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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In July 2012 a planned investment in educational projects through the public private partnership process (PPP) was announced as part of the Government's economic stimulus package. As a result, a further 2 bundles of school projects will be rolled out consisting of a total of 12 individual schools worth a total of approximately €100m. The schools that make up bundles 4 and 5 have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (6 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 385 and 386 together. The Grangegorman project centres on the redevelopment of the Grangegorman 73 acres site as a new urban quarter with the capacity to transform Dublin's inner city. The Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA) prepared a master plan for the site which formed the basis for securing Strategic Development Zoning (SDZ) awarded by Dublin City...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff (6 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In the vast majority of cases, no public sector employees associated with my Department are subject to rostering conditions of attendance. I understand that some educational facilities may operate rostered hours of attendance for caretakers/porters for administrative reasons. However, as my Department is not the employer, I am not in a position to provide detailed figures on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (6 Nov 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I will arrange for the information requested in relation to teachers employed in primary and secondary, community and comprehensive schools to be forwarded to the Deputy.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: We can learn from what has happened in this recession. We have to be very clear that we cannot go back to where we were, building houses we did not need for people who could not afford them and pretending we were all getting rich. It was nonsense and a collective mania. I will never forget how it started and the way in which it was asserted.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: We did not support any of it. The lesson we can usefully learn stems from what happened to a country not unlike our own with a very similar history and on the periphery of Europe - Finland. In 1991-92 when the Berlin wall came down and the Soviet Union economy collapsed, Finland discovered within four to five months that one third of its entire export market which had been based on a system...

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I listened to the previous speaker's contribution and I would simply state that we have lost our economic sovereignty and that we do not control our own cheque book. There are those on the other side of the House who seem to think that this is some kind of illusion. If we were to go into the international money markets to borrow the money to which the Deputy refers, the rates would make...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: They are not serious about the issue.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (25 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71 and 72 together. When the moratorium was introduced the Government exempted Principal and Deputy Principal posts in all primary and post-primary schools and these continue to be replaced in the normal manner. The impact of the moratorium is therefore limited to the Director of Adult Education, Assistant Principal and Special Duties allowances payable to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Grant Applications (25 Oct 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 documentation was requested from the student referred to by the Deputy. This was received but was incomplete so further documentation was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (25 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that the issue of subsidies to fee-paying schools is a complex one. The figures provided below show that the overall total cost of exchequer support is €109 million. The Deputy will be aware that I announced a review last December, in the context of the Budget 2012, where I made a further one point change to the staffing allocation of fee charging schools. I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. My Department has authorised the project to proceed to Stage 2(b) which includes planning permission, Fire Cert, Disability Access Cert (DAC) and the preparation of tender documents.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Consultancy Contracts (25 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought by the Deputy is provided on the following table. Consultant Name Purpose of Consultancy Report Commissioned Report Published Total amt paid 2011 incl vat Centre for Cross Border Studies 2011 annual review of Postgraduate courses in Northern Ireland Oct-11 Not for publication €2,420.00 Sr. Eileen Randles Review of an appeal against an inspection under...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (25 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of the above, I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. I have requested officials at my Department to collate the data and expect to be in a position to convey the figures requested to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Promotions (25 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand the Deputy has clarified that her question is in relation to grades at Assistant Principal Officer level and above. The information requested in relation to promotions and temporary appointments is set out in the attached tabular statement. For each of the promotions listed, a business case was made to the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform and sanction was duly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Redeployment (25 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Two staff members have been redeployed from my Department since 27th March 2009 to date. Sanction relating to these redeployments would be a matter for the receiving Departments. Under the Reform Programme, the Department ceased the operation of it's Regional Office Service in the Spring of 2010. At the time staff serving in those offices were reassigned alternative work in the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Redeployment (25 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Eight staff members have been redeployed to my Department since 27th March 2009, three of them on a temporary basis. Under the current redeployment arrangements, these staff retain the terms and conditions of employment as held by them in their original organisation until such time as legislation is brought forward by my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to underpin...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Remuneration (25 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Information on Gaeltacht allowances payable to teachers in primary and post primary schools for 2009 - 2011 is set out in the attached table. Details of grants paid to teachers employed by Vocational Education Committees are held by the individual VECs. A standard Gaeltacht allowance was introduced in 1968 following the recommendations of the Ryan Tribunal. A Gaeltacht allowance has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (24 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I am aware that my officials met with the Deputy on Tuesday, 23 October about the matter to which he refers. The Department will now arrange for a technical assessment of the school buildings concerned to be carried out. As was pointed out at the meeting, in view of the need to prioritise available funding for the provision of additional school accommodation, the delivery of major school...