommodation and Emergency Works approvals are published on my Department's website on a weekly basis. As the tendering process could be influenced by the provision of the amount of grant-aid provided at this stage, this information will be published on my Department's website as soon as the projects are completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Remuneration (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: An average of 96,000 employees (comprising school employees/pensioners and Departmental staff) are paid on payrolls operated by my Department every fortnight. Approximately 229,000 payslips are generated every month, of which 98.95% are posted to payees. The overall cost of physical payslips and postage in the years 2009 to 2012 are as follows: Year Stationery Costs Posting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (12 Mar 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: Library Services (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought is not readily available in my Department. Officials of my Department have asked the Higher Education Authority to contact the institutions seeking details and I will forward the available information to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The NCCA is designing a range of short courses which will be available to schools from September 2014 including a short course in SPHE. Schools may choose to incorporate these short courses into their junior cycle programme either for certification purposes or not for certification. They may choose not to opt for the new short course and may choose to continue to use existing courses...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy may be aware, in June 2011, I announced the need for the establishment of 20 new primary schools to cater for increased demographics across a number of locations up to 2017, including the Sandymount/ Ringsend area in Dublin 2/4. I also announced new arrangements for the recognition and determination of patronage of these new primary schools. The new arrangements published...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: The Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002 established the Redress Board to make financial awards to people who, as children were resident in specified institutions and who have or have had injuries that are consistent with abuse received while resident in these institutions. The Schedule to the 2002 Act specified 123 institutions and section 4 of the Act enables the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cóiríocht Scoile (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Faoi láthair, tá 621 bunscoil agus iar-bhunscoil ann atá ag tógáil cóiríochta sealadaí ar cíos ar fud na tíre, 60 díobh gur Gaelscoileanna iad agus 5 díobh gur Gaelcholáistí iad. Tá ainmneacha agus uimhreacha rolla na scoileanna lán-Ghaelacha atá ag tógáil cóiríochta sealadaí ar...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy is aware, in June of 2011, I announced that 20 new post-primary schools are to be established up to 2017 across a number of locations to cater for increasing demographics. This announcement included a proposal to establish a new post-primary school in Ashbourne. The new school will commence operation in September 2014 under the patronage of County Meath VEC and will cater for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware, in March 2011 approval was given for a number of new primary schools to commence operation in September 2011 and 2012 to cater for demographic needs. To cater for the demographic demand in the Ashbourne area, approval was granted to open two new primary schools, one under the patronage of An Foras Pátrúnachta which commenced operation in September 2011,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy may be aware, a project for the school to which she refers is included in the 5 Year Construction Programme that I announced in March 2012. It is my Department's intention that this project will proceed to construction in 2014/15. The Schedule of Accommodation is currently being finalised and my Department will be in contact with the school authority as soon as this process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (12 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the terms of my Department's Free Fee Initiative the Exchequer meets the cost of tuition fees in respect of eligible students who are pursuing full-time undergraduate courses of study which are a minimum of two years duration in an approved higher education institution. The main conditions of the scheme are that students must be first-time undergraduates, hold inter alia EU/EEA/Swiss...