Results 12,041-12,060 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (21 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating resource teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. This now...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (21 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating resource teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. This now...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (21 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating resource teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. This now...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (21 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating resource teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. This now...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (21 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Set out below is the information requested by the Deputy with regard to new agencies created since 1997 to date: An Chomhairle um Oideachais Gaeltachta agus GaelscoilaÃochta - COGG (established 1999) Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse - CICA (established 1999) Education Finance Board - EFB (established 2006) Further Education & Training Awards Council - FETAC (established 2001)...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (21 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: All of the details requested are not readily available within my Department and it would involve a very significant amount of administrative time to identify, retrieve from storage, and examine all relevant files in order to compile the information in question. However, I am providing a listing for the years 2000 to 2010 as compiled in response to previous parliamentary questions. This...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: My Department will be making contact with the school authority referred to by the Deputy. In the context of the matter referred to by the Deputy, it has been necessary for the school to rent temporary accommodation pending the provision of a permanent solution to its needs.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The following is a summary of fees paid (2011 rates) to members of Boards of bodies under the aegis of my Department. - The Chairperson of FÃS receives â¬20,520, while ordinary members receive â¬11,790. - The Chairperson of the Grangegorman Development Agency receives â¬8,978, while ordinary members do not receive any payment. - The Chairperson of the Higher Education Authority receives...
- Written Answers — Graduate Retention: Graduate Retention (20 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The HEA publishes a First Destination Report annually which provides information on the position of Irish graduates nine months after graduation. The information is gathered through a survey of all graduates from publicly funded higher education institutions. I have set out below, for the information of the Deputy, data provided by the HEA in relation to students graduating in 2009 with...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (20 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) is a third-level admissions scheme for students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The scheme is operated by a number of higher education institutions and not by my Department. Admissions to the institutions are regulated by the institutions themselves. The Deputy may wish to contact the Irish Universities Association, which operates...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (20 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Applications for redundancy/partial redundancy for Special Needs Assistants are being received by my Department on an ongoing basis. Applications are processed in date order of receipt. Every effort is being made to process these applications as quickly as possible.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (20 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that an application for partial redundancy has been received by my Department from the person referred to by the Deputy. Applications for redundancy are being received on an ongoing basis and are processed in date order of receipt. I can assure the Deputy that my Department is making every effort to process redundancy applications as quickly as possible. The application in...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The school to which the Deputy refers has applied to my Department for large scale capital funding. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a Band 1 rating. All large scale building projects, including the proposed project for the school in question will be considered within the context of my...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The project to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of the tender process. Subject to no issues arising, it is envisaged that the project with progress to construction in quarter 3 of 2011.
- Written Answers — Schools Statistics: Schools Statistics (20 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Data on the number of pupils and teachers in each primary school is available on a county by county basis for the school years 2007/2008, 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 on the Statistics area of my Department's website (link below). http://www.education.ie/home/home.jsp?pcategory=17216&ecateg ory=47122&language=EN. Data for the 2010/11 school year for primary schools is not currently available and...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (20 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The decision on eligibility for a grant is a matter for a student's local grant awarding body â the relevant Local Authority or VEC. The Deputy will appreciate that in the absence of all of the relevant details that would be contained in an individual's application form, including those relating to age, residence, means, nationality and previous academic attainment, it would not be...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (20 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The information is not available in the format requested by the Deputy. However, it is estimated that nationally, some 30% of the student cohort or some 21,600, are mature students. Qualifying students in this cohort may be in receipt of either the Back to Education Allowance or the maintenance element of the student grant. In addition, qualifying students will have their fees or student...
- Written Answers — Teaching Staff: Teaching Staff (20 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The primary redeployment panel rules agreed between the relevant education partners and my Department are published on my Department's website. Prior to 1 September, 2008 the panel rules allowed for the counting of permanent and fixed term service of primary school teachers towards eligibility for the redeployment panels. Substitute service did not count for panel rights. It was agreed...
- Written Answers — Third Level Participation: Third Level Participation (20 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The most recent figures on participation in third level education on a county basis and by post code in the Dublin area are for the 2009-10 academic year. The tables below provide this information in relation to both Universities and Institutes of Technology. It is anticipated that data for the 2010-11 academic year will be accessible on the HEA Website in the autumn. County of permanent...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (20 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy on the number of special needs assistants employed in each school in Dublin 5, Dublin 13 and Dublin 15 in September is not readily available. The number of Special Needs Assistants employed nationally from 2007 to 2010 is available in the attached document. The details for each year are the December figures for the year in question. The primary schools...