Results 12,341-12,360 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy should ask the guys in front of him.
- Business of Dáil (6 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: On a point of information, I understand there is a motion of referral of the Estimates to select committees which I have been requested to move. Are there other committees which have yet to deal with Estimates and does a formal motion need to be moved?
- Presentation of Estimates: Motion (6 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I move: That, notwithstanding Standing Order 159(1) or (2) of the Standing Orders of Dáil Ãireann relative to Public Business, Revised Estimates for the Public Services for the year ending 31st December, 2011, be presented to the Dáil and circulated to members on 6th July, 2011, being a date later than that prescribed for the presentation of Estimates and that the Revised Estimates be...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Punch and Judy.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: You guys certainly filled them.
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Springboard is a specific initiative targeted at unemployed people who have lost jobs in sectors where employment levels will not return and who will need new qualifications and skills to re-enter employment as the economy recovers. To be eligible for a place on a Springboard course an applicant must have been unemployed for a minimum of six months when the course starts. At the time of...
- Written Answers — Religious Congregations Indemnity Agreement: Religious Congregations Indemnity Agreement (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The following table sets out the position in relation to the realisation of the â¬128 million contribution due from the eighteen congregations under the 2002 indemnity agreement. The completion of the legal arrangements in the case of 24 properties, valued at â¬23.34 million, remain outstanding, although the physical transfers of these properties have taken place. The Chief State...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Teacher allocations to all second level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. In accordance with these rules each school is required to organise its subject options within the limit of its approved teacher allocation. The deployment of teaching staff, the range of subject offered and ultimately the quality of...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 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 (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to clarify for the Deputy that pupils with Down's syndrome may receive additional teaching support in primary schools, either under the terms of the General Allocation Model (GAM) of teaching supports, if the pupil's educational psychological assessment places the pupil in the mild general learning disability/high incidence disability category, or through an allocation of individual...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are allocated to schools to enable them to support the care needs of pupils with disabilities who also have a significant medical need or a significant impairment of physical or sensory impairment. Students with an assessed special educational need who present with significantly challenging behaviour may also qualify for some SNA...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216, to 219, inclusive, together. The level of student intake to the state funded Colleges of Education is determined annually by my Department and it takes account of the supply of, and demand for, primary teachers. The level of intake to these Colleges has decreased in recent years in light of available resources and factors impacting on demand....
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The school to which the Deputy refers has applied to my Department for large scale capital funding for a new school. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a Band 2 rating. Information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed applications for major capital...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The table below sets out the numbers of retired teachers that were engaged in teaching duties in substitute and part time capacities for the school years 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/10. Number of retired teachers employed as substitute / part time teachers School year Primary Post Primary 2007/08 1506 392 2008/09 1453 368 2009/10 1421 389
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The amount spent on renting temporary accommodation at primary and post-primary level, including â but not limited to - prefabricated accommodation in since 2009 is as follows: 2009: â¬39m (Primary â¬36m/Post-Primary â¬3m) 2010: â¬29m (Primary â¬27m/Post-Primary â¬2.3m) 2011 (to date) â¬13m (Primary â¬12m/Post-Primary â¬1m) Generally,...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: There is no contractual relationship between the sub-contractor to which the Deputy refers and my Department. In general all sub-contractors employed on school building projects are employed directly by the Main Contractor or indirectly by the Main Contractor through other sub-contractors. It is a matter for all sub-contractors to agree terms and conditions and a schedule of payments with...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application for large scale capital funding for an extension and refurbishment. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large scale building projects and assigned a band 2.2 rating. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I issued a Circular in May of this year which requires schools, in making appointments on or after 1 September 2011, to prioritise teachers over unregistered persons, appropriately qualified teachers over teachers qualified for different sectors and unemployed teachers over teachers in receipt of a public sector pension. Schools are also required to hold a list of appropriately qualified...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 226 and 227 together. The change to the student grants scheme to which the Deputy refers - the removal of the automatic entitlement of mature students to the non-adjacent rate of grant - was introduced by his Fianna Fáil â Green Party Government under Budget 2011. It is estimated that some 6,900 mature students qualifying for grant support live 45...
- Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations including organising the holding of examinations, determining procedures in places where examinations are conducted including the supervision of examinations and making arrangements for the marking of work presented for examination. In view of this I have forwarded...