Results 8,521-8,540 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn

Written Answers — Foirne Scoile: Foirne Scoile (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Tá na critéir a úsáidtear i gcomhair leithdháileadh múinteoirí do bhunscoileanna don scoilbhliain 2012/13 leagtha amach i gCiorclán Bunscoile 0007/2012 atá le fáil ar shuíomh gréasáin mo Roinne. Is í an phríomhfhachtóir a chuirtear san áireamh nuair a chinntear ar leibhéal na n-acmhainní foirnithe a sholáthraítear ag leibhéal na scoile aonair ná an sceideal foirnithe...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department is working closely with the school to which the Deputy refers. Where interim remedial works were deemed necessary, these have been undertaken. My officials are in the process of engaging consultants to scope the extent of the remedial works necessary to eradicate the pyrite issue and will then be arranging for the necessary remedial works to be undertaken.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Teacher allocations are approved annually in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. My Department has published the staffing arrangements at post primary level for the coming school year, 2012/13. The relevant Post Primary circular is 0009/2012 which is available on my Department's website. At post primary level schools will have autonomy on how best to...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 213 and 214 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), which was established as a result of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act, 2004, is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for co-ordinating special needs education provision...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to inform the Deputy that the correspondence to which he refers has been considered. It is important to note that the school referred to by the Deputy did not have DEIS status as it was not selected for inclusion in DEIS following from the identification process in 2005. Second-level schools were selected for DEIS by reference to centrally-held data from the Post-Primary Pupils and...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The Stage 2(b) submission (Detailed Design) was approved by my Departments Planning and Building Unit on 10th January 2012. Due to the financial constraints imposed by the need to prioritise the limited funding available for the provision of additional school accommodation to meet...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Department Circular 11/95 states that a full school day at primary level comprises a period of not less than five hours and forty minutes. Circular 11/95 and the Rules for National Schools also provide that pupils in infant classes may have a school day that is one hour shorter than the length of the normal school day, (i.e. 5 hours and forty minutes). It is a matter for the Board of...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Jun 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 allocating resource teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's established criteria for the allocation of such...

Written Answers — Early Retirement Scheme: Early Retirement Scheme (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: There are no retired primary, secondary or community/comprehensive school teachers who meet all the criteria set out by the Deputy in his question.

Written Answers — Early Retirement Scheme: Early Retirement Scheme (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: There are no retired primary, secondary or community /comprehensive teachers who transferred from payment by payable order to electronic fund transfer since the 1st February 2009 that were given retrospection of the 2.5% salary increase from 1st September 2008.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: A redundancy application in respect of the person referred to by the Deputy was received by my Department on 9th November 2011. The application will be reached for processing within the next fortnight. The person will then be advised of the position regarding the redundancy payment by an official of my Department. When a redundancy application is being processed the applicant's payroll...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In 1995 the class A rate of PRSI was extended to many categories of public service employment to which modified rate (class D in the case of teachers) PRSI had previously applied. All teachers appointed for the first time after the 6th April 1995 pay class A rate PRSI. Teachers appointed prior to the 6th April 1995 who after that date resigned or retired from their teaching posts and who...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department recently offered grant aid to the school in question to facilitate the construction of five classrooms and two SET rooms under the Prefab Replacement Initiative and to accommodate the anticipated appointment of an additional teacher in September 2012. The school authority has indicated that the existing school site is restricted and cannot accommodate this development. I...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. I wish to inform the Deputy that statistics in relation to the Leaving Certificate examinations (2005 - 2011) including the number of school leavers who completed the Leaving Certificate can be downloaded from State Examinations Commission website:-...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together. Any bullying issues concerning an employee of a school are a matter for the Board of Management of the school concerned and as Minister I have no role in relation to such matters. I can confirm that the Board of Management of the school to which the Deputy refers in June 2011 suspended the principal of the school having considered a...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme for a roof replacement in 2010. This application was refused as the scope of works for which funding was sought was outside the terms of the scheme. This decision has been the subject of two appeals and the school authority have been informed that the project remained outside...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The guidance given to the 66 awarding authorities, the local authorities and VECs, in relation to the application of the distance criterion, for determining whether the adjacent or non-adjacent rate of grant applied, provided for the measurement of the shortest most direct route to the institution from the normal residence. The awarding authorities were best positioned to interpret the...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The VEC is the client on the project referred to by the Deputy. My Department has been assured, by the VEC and its design team, that the entire electrical installation including the distribution boards have been appropriately certified for insurance purposes and that a RECI Electrical Test Certificate was issued at the Substantial Completion stage of the project.

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The VEC is the Employer on the project to which the Deputy refers. There is no contractual relationship between my Department and the main contractor, sub-contractor or suppliers involved in this project. However, I can confirm that all monies due to be paid to the VEC in respect of this particular project have been paid. A school building project is a complex arrangement of contractual...

Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (19 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The responsibility for day to day management of schools is at local school level. Schools are required to take all reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of pupils. A supervision grant is provided by my Department to 1-teacher schools to assist them supervise pupils during the morning and lunch-time breaks in the school day. My Department has recently published updated "Child...