Results 901-920 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (6 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department does not allocate classroom assistants to schools nor does it have any plans or funding to do so. All public servants are being asked to do more with less and the teachers in our small schools cannot be exempt from this requirement. It should be noted that the threshold of 20 pupils for a two teacher school is significantly below the threshold of 28 pupils that operated up to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Issues (6 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Residential Institutions Statutory Fund, which uses the service name Caranua, published its guidelines in January 2014. I understand from Caranua that while these guidelines are still in use, they are due to be replaced by a "plain English" version in May. Applicants who have been verified as eligible to apply move to the application for services stage. I understand that applications...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Establishment (6 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: In accordance with section 30 of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 all expenses and other costs incurred by Caranua, which is the service name of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund, are met from the investment account established by the NTMA and funded from contributions received from religious congregations. Caranua has advised that its overall provisional spend...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2b - Detailed Design. This stage includes the applications for Fire Safety Certificate and Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of tender documents. The Stage 2b submission has been received and is currently under review by my Department. When...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that under the Education Act 1998, legally, all schools are managed by school Boards of Management, on behalf of the school patrons or trustees. Accordingly, whereas I provide funding and policy direction for schools, neither I nor the Department have legal powers to instruct schools to follow a particular course of direction with regards to individual complaint...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) that payments commenced to the student referred to by the Deputy on 18th December 2013. Five payments in total have issued to the bank account provided by the student.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cóímheas Dalta le Múinteoir (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Déanfaidh mé socruithe chun go n-eiseofar freagra ina leith seo chuig an Teachta go díreach.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Since September 2012 guidance provision is now provided from within the overall staffing allocation of all schools including the school referred to by the Deputy. The alternative to this budget measure was to increase the standard 19:1 PTR. While the budget measure affected the resources available to schools, schools have greater autonomy to determine how they deploy their teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Major Building Project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2b - Detailed Design which includes applications for planning permission, Fire Safety Certification, Disability Access Certification and the preparation of tender documents. Once the Stage 2b Submission for the project has been received and assessed, my Department will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: As I outlined to the Deputy previously in a response to a Parliamentary Question of 9 April 2014, there is not an individual specific piece of research that supports and demonstrates the effectiveness of any one approach to the education of children with autism or my Department's child–centred policy on the education of children with special educational needs including autism. My...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy the Task Force on Autism made many recommendations concerning broad educational provision for children on the autistic spectrum from preschool through to third level. These recommendations provided a basis for the development of educational services and supports for children with autism including the establishment of a range of options for children with autism...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 63 and 64 together. Policy on the programmes, interventions and supports for children in education is a matter for my Department. Decisions in this regard are informed by research and advices received covering a range of matters including pedagogy, school curriculum, special needs and child development. The role of the SESS is to attend to the training...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Establishment (1 May 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department has no record of the submissions to which the Deputy refers. However, the Deputy will be aware that a new post-primary school is opening in the north Kildare area in September 2014 and this new school will have an all-Irish Aonad. This supplement all-Irish post primary provision in the area. My Department has confirmed that if sufficient demand for education through the medium...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (30 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Disciplinary matters are dealt with at school level in accordance with procedures under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998. If a teacher on a redeployment panel has dismissal proceedings being taken against him/her then an opportunity will be given for such proceedings to conclude before any decision is made in relation to redeployment.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (30 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: All of the information requested by the Deputy is already available on my Departments website at the following links. Map: . Data on Individual Schools: (Teacher information is available in the "Class Size Information at Individual Primary School Level: Previous Years" section.) .

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (30 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the terms of the Student Grant Scheme eligible students may receive funding towards compulsory field trips provided that the combined cost of the tuition fee, student contribution and the field trip does not exceed the maximum fee limit applicable at the time. Officials in my Department contacted the awarding authority (Longford County Council) in this case and they confirmed that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The State Examinations Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the Certificate examinations. Applications for such accommodations are submitted by schools on behalf of their students. Full details of the scheme are available for downloading...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Courses (30 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The detailed supplementary assignment arrangements for (Special Needs Assistants) SNAs for the 2013/2014 school year are set out in Departmental Circular 0037/2013 which issued on 1 July 2013 and which is available on the Department's website at the following address: . With effect from 1 May 2013 once an SNA with a minimum of one year's service is notified by his/her employer that he/she is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The State Examinations Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the Certificate examinations. Applications for such accommodations are submitted by schools on behalf of their students. Full details of the scheme are available for downloading...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Integrating ICT into teaching and learning in schools remains a priority for this Government. My Department's ICT in Schools programme sets out a clear agenda to be pursued in this regard, focusing on four main priorities: ICT Infrastructure in schools, the Schools Broadband Programme, the development of teacher skills, and the provision of curriculum-relevant digital content. On the...