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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The table provides gross salary details in respect of persons employed in my Department and agencies thereof by salary band. Part 1 of the table provides details in respect of those employees paid via the staff payroll system operated by my Department. This includes Civil Servants employed directly in my Department and staff in a small number of other named bodies for whom my...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (16 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 91, 93, 94 and 95 together. Circular 31/2011 details a cascade of measures for recruitment of teachers, prioritising unemployed registered teachers over retired registered teachers, and registered teachers over unregistered persons. Each principal must report to his or her board of management on a regular basis on the fact that a list of unemployed registered...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (16 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy will be forwarded direct to him.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (16 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through the local special educational needs organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications from primary and post primary schools for special educational needs supports including the approval of special classes for autism. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support....

Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (16 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: On Monday 13th February, the HEA published a number of documents intended to provide a broad framework for future system development in Irish higher education, including a clear four stage process and criteria for designation as Technological University. All institutions have now been invited to identify their key strengths and their future strategic fit within the system and submit a...

Written Answers — School Meals Policy: School Meals Policy (15 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: The Rules for National Schools provide for a midday recreation interval of one half-hour. Forenoon and afternoon breaks of five minutes each are also allowed. Where a recreation interval or breaks of a longer duration than the foregoing are taken the length of the school day must be extended correspondingly. The arrangements within the recreation interval for pupils to eat their lunch are...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy is aware, the Government's Medium Term Infrastructure and Capital Investment Framework, which was published on 10th November last, sets out the demographic challenge facing the education system. Total enrolment in both primary and post-primary schools is expected to grow by almost 70,000 between now and 2018 - over 45,000 at primary level and 25,000 at post primary - and will...

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

Ruairi Quinn: Beidh fhios ag an Teachta nárbh fhéidir dul ar aghaidh le tógáil scoile nua do Scoil Náisiúnta Ghort an Choirce mar gur diúltaíodh cead pleanála don suíomh a bhí beartaithe. Tá eolas maidir leis an gclár reatha tógála scoile mar aon leis na hiarratais mheasúnaithe go léir ar oibreacha móra caipitil, an tionscadal seo san áireamh, le fáil ar shuíomh gréasáin na Roinne ag...

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (15 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: A full list of the teaching allowances referred to in Circular 0003/2012 is provided in tabular form. A full list of the allowances payable to non-teaching staff in schools and VECs is currently being compiled and details will be supplied when this has been finalised. Not every person serving in a beneficiary grade has necessarily been eligible to receive the allowances listed. Teaching...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In 2011, my Department paid a total of €868,440 to the Irish Summer Colleges in respect of student primary teachers and provision has been made for a similar amount of expenditure in 2012. As part of the Government's budgetary considerations and the Comprehensive Expenditure Review, a decision was made to abolish the payment of grants by this Department to the Gaeltacht Colleges towards the...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department has undertaken a survey of schools to establish the current situation regarding school book rental and loan schemes. This survey has recently been completed. When the results of this survey have been examined in detail, I will consider how I might incentivise the introduction of book loan or rental schemes in schools that do not currently operate such schemes. I believe it is...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (15 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: My Department does not hold information on the numbers of pupils in individual schools who currently occupy temporary accommodation; this depends on the organisation of class groups by schools within available accommodation and may vary from year to year. Local school managements are responsible for organising their class numbers, year on year, to achieve the optimum local efficiencies....

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

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating resource teachers to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. All schools have now received their resource...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (15 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: In accordance with the terms of the Department of Finance Guidelines in relation to Ministerial Appointments dated the 24th, March 2011 a personal assistant and personal secretary were appointed to assist the Minister of State in carrying out his functions. The following is a breakdown of staff assigned to his constituency office together with their salaries: 1 Personal Assistant (non civil...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (15 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104 and 105 together. As announced in the house on the 11th January, I have asked my Department for a report on the impact of the withdrawal of certain posts allocated under previous disadvantaged schemes in DEIS Band 1 and Band 2 primary schools. This report, which is currently being finalised, will detail the facts for each individual school affected by this...

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

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department's policy is to promote the principle of inclusive education as envisaged in Section 2 of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN), Act 2004. The Department, either directly or through the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), provides for a range of supports in schools to enable them to cater for students with...

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

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through the local special educational needs organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications from primary and post primary schools for special educational needs supports including the approval of special classes for autism. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (15 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Only a small element of the costs of teaching Irish can be identified separately. These include the outlay on professional development of teachers provided at second level through the Seirbhís Tacaíochta Dara Leibhéal don Ghaeilge, €832,500 p.a, and the grant paid to An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaiochta for the development of resources and materials, advice and...

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

Ruairi Quinn: My Department allocates chaplain posts to Community and Comprehensive Schools and designated Community Colleges. There are currently 152 whole time equivalent chaplain posts allocated to these schools. The annual cost is approximately €9m. The appointment of chaplains to these schools flow from the original agreements concluded when the schools concerned were established. The chaplains...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Feb 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: Teachers employed within an approved staffing allocation granted by my Department in fee-charging schools and teachers in schools within the Free Education Scheme are paid by the State.Teacher allocations for fee-charging schools are based on a ratio of 20 to 1, while allocations for schools in the Free Education Scheme are at a ratio of 19 to 1. The average cost of a teaching post for a...