Results 12,381-12,400 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to inform the Deputy that 10,575 whole time equivalent (WTE) posts are being provided for SNA support for the coming school year. This is a significant number of posts and unlike other areas of the public sector vacancies are being filled up to this number. It is considered that with equitable and careful management and distribution of these resources that there should be sufficient...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy on the number of special needs assistants employed in County Monaghan is not readily available. The number of Special Needs Assistants employed nationally from 2007 to 2010 is set out below. The details for each year are the December figures for the year in question. The primary schools information is inclusive of the special schools details. The Deputy...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school in question has been allocated a devolved grant under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme. The school authority has been informed of this decision.
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to confirm that an application form has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy for a residual balance of resource teaching hours for 2011/12 that it could not obtain from any surplus capacity in neighbouring schools. The application form will be processed in due course and the school will be advised accordingly.
- Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: In September 2005, my Department announced the allocation of funding of â¬300 million for an Education PPP Programme comprising of 23 new post primary schools and 4 new primary schools under a major expansion of the Government's Public Private Partnership Programme. The provision of the proposed new secondary school in Skibbereen was included in that announcement. A site has been acquired...
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The selection and enrolment of pupils in schools is the responsibility of the authorities of the individual school. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in an area. However, this may result in some pupils not obtaining a place in the school of their first choice. As schools may not have a place...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 and 265 together. Based on my Department's most recent statistics, it is expected that enrolments will increase nationally from a current enrolment at primary level of circa 509,652 pupils to circa 552,800 pupils by 2017 and at post-primary level from a current enrolment of circa 317,432 pupils to circa 342,300 pupils by 2017. My Department is currently...
- 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 — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) was established as a result of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act, 2004. The Act provides a comprehensive legislative framework to govern the delivery of services while the establishment of the NCSE is intended to improve and speed up the delivery of services to pupils with special educational needs, their...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are a number of factors in determining rates of pay of Special Needs Assistants such as length of working day and number of years service, for example. The applicable payscales for Special Needs Assistants are available on my Department's website, www.education.ie.
- 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 — School Books: School Books (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 270 and 271 together. I am aware of the concern expressed by many parents and organisations in relation to the high cost of school books and the frequent rate of revisions made by book publishers. I previously indicated to the House that I would meet with book publishers and representatives of parents to discuss this important issue in greater detail. I can...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: A major project for the school referred to by the Deputy was included on the list of projects on the work programme for 2011, which was announced on 24 January last. A technical assessment of the school has been completed and my Department has agreed the Overall Schedule of Accommodation with the school authority. The material referred to by the Deputy is currently being prepared and will...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at architectural planning stage. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the Stage 2a submission for the school's major building project was approved by my Department on 30 June 2011. In relation to the major building project, my Department releases funds for payments of outstanding invoices on confirmation that the work...
- 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 — School Staffing: School Staffing (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The primary redeployment panel rules agreed between the relevant education partners and my Department provide supplementary panel rights to eligible fixed-term teachers with between three and five years reckonable teaching service. The teacher referred to by the Deputy was offered these rights in 2010 in respect of the 2010-2011 school year but failed to respond at the time. Under the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that all information in respect of the current school building programme along with all assessed applications for major capital works, is available on my Department's website at www.education.ie. A project at the school to which he refers is at an advanced stage of the architectural planning process. The school authority has advised my Department that Stage 2(b)...
- Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: At this point the only firm and absolute decisions taken by the Government are the decision to reduce the overall number of VECs from 33 to 16, the decision on the merger of particular counties (i.e. the revised configuration) and the decision to approve in principal the consolidation of the existing VEC legislation. I am currently giving consideration to the question of where the...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an early stage of architectural planning. A stage 1 submission was recently received from the design team and is currently being reviewed by my Department. When that review is complete my Department will revert to the VEC regarding the further progression of the project.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (5 Jul 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The estimated capital cost of the 40 new schools to be established in the next 6 years is in the region of â¬380m, of which the estimated building cost is approximately â¬272m. On this basis, the estimated funding will create in the region of 2,720 direct and 544 indirect construction related jobs in the economy. In relation to the operation of the schools, the staffing requirements will...