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Written Answers — Institutes of Education: Institutes of Education (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Confucius Institutes are an initiative of the Chinese Government, intended to promote study and awareness of Chinese language and culture worldwide. There are two such Institutes in Ireland, both based in universities: the UCC Confucius Institute and the UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland. As autonomous institutions, both universities have their own direct relationships with the Chinese...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter for the relevant grant awarding authority. The Deputy will appreciate that in the absence of all of the relevant details that would be contained in an individual's application form and supporting documentation, it would not be possible for me to say whether or not a student should qualify for a grant. Where a grant application is...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The allocation of funds to the National Behaviour Support Service (NBSS) is €2,041,927 for 2012 . This funding covers the full cost of the service including the employment of 1 National Co-ordinator, 4 Assistant National Co-ordinators, 7 Regional Development Officers, 1 Literary Development Officer, 1 Speech and Language Therapist, 1.75 Occupational Therapists and 1 Research Officer. No...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: An appeal from the person in respect of whom details were supplied by the Deputy is due for consideration at the next sitting of the Student Grants Appeals Board which is scheduled for the 7th June 2012.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations including organising the holding of examinations and determining procedures in places where examinations are conducted including the supervision of examinations. I can inform the Deputy that the Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the...

Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I recently announced details of a forum to explore ways to tackle the problem of bullying in schools. This Anti-Bullying Forum is due to take place on the 17th of May 2012 and will bring together a range of experts, support groups and representatives of the schools sector including parents and students. It is envisaged that there will be a range of speakers on the day of the Forum which will...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 to 233, inclusive, together. The need for additional school provision in Ashbourne was identified by analysis carried out by the Forward Planning Section of my Department, using enrolment data and demographic trends. My Department put in place an application and patron selection process for the establishment of new schools to cater for increasing...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The NCSE will be notifying schools in due course of their allocation for the 2012/13 school year of resource hours for low incidence special needs. The arrangements for how schools access these resource hours in teaching posts are set out in the Department Staffing Circular 0007/2012. Under these arrangements a network of over 2,500 full-time resource posts has been put in place in close to...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In the context of the necessary but difficult expenditure reduction measures announced in Budget 2012, new students entering postgraduate courses from the 2012/13 academic year onwards will not be entitled to maintenance payments under the Student Grant Scheme. Existing postgraduate students will not be affected while pursuing their current course. In making these changes, I have provided for...

Written Answers — Regulatory Impact Assessments: Regulatory Impact Assessments (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Department has carried out work on two RIAs in the period since 9 March 2011. The Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 was published on 9 January 2012. A screening RIA for this Bill was finalised in December 2011 and is available to download on the Department's website. The RIA for the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 was published at the same time as...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at an early stage of Architectural Planning. The Design Team was recently appointed and commenced Stage 1 (Preliminary Sketch Design) of the design process. My Department is awaiting a status update and completion of preliminary design works from the Board of Management and their Design team.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that all primary schools, including the school referred to by the Deputy have been advised of their revised General Allocation Model (GAM) allocation for the coming school year, based on the number of mainstream classroom teaching posts in the school in the proceeding year, which itself is based on school pupil enrolments. In relation to any additional allocation...

Written Answers — Third Level Remuneration: Third Level Remuneration (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought by the Deputy is in the table. 01/06/2007 01/03/2008 01/09/2008 01/01/2010 Grade Non-PPC PPC Non-PPC PPC Non-PPC PPC Non-PPC PPC Sen Lec 65116 68541 66744 70255 68413 72011 64033 67310 68964 72595 70688 74410 72455 76270 67710 71143 72810 76642 74630 78558 76496 80522 71346 74970 76632 80666 78548 82683 80512 84750 74961 78775 80463 84701 82475 86819 84537 88989...

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 240 and 241 together. In the first instance, I would point out that the deployment of teaching staff in the school is a matter for the school management authorities. I acknowledge, however, that the proportion of Mathematics teachers without a major qualification represents a challenge to the system. This is, however, also a feature of education systems in...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Primary Staffing Appeals Board met on 18th and 19th April. A total of 367 schools submitted appeals to the Appeals Board. These appeals were considered in accordance with the appeals criteria set out in Department Staffing Circular 0007/2012. 205 schools had their appeals upheld by the Staffing Appeals Board. A summary outcome of the appeals is now published on my Department's website....

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) was set up as an independent statutory body to improve the delivery of education services to persons with special educational needs arising from disabilities with particular emphasis on children. I have requested the NCSE to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to the Deputy's question.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning. My Department is currently considering the school's request for an increase in the size of the GP room and will revert to the school authority shortly with a decision on the matter.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In view of the need to ensure that every child has access to a school place, the delivery of major school projects to meet the demographic demands nationally will be the main focus for capital investment in schools in the coming years. The five year programme announced recently is focused on meeting those demographic needs. The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In accordance with Government policy, expressions of interest have been sought through the Public Appointments Service (PAS) from suitably qualified and experienced persons for consideration for appointment to the following boards of Bodies operating under the aegis of my Department: Leárgas Ltd – The Exchange Bureau; The Higher Education Authority; The Qualifications and Quality Assurance...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (15 May 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 and 248 together. The detailed comments in the "Interim Report on Project Maths" prepared by the School of Mathematical Sciences in UCC will be considered by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment which is the body responsible for the development of the Project Maths syllabus. The research was completed last November and the focus of their...