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Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 27: In page 30, line 18, after "purpose" to insert "of the sale, mortgage or charge".

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 28: In page 30, line 44, to delete "terms of" and substitute the following: "terms, or may be inconsistent with the charitable purposes of,".

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 29: In page 31, to delete lines 9 and 10.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 30: In page 31, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: 43.—(1) There shall be set up for the purposes of this section a special account in the name of the Minister for Health and any moneys accepted by the Minister under section 42(1) shall be placed in the special account. (2) The moneys in the special account shall be used only— (a) for the purposes of...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I will clarify the point Deputy Clare Daly has raised. This is in the event that we get more than the €110 million. Anything above the €110 million would go towards the national children's hospital. As Deputy Crowe has said, we are far from that at present. With the mandate I have from this House and again from the debate we have had today, I will continue to maintain the dialogue...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the House for its co-operation. I regret that I was not able to participate in the debate on Committee Stage. I thank all those who contributed. There has been broad consensus. We have all met some of the victims and in any dialogue we have we need to remember that they remain victims. It behoves us to do the best we can within limited resources. We need to understand why in...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128 and 136 together. The decision on eligibility for new student grant applications is a matter for the central grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland). Under my Department's student grant scheme, students who are entering approved courses for the first time are eligible for grants where they satisfy the relevant conditions as to...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding was approved in May 2012 for the school in question to carry out fire safety works and the school authorities have been informed.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 130 and 151 together. The person referred to by the Deputy was employed as a Junior Certificate School Programme Research and Development Officer with City of Dublin VEC (CDVEC). CDVEC is a statutory body with its own corporate status established under the Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 2001. The matters raised with regard to the termination of this...

Written Answers — Apprenticeship Programmes: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 131 and 168 together. The sharp decline in apprentice recruitment and significant levels of redundancies in many apprenticeship trades over the past three years has resulted in a dramatic fall off in the number of apprentices requiring education and training in the institutes of technology and colleges of further education. The requirement for Carpentry and...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 132 and 140 together. Home Tuition was approved for the child referred to by the Deputy for a period up to July 27th 2012. There is no record in my Department of receipt of the claim form for the grant payment. I have arranged for a claim form to be forwarded to the parents of the child in question for completion and return in this regard. The Deputy will be...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (17 Jul 2012)

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 that are not in a position to admit all pupils seeking entry to implement an...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Earlier this year, the General Scheme of an Education and Training Boards Bill was referred to the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government for formal drafting. It is hoped that the Bill will be published before the end of the summer. I will consider the issue raised by the Deputy in advance of publication.

Written Answers — Labour Court Awards: Labour Court Awards (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The current position is that my Department is in consultation with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the Labour Court's recommendation in this case.

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The management authorities of the two schools referred to by the Deputy submitted applications recently for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme to carry out various improvement works at their schools. As the scope of works for which funding is sought is outside the terms of the scheme they cannot be considered for funding. The management authorities of both schools have been...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The curriculum in post-primary schools is devised on the basis that ICT is not a subject but rather a tool to be integrated into the teaching and learning across all subjects. The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment has developed an ICT framework which sets out a structured approach to ICT in curriculum and assessment. This sets out the types of learning appropriate for students...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I understand that the question relates to the provision of ICT funding for primary and post primary schools. My Department funds the ICT in Schools Programme. The programme, which commenced in 1998, delivers strategic investment across the range of interconnected issues which need to be addressed in order to systematically integrate ICT into teaching and learning and promote the development...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: It is planned to deliver a further bundle of 8 schools through the Department's Public Private Partnership Programme (PPP). A preferred tenderer (BAM PPP) was appointed by the National Development Finance Agency in September 2011 following which planning applications were made. Grant of planning was received for the last of the sites in May this year. The NDFA is currently involved in...

Written Answers — Education Schemes: Education Schemes (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Labour Market Activation Scheme (LMA), which was introduced in 2009, provided for 1,500 free undergraduate and 1,000 free postgraduate places for unemployed people on part time courses in universities and institutes of technology across the country. Only those part time courses approved and selected by an independent evaluation panel were eligible for funding under the LMA initiative....

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (17 Jul 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I announced last March details of the 275 large scale building projects that will proceed to construction over the five year period 2012 - 2016 at a cost of €1.5 billion. The €100m loan being provided by the European Investment Bank (EIB) will assist in the funding of the €1.5 billion investment. The school projects that will benefit from the EIB investment are included in the press...