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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: It is not envisaged that a Minor Works Grant will be issued to the school in question or indeed to any primary school for the school year 2012/2013. At the launch of the Government's Medium Term Infrastructure and Capital Investment Framework last November, I said that the priority in the education sector is to focus on major school projects and smaller projects devolved to schools to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (16 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 256 to 258, inclusive, together. I do not intend to give any specific commitment on future budgetary decisions. This is a matter that I will have to consider with my colleagues in Cabinet in the context of the next budget and meeting our obligations under the EU/IMF Programme. The government will of course try to ensure all budget decisions are as fair and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (16 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The redeployment arrangements at primary level include provision for the appointment of a panel officer to deal with any difficulties in relation to the operation of redeployment panels. These arrangements were formally agreed centrally with the education partners (school management bodies and the INTO) in January 2009. Under these arrangements the decision of the panel officer is binding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (16 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the terms of my Department's Free Fee Schemes 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (16 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The acquisition process for the securing of a site for the school, referred to by the Deputy, is currently in train. In view of the need to prioritise available funding for the provision of additional school accommodation, the delivery of major school projects required to meet future demographic demand will be the main focus for capital investment in the coming years. In light of current...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Banking (16 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department currently operates thirteen bank accounts with commercial banking organisations. These accounts are principally used to make payments by electronic funds transfer or to receive funds which are subsequently transferred to the Exchequer Supply Account held in the Central Bank. A detailed schedule listing the name and purpose of each of the accounts, as well as details relating...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (16 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. The documentation was received on the 26th September 2012 and is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (16 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: This Department has no proceedings against it arising out of the Moriarty Tribunal.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Career Breaks (16 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: 21 staff from my Department availed of the Special Civil Service Incentive Career Break Scheme 2009 and this was counted as a reduction in my Department's staffing numbers during their career break. I understand that you clarified to my officials that you were looking for the full year cost and savings of the Scheme in respect of 2011. The 2011 cost of the Scheme for 19 staff members (2...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Career Breaks (16 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy is only readily available for teachers and special needs assistants employed in primary secondary and community/comprehensive schools. There are one thousand one hundred and eighty nine primary teachers, eighty three special needs assistants and three hundred and four teachers in secondary and community/comprehensive schools currently on career break....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to explain to the Deputy that no reduction has been made to the overall number of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) posts which will be available for allocation to schools for the 2012/13 school year. This is representative of the Governments commitment to protecting services for children with special educational needs, at a time when there has been a requirement to make savings across a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The teacher referred to by the Deputy is a post-primary qualified teacher who was placed on the Special National Subsidiary Redeployment Panel under the terms of Circular 0012/2012. The arrangements for the subsidiary special national panel allow for the inclusion of eligible post primary trained teachers on the panel to be appointed to certain posts, i.e., in special schools where a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: A building project for the school to which the Deputy refers commenced construction in February 2011 and is nearing the Substantial Completion Stage. Resource teaching spaces were provided for within the school design and my Department considers that these are sufficient to meet the school's needs.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The school referred to by the Deputy wrote to my Department on 2 October this year. This followed an unsuccessful application in 2011 to replace existing temporary accommodation. My Department is considering the school's letter and will shortly respond directly to the school authority.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers, for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports, including Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support. The NCSE operates within my Department's established criteria for the allocation of such supports...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Third Level Access Measure provides support for disadvantaged students through two sub-priorities: the Student Assistance Fund and the Fund for Students with Disabilities. The objective of the Student Assistance Fund, is to assist students, in a sensitive and compassionate manner, who might otherwise, due to their financial circumstances, be unable to continue their third level studies....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The appointment of the person to whom the Deputy refers followed a disciplinary process initiated against that person by the board of management of a community school. The board of management of a community school, as is the case generally in schools, is the employer and therefore the Minister is not involved in any disciplinary process that a board initiates. There was no outcome to that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the period prior to 2004 is not readily available and would involve a very significant amount of administrative time to compile.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (11 Oct 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The school referred to by the Deputy is a newly established school which originally projected that it would have an enrolment of 25 pupils on 30 September, 2012. Based on this projected enrolment the school was allocated a principal and 1 mainstream teaching post for the current school year. The required level of enrolment, minimum of 20 pupils, failed to materialise at 30 September 2012....