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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Schemes (19 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) is a third-level admissions scheme for students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The scheme is operated by a number of higher education institutions and not by my Department. Admissions to the institutions under this programme are regulated by the institutions themselves. Further details are available at www.accesscollege.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (19 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 73 and 74 together. My Department has sought the assistance of, and is working closely with, the relevant Local Authority in relation to identifying and acquiring a suitable site for a permanent building for the school referred to by the Deputy. Due to commercial sensitivities attaching to site acquisitions generally, I am not in a position to comment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (19 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The contract for the project to which the Deputy refers, is between the Board of Management and the main contractor. There is no contractual relationship between any of the sub-contractors engaged on this project and either my Department or the Board of Management. In general all sub-contractors employed on school building projects are employed directly by the main contractor or indirectly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. The Design Team are currently working on Stage 2a (Developed Sketch Design). Due to competing demands on the Departments capital budget imposed by the need to prioritise the limited funding available for the provision of additional school accommodation to meet increasing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The Design Team are currently working on the Stage 2(b) submission which includes planning permission, Fire Cert, Disability Access Cert (DAC) and the preparation of tender documents. To ensure that every child has access to a school place, the delivery of projects to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (19 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that my Department approved grant aid to the school to which he refers last April for the construction of one mainstream classroom. It is now a matter for the school authority to progress the project to construction and to ensure that the grant is drawn down within the period prescribed with the grant approval.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (19 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The school to which the Deputy refers has applied to my Department for capital funding for a major school project involving the provision of a General Purpose Room and ancillary accommodation. Given the current financial constraints within which my Department is operating, the position is that priority is being given to school applications for essential mainstream classroom accommodation. In...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (19 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The school, referred to by the Deputy, has applied to my Department for large scale capital funding. 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 competing demands...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (19 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department has no record of having received a recent application from the school referred to by the Deputy for capital funding. I wish, however, to advise the Deputy that a major building project was completed at the school in recent years and my Department provided funding amounting to €549,000 to complete the project.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (19 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that an extension/refurbishment project at the school referred to commenced on site in June 2011, the project is progressing well and it is envisaged that it will be completed by the end of this year.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (19 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought by the Deputy is provided in the table attached. As the Deputy is aware, the Public Service Agreement 2010 – 2014 (Croke Park Agreement) provides that there will be no reductions in the pay rates of existing public servants. A public service-wide review of allowances is taking place and allowances paid to teachers form only a part of the overall remit of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (19 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that 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 that employs the teachers at the school. Accordingly, whereas I provide funding and policy direction for schools, neither I nor the Department have legal powers to instruct schools to follow a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Staff (19 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table: MINISTER – Private and Constituency Offices 2010 GROSS ANNUAL SALARY COST PRIVATE OFFICE €485,308 CONSTITUENCY OFFICE €238,465 2009 ANNUAL SALARY COST PRIVATE OFFICE €437,936 CONSTITUENCY OFFICE €256,031 MINISTER OF STATE – Private and Constituency Offices 2010...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (18 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: As I announced last December, the means test for student grants will be amended to take account of the value of certain capital assets as well as income for the 2013/14 academic year. The Deputy will be aware that a dedicated capital asssets test implementation group was established to bring forward detailed implementation proposals on new means testing arrangements for student grants, to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (18 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Home Tuition Scheme provides funding to parents to provide for education at home for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school. The scheme was extended in recent years to facilitate tuition for children awaiting a suitable educational placement including eligible pre-school children with an autistic spectrum disorder. The child to whom the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Reform (18 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 356, 414 and 470 to 476, inclusive, together. My Department is in discussion with all of the relevant bodies, including the universities, on the full range of issues related to the transition to higher education which are identified in the NCCA-HEA report published following the Transitions conference last September. It will submit a report for me on all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (18 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The statutory responsibility for the determination of the education, training and qualifications required for a person to be registered as a teacher rests with the Teaching Council. Therefore I do not have a direct role in the matter. The requirements for registration with the Teaching Council are set out in its 2009 Registration Regulations which are available on its website...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (18 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) is a third-level admissions scheme for students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The scheme is operated by a number of higher education institutions and not by my Department. Admissions to the institutions under this programme are regulated by the institutions themselves. Further details are available at www.accesscollege.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (18 Sep 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The school referred to by the Deputy lost a mainstream classroom post due to a reduction in its pupil enrolments as at 30 September 2011. The school appealed this decision to the Staffing Appeals Board on the basis that it was projecting an increase in enrolment figures for September 2012. The Primary Staffing Appeals Board deferred making a decision on this appeal pending confirmation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (18 Sep 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 (SENOs), 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...