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Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: There are 6 teachers who opted to be paid by electronic funds transfer in the period February / March 2009 who were given retrospection of the salary increase of 2.5% to the 1st September 2008. No retrospection was paid to teachers since that time. A Rights Commissioner decision in June 2009 indicated that retrospection should not be paid. All new staff joining the Department's payrolls are...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: There are 572 retired primary, secondary and community/comprehensive school teachers paid by payable order from the retired teachers payroll operated by my Department who retired before 01st September 2008. The increase of 2.5% payable from 01st September 2008 was awarded to all these retired teachers.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: There are no retired primary, secondary and community/comprehensive school teachers paid by payable order from the payroll operated by my Department who retired between 01st September 2008 and 31st January 2009. Their pension is paid electronically into an account.

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: As a result of Budget 2012, Circular 70/2011 provides that teachers who had been engaged in a public sector teaching post on or before 4 December 2011 are eligible to retain the qualification allowances they were entitled to be in receipt of on that date. Such teachers will not be paid any additional allowance where they acquire any further qualification on or after 5 December 2011. The...

Written Answers — School Discipline: School Discipline (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Section 29 of the Education Act, 1998 provides for an appeal by a parent or guardian to the Secretary General of my Department, or in the case of a Vocational Education Committee (VEC) school to the VEC in the first instance, where a Board of Management of a school, or a person acting on behalf of the Board, refuses to enrol a student in a school, expels a student or suspends a student for 20...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Pre-enrolment data by standard or individual school is not available.

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-16: Medium Term Exchequer Framework published last November provides for an investment of €2.2 billion in the Education Sector over the five year period to 2016. On 12 March this year, I provided details in the 5 year plan of 275 major school building projects that will proceed to construction over the duration of the plan (details of the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The National Council for Special Education is responsible for allocating Special Needs Assistants to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's established criteria for the allocation of such supports and the staffing resources available to my Department. In considering the level of SNA support required by a school the NCSE takes into...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware from my previous response to him in December 2011 that this project was at an advanced stage of the tender process but progress had been delayed due to a number of technical issues relating to site access. These issues have now been resolved. However following the withdrawal of both the preferred bidder and the second lowest tenderer, my Department in consultation...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Financial assistance is available to students under the student grant scheme, which from the 2012/2013 academic year will be administered by Student Universal Support Ireland ( SUSI - a division of the City of Dublin VEC) on behalf of my Department. SUSI will accept all new applications in its first year of operation. Renewal applications will continue to be dealt with by the existing 66...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167, 213 and 229 together. The Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill contains provisions to protect the existing remuneration and superannuation entitlements of staff transferring to the Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland. It is appropriate that the Oireachtas would protect remuneration and pension...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The project to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of the tender process. Subject to no issues arising, it is envisaged that the project will progress to construction in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Disability Access Route to Education (DARE) is a third-level admissions scheme for students with a disability. The scheme is operated by a number of higher education institutions and not by my Department. Admissions to the institutions are regulated by the institutions themselves. The Deputy may wish to contact the Irish Universities Association in this instance.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department has no record of having received an application from the school referred to by the Deputy for the additional accommodation in question. It is open to the school authority to submit an application for this additional accommodation and the relevant application form can be downloaded from my Department's website www.education.ie.

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: A new online only grant applications system is being introduced for the academic year 2012/13. All new applications will be made online to a single awarding authority, Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI - a division of the City of Dublin VEC) which will administer the Student Grant Scheme on behalf of my Department. The online facility will be available through the website...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested is provided by the National School Annual Census Returns and is contained in the table attached below. RollNo School Name Address Line 1 Address Line 2 Address Line 3 TOTAL Enrolment 2010/2011 Walking Principal Full Time Equivalent Teaching Teachers/Principals Other full time teachers Other part time teachers FTE of part time Total teachers 05164I SCOIL NAOMH...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Several administrative improvements have been introduced to the student grant schemes in recent years to speed up processing. These include the introduction of a single unified grant scheme in 2011 to make it easier to apply for a grant. As the Deputy will be aware, from the 2012/13 year onwards, grants will be centrally administered by a single grant awarding authority, Student Universal...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The next meeting of the Primary Staffing Appeals Board takes place on Thursday, 14 June and the Boards of Management of the applicant schools, including the school referred to by the Deputy will be notified as soon as possible of the outcome of their appeal. The Appeal Board operates independently of the Department and its decision is final.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175 to 177, inclusive, together. Teacher allocations to second level schools are approved by my Department in accordance with established rules and procedures. In accordance, each school management authority is required to organise its subject options within the limit of its approved teacher allocation. The deployment of teaching staff in the school, the range...

Written Answers — Third Level Institutions: Third Level Institutions (6 Jun 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 199 together. The reality of the economic situation and the public expenditure corrections which must be made in the coming years present challenges across all areas of public expenditure, including higher education. Moreover, the projected growth in demand for higher education over the next two decades creates further challenges for funding. Careful...