Results 12,521-12,540 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn
- Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (21 Jun 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...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy applied for funding under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme. A list of 453 successful schools was announced on 30 March 2011. Applications from schools for gas, mechanical and electrical works were prioritised under the Summer Works Scheme funding this year and I regret that the application made by the school in question was not selected. A...
- Written Answers — Primary Education: Primary Education (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The estimated average cost per annum of a student in first-level education based on the 2010 Provisional Outturn is â¬6,419. The calculations are as follows: Department Staff & Administration â¬43m Teachers' Pay â¬2,007m Teacher Education â¬10m Teacher Superannuation â¬449m Special Needs Assistants ...
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The redundancy payment for the person referred to by the Deputy will be paid to her on the 7 July 2011.
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The appeal in question was received in my Department on 24/02/2011. On foot of the information contained in the appeal papers, my Department asked the grant awarding body to re-assess the grant application. My Department informed the student of this outcome on 7/3/11. The grant awarding body subsequently re-assessed the grant application and a decision issued to the student, in writing, on...
- Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The curriculum in schools is devised on the basis that ICT is not a curriculum area or syllabus but rather a tool to be integrated into the teaching and learning of all subjects. The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) has developed an ICT framework which sets out a structured approach to ICT in curriculum and assessment. The Framework provides a guide to teachers for...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers applied to my Department for funding under the Summer Works Scheme 2011. Unfortunately, due to the scale of demand for funding under the scheme, it was not possible to grant aid all applications. As outlined in the Circular governing the operation of the scheme, applications for works in the higher categories of eligible works were...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: A new 12 classroom school is currently under construction for the school referred to by the Deputy. The school has recently made a further application for additional accommodation to cater for a future increase in enrolments and for the provision of a special class for autism. This application is currently being assessed and officials in my Department will convey a decision on the...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy applied for funding under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme. A list of 453 successful schools was announced on 30 March 2011. Applications from schools for gas, mechanical and electrical works were prioritised under the Summer Works Scheme funding this year and I regret that the application made by the school in question was not selected. A...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy applied for funding under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme. A list of 453 successful schools was announced on 30 March 2011. Applications from schools for gas, mechanical and electrical works were prioritised under the Summer Works Scheme funding this year and I regret that the application made by the school in question was not selected. A...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that my Department has completed the purchase of a site required for a new post-primary school in the area to which the Deputy refers. The progression of all large scale building projects, including this project, from initial design stage through to construction phase will be considered in the context of my Department's multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme...
- Written Answers — Straitéis 20 Bliain 2010: Straitéis 20 Bliain 2010 (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Tá mo Roinnse gafa faoi láthair le pléanna leis an Roinn Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta faoi fheidhmiú céimnithe na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge. Nuair a bheidh an chreatlach ama d'fheidhmiú foriomlán na Straitéise comhaontaithe, tionólfar an grúpa ardleibhéil atá luaite sa Straitéis. Is ceart a thabhairt faoi deara go gcomhthadhlaÃonn mo Roinnse ar bhonn...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the school in question currently has the support of 1 full time Resource Teaching post and 1 shared Learning Support/Resource Teacher (LSRT) as well as access to support from a LSRT post based in another school. The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy will be aware that a major capital project for the school to which he refers was included on a list of projects, which were announced on 24 January 2011, for which briefs will be formulated in 2011. In the context of progressing the project, my officials will be in contact with the school authority shortly to arrange a site visit to the school, which is the next step required to...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy applied for funding under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme. A list of 453 successful schools was announced on 30 March 2011. Applications from schools for gas, mechanical and electrical works were prioritised under the Summer Works Scheme funding this year and I regret that the application made by the school in question was not selected. A...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: On foot of a request from my Department the Office of Public Works identified a suitable site for the school referred to by the Deputy. However given the sensitivities associated with land acquisitions generally, I am not in a position to comment further at this point in time. The acquisition of the site and the delivery of the school building project will be considered in the context of...
- Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (21 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Under the terms of my Department's Free Fee Scheme the Exchequer meets the cost of tuition fees in respect of eligible students who are pursuing full-time undergraduate courses of study which are a minimum of two years duration in an approved higher education institution. The main conditions of the scheme are that students must be first-time undergraduates, hold inter alia EU/EEA/Swiss...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (16 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 and 79 together. In 1999 the US-Ireland Alliance established the George Mitchell Scholarship Programme, a prestigious and competitive scholarship programme to enable American university graduates to pursue a year of study at institutions of higher learning in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The scholarship was named after Senator George J. Mitchell in honour...
- Written Answers — Education Schemes: Education Schemes (16 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The downturn in the construction sector has resulted in a significant fall off in the numbers of apprentices being recruited nationally. In 2009 the Higher Education Authority (HEA) consulted widely with individual institutions on the impact of the reduction in these numbers on the level of apprenticeship provision in the education sector. An independent evaluation panel was established, to...
- Written Answers — Clár Tógála Scoileanna: Clár Tógála Scoileanna (16 Jun 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Tá ceannach an tsuÃmh a aithnÃodh don scoil dá dtagraÃonn an Teachta faoi réir cead imlÃneach pleanála a bheith deonaithe. Chuir mo Roinn tús i Samhain na bliana 2010 le hiarratas ar chead imlÃneach pleanála a réiteach. Tar éis cainteanna leis an údarás pleanála maidir le forbairt bheartaithe an tsuÃmh, coimisiúnaÃodh suirbhéanna agus measúnachtaà speisialaithe ar an...