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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. Following an appeal to An Bord Pleanala, planning permission was granted in August 2012. The design team are currently working on the completion of Stage 2(b) which includes all statutory approvals and tender documents. Due to competing demands on my Department's capital...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (8 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the ceilings set as part of last year's Comprehensive Expenditure Review, my Department is required to secure savings on current expenditure of €77 million in 2013. In addition, there are likely to be upward pressures in some areas of pay and non-pay expenditure and in relation to reduced Appropriations-in-Aid receipts. The full extent and management of these pressures is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (8 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the Education (Welfare) Act 2000, all schools are required to have in place a Code of Behaviour and this code must be drawn up in accordance with the guidelines of the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB). The NEWB guidelines were issued to schools in 2008 and make it clear that each school must have policies to prevent or address bullying and harassment and schools must make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (8 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: People who were first employed in a teaching post (qualified or unqualified) in the public sector on or before 4 December 2011 and who have completed a course of study which commenced on or prior to 4 December 2011 only will be eligible to apply for allowances for that course of study. Additional allowances are not payable for qualifications acquired following a course of study which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (8 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Details of agencies under the remit of my Department can be downloaded from the Departments website, this information is updated when any relevant changes occur. www.education.ie The Deputy should note that no agency under the aegis of my Department has been abolished since March, 2011. With regard to the rationalisation of State agencies the Deputy may wish to note the following: - - On...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy is not centrally collated and would involve a very significant amount of administrative time to compile. However, details of public funding disbursements are made available in a range of publications on an annual basis. The Revised Estimates Volume, published annually by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, contains a significant level of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The school to which the Deputy refers is not a recognised national school and is not therefore eligible to receive funding from my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (8 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware, a project for a new building for the school to which the Deputy refers is included in the five-year construction programme that I announced last March. It is my Department's intention that this project will proceed to construction in the period 2015-16. My Department has sought the assistance of, and is working closely with, the relevant Local Authority in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I am not in a position to comment on the use of this resource by teachers in post-primary schools. It is a matter for individual schools to select the resources and textbooks available that best support their implementation of the syllabuses, including CSPE, prescribed by my Department. This flexibility gives schools the opportunity to select the resources that are most appropriate to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (8 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available within by Department and is being sought from the bodies and agencies under the aegis of my Department. When it is compiled, it will be forwarded to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The policy of my Department is to promote the principle of inclusive education for children with special educational needs.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (7 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The decision on eligibility for new student grant applications from the 2012/13 academic year is a matter for the new centralised grant awarding authority, SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland). Officials in my Department have confirmed with SUSI, the new centralised grant awarding authority, that further supporting documentation was requested on 2nd October 2012 from the student referred...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (7 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The decision on eligibility for new student grant applications from the 2012/13 academic year is a matter for the new centralised grant awarding authority, SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland). Officials in my Department have confirmed with SUSI, the new centralised grant awarding authority, that on 18th October 2012 an additional letter issued to the student referred to by the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (7 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The decision on eligibility for new student grant applications from the 2012/13 academic year is a matter for the new centralised grant awarding authority, SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland). The student referred to by the Deputy had her application cancelled by SUSI as it was incomplete. On 24th August, 2012 a letter was issued by SUSI to the student informing her that her application...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (7 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The decision on eligibility for new student grant applications from the 2012/13 academic year is a matter for the new centralised grant awarding authority, SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland). Officials in my Department have confirmed with SUSI, the new centralised grant awarding authority, that on 25th October 2012 a letter issued to the student referred to by the Deputy requesting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (7 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will appreciate that as the preparation of the Estimates for any Budget including Budget 2013 is carried out on a strictly confidential basis, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on specific issues or proposals, including those relating to student grants, in advance of the Budget announcement.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (7 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the relevant grant awarding authority, which in this case is County Dublin VEC. Officials in my Department have confirmed with County Dublin VEC that a decision letter will issue shortly to the student referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (7 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), the new centralised awarding authority, that the grant application of the student referred to by the Deputy for the 2012/13 academic year was refused. SUSI has confirmed that the applicant appealed their decision and a letter on the appeal issued on 23rd October, 2012. Where an individual applicant has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (7 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The decision on eligibility for new student grant applications from the 2012/13 academic year is a matter for the new centralised grant awarding authority, SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland). Officials in my Department have confirmed with SUSI, the new centralised grant awarding authority, that on 23rd October 2012 a letter issued to the student referred to by the Deputy requesting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (7 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The decision on eligibility for new student grant applications from the 2012/13 academic year is a matter for the new centralised grant awarding authority, SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland). Officials in my Department have confirmed with SUSI that additional documentation requested from the student referred to by the Deputy was received on 1st November, 2012. The documentation is...