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Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: If Ireland were the Deputy's client company, what would be his commercial advice?

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Courts do not tend to be elected. Every Commissioner is appointed by his or her parliament.

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In a bubble economy.

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: At least Sinn Féin is consistent in that respect.

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Nobody is suggesting it will.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Mar 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 earlier this month is focused on meeting those demographic needs. In that context, it was not possible to advance all...

Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (29 Mar 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department is at the early stages of planning an Anti-Bullying Forum. It is envisaged at this stage that it will be held in May 2012. If possible, it will be held on 17 May which is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The objective of the Forum will be to explore with all the relevant stakeholders how best to tackle all aspects of bullying in schools and to consider...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (29 Mar 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that the Home Tuition Scheme provides funding to parents to provide for education at home for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school. The scheme was extended in recent years to facilitate tuition for children awaiting a suitable educational placement including eligible pre-school children with an autistic spectrum...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (29 Mar 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister of State at my Department, Mr Ciaran Cannon TD, represented the Government in China for the St. Patrick's Day period and led an education mission, organised by Enterprise Ireland, which comprised senior representatives of Irish universities, institutes of technology and other higher education institutions. The cost to date to my Department is €11,449.50, which represents the...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (29 Mar 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy is aware, in June of last year I announced that 20 new post-primary schools are to be established up to 2017 across a number of locations to cater for increasing demographics. This announcement included a proposal to establish a new post-primary school in the area referred to by the Deputy. Forward Planning Section of my Department will continue its analysis of enrolments and...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (29 Mar 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that, 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. However, those students who meet the qualifying conditions for the special rate of grant will be...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (29 Mar 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The staffing arrangements for the 2012/13 school year are set out in Primary Circular 0007/2012 which is available on my Department's website. This includes details of the reform of the allocation process which is designed to bring a more equitable distribution of existing posts between schools. Applying the new staffing schedule for Band 1 DEIS schools to this school and the Government's...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (29 Mar 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 to 98, inclusive, together. Work on the drafting of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill which will provide for the establishment of the Statutory Fund, is currently being finalised and I expect to be in a position to publish it very shortly. As set out in the General Scheme of the Bill, the Statutory Fund will focus solely on victims of...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (29 Mar 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 — Teaching Contracts: Teaching Contracts (29 Mar 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information sought by the Deputy in respect of primary and post primary teachers is not readily available. A reply will issue direct to the Deputy. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill vacancies in an individual school is a matter for the management authority of the school concerned. The number of fixed-term contract and contract of indefinite duration teaching posts in...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (29 Mar 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the enrolment of a child in a school is a matter in the first instance for the parents of the child and the Board of Management of a school. My Department has no role in relation to processing applications for enrolment to schools. The policy of my Department is to secure the maximum possible level of inclusion of students with special educational needs in...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (29 Mar 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 102 and 103 together. Teacher allocations are approved annually in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. My Department has published the staffing arrangements at primary level for the coming school year, 2012/13. The relevant circular, 0007/2012 is available on my Department's website. The allocation process at primary...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (29 Mar 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support, which now includes a requirement for them to have regard to...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (29 Mar 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm to the Deputy that an application for capital funding for additional accommodation is currently awaited from the school to which he refers. The completed application when received will be assessed and a decision on the matter conveyed to the school authority.

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (29 Mar 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In order for this country to adhere to its agreed economic recovery programme and to reduce the budget deficit to 3% of GDP by 2015 it is necessary to seek to reduce expenditure across all areas of my Department. Unfortunately this involves difficult decisions including the decision in Budget 2012 to increase the Student Contribution to €2,250 for the 2012/13 academic year. While the...