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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Career Breaks (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Arrangements are been made at present to facilitate this officer's return to work in early May following a career break. It is open to the officer to make an application for a transfer at any stage. Transfers may be facilitated once certain conditions are met, such as individual placing on the Central Applications Facility (CAF) and internal Department transfers lists. As the Deputy will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Expenditure (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: A Minor Works Grant issued to primary schools last November for the school year 2013/2014. Circular letter 0062/2013 which was published as the Minor Works Grant issued last November states that "the grant will only be paid in future years as funding permits". The Deputy will be aware that under the Investment and Capital Investment Programme 2012-2016, the focus in the education sector is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the terms of the student grant scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students who meet the prescribed conditions of funding including those relating to nationality, residency, progression and means. To satisfy the terms and conditions of the student grant scheme in relation to progression, a student must be moving from year to year within a course having successfully completed the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: All Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are paid on the SNA salary scale which is set by the Minister for Education and Skills in conjunction with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. SNAs who are employed in a regular part-time capacity are paid a pro-rata amount dependent upon their level of hours of employment. Part-time SNAs are paid on the agreed divisor rate for pay purposes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), formerly FETAC, provides 6 opportunities per year to education and training providers to apply for certification for their learners. The dates of those opportunities are published well in advance and providers are made aware of them. Once requested, certificates are issued within 2 weeks of the closing of each certification opportunity and to each...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The school building project referred to by the Deputy has been included on the 5 year construction programme for 2015/16. In line with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Education and Skills and the County and City Managers' Association, the Department has been working closely with Donegal County Council in relation to identifying and acquiring a suitable site for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to re-iterate if the Deputy has any child protection concern in relation to a teacher, it should be reported to the Child and Family Agency without delay. If any allegation is referred to my Department, it will be reported to the Child and Family Agency in accordance with the requirements of Children First. At the same time, my Department makes the allegation known to the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Officials of my Department have checked the payroll databases operated by my Department for teachers and non-teaching staff employed at Primary, Voluntary Secondary and Community and Comprehensive schools. There are no records of any payments being issued to teaching staff in Linden House, Blackrock.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The school to which the Deputy refers commenced construction in February 2014, and works are progressing. It would be inappropriate to release details of the accepted tender amount at this juncture as to do so could affect the outcome other extant tender competitions.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The school referred to by the Deputy was recently approved a devolved grant for the construction of an ASD Unit under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme 2014. A devolved project allows individual school authorities the means to address their accommodation and building priorities with a guaranteed amount of funding and gives them day to day control of their building project. It...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I can advise that the school referred to by the Deputy was provided with Schedules of Accommodation in February 2014. Seven Mainstream Classrooms and one SET Room are to be provided as part of Phase 1 of a building project at the school in question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is not in receipt of a current application for additional accommodation from the school referred to. It is open however to the school authority to submit an application for any additional facilities for consideration to my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school to which he refers has submitted an application for additional learning support/resource classroom accommodation. The application is currently being considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authorities as soon as this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: As part of the Budget 2012 decisions, the number of pupils required to gain and retain a classroom teaching post in small primary schools was gradually increased between September 2012 and September 2014. The final phase of the increased enrolment thresholds for small schools takes effect in September, 2014. An appeals process is available to affected schools in the event that they could...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Issues (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Education and Training Boards Act 2013 provides for the composition of each Education and Training Board (ETB), following the local authority elections in May 2014, as follows: 12 members elected by the relevant local authority/local authorities; 2 members elected by ETB staff; 2 members appointed by the ETB from the nominees of a national association of parents; 5 members appointed by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Issues (15 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: My officials contacted their counterparts in the Department of Justice and Equality on 7th April in this regard and were advised that the matter had already been brought to that Department's attention. In response to a query from the Minister, Deputy Shatter I confirmed to him on 11th April that there is no change in the position regarding the Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision (10 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: This is a day to day operational matter for SOLAS. I have asked SOLAS to contact the Deputy directly to set out these procedures.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (10 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 46 together. My Department provides for a comprehensive system of continuing professional development (CPD) for teachers in the area of special educational needs. Central to this is the Special Education Support Service (SESS) whose brief is to enhance the quality of learning and teaching of students with special educational needs through the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (10 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that as part of the Budget 2012 decisions, there is a phased increase in the number of pupils required to gain and retain a classroom teaching post in small primary schools with four teachers or less. The first phase of the budget measure took effect from September 2012. The final phase of the budget measure takes effect from September 2014. An appeals process is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (10 Apr 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: July Provision is available to all special schools and mainstream primary schools with special classes catering for children with autism that choose to extend their education services through the month of July. My Department also provides July Provision for pupils with a severe/profound general learning disability. Where school based provision is not feasible, home based provision may be...