Results 13,281-13,300 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (19 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter for a student's local grant awarding body â the relevant local authority or VEC. In the absence of all of the relevant details that would be contained in an individual's application form and the necessary proofs that must be provided, the Deputy will appreciate that it would not be possible for me to say how a student would be...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the enrolment of a child in a school is a matter in the first instance for the parents of the child and the Board of Management of a school. My Department has no role in relation to processing applications for enrolment in schools. The National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) is the statutory agency which assists parents who are experiencing difficulty in...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that a proposal for an academy for children with autism has been received by officials in my Department who will revert to the organisation in question shortly. However it is important to emphasise that the proposal will be considered in the context of my Department's policy in this regard. My Department's policy is focused on ensuring that all children including...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 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 teaching hours to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. In respect of the allocation of Resource...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (19 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school in question submitted an application for the works referred to by the Deputy under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme. A list of 453 successful schools was announced on 30 March 2011 and I regret that the application made by the school referred to by the Deputy was not selected. A letter to this effect has issued to the school. Applications from schools for gas,...
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (19 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school in question submitted an application for the works referred to by the Deputy under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme. A list of 453 successful schools was announced on 30 March 2011 and I regret that the application made by the school referred to by the Deputy was not selected. A letter to this effect has issued to the school. Applications from schools for gas,...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Firstly, I wish to advise the Deputy that Special Needs Assistant (SNA) allocations are not permanent, as the level of SNA support allocated to a school may be increased or decreased as pupils who qualify for SNA support enrol or leave a school. They are also decreased where a child's care needs may have diminished over time. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible,...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (19 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is an independent agency with responsibility for determining the appropriate staffing levels in relation to the support of pupils with special educational needs in mainstream and special schools. The NCSE operates within my Department's policy in allocating this support. Officials at my Department have been...
- Written Answers — School Books: School Books (14 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The cost of school text books is determined on a commercial basis by the educational publishers who commission them. My Department has no role in the production and publication of school text books. Accordingly, I am not in a position to speculate on the cost of school books, as referred to by the Deputy. My Department intends to issue funding to primary schools in April and post-primary...
- Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (14 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Under the terms of the 2002 Indemnity Agreement, eighteen religious congregations agreed to make a contribution of â¬128 million towards the cost of the Residential Institutions Redress Scheme, which included â¬12.7m to be used for educational programmes for former residents of the residential institutions and their families. The Education (Former Residents of Certain Institutions for...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The school to which the Deputy refers is included in the 2011 school building work programme to progress to secure planning permission and prepare tender documents on a brief for an extension and refurbishment to the existing school. The design team were authorised to seek Planning Permission based on the approved stage 2(a) design which had initially proposed a two storey extension....
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school in question submitted an application for the works referred to by the Deputy under the 2011 Summer Works Scheme. A list of 453 successful schools was announced on 30 March 2011 and I regret that the application made by the school referred to by the Deputy was not selected. A letter to this effect has issued to the school. Applications from schools for gas,...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers applied to my Department for large scale capital funding for a school building project to provide an extension. A design team was appointed and the project reached stage 2(a) of architectural planning in 2007. In accordance with the published criteria for large scale building projects, the project for this school has been assigned a...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: An application for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme was received late last year from the school referred to by the Deputy. The application related to new entrance gates The purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme is solely for unforeseen emergencies or to provide funding to facilitate inclusion and access for special needs pupils. An emergency is deemed to be a situation...
- Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (14 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The question of enrolment in individual schools is the responsibility of the managerial authority of those schools. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking places. This may result, however, in some pupils not obtaining a place in the school of their first choice. It is the responsibility of the managerial...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (14 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: Following the commencement on 1 January 2011 of the relevant sections of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010, the Department of Social Protection assumed the funding and overall responsibility for FÃS employment services and employment programmes. As far as the training activities of FÃS are concerned, I am currently reviewing options regarding the provision of further...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (14 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: On 5/11/2010 an appeal was received by my Department from the candidate in question to review the decision of her grant awarding authority not to award a student grant. The grant awarding authority had taken this decision because the reckonable income limits for student grant eligibility were exceeded. The appeal was examined in detail by my Department and a decision issued to the candidate...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (14 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The student grant schemes include provision for grants to eligible students pursuing certain full-time undergraduate courses of at least two years duration in other EU Member States. In addition, section 473A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provides for tax relief, at the standard rate of tax, for tuition fees paid in respect of approved full-time and part-time courses in both private...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (14 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: The information requested by the Deputy on the number of staff employed in my Department in 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 is set out in the following tables. 1995 Grade (Non-Admin) FTE* Chief Inspector 1 Deputy Chief Inspector 2 Assistant Chief Inspector 8 Divisional Inspector 20 District Inspector 48 Senior Inspector 19 Post Primary Inspector 33 Director of NEPS - Regional Director...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (14 Apr 2011)
Ruairi Quinn: I am aware of the issue in relation to the broadband connection at Culmullen National School. Under my Department's Schools Broadband Programme connectivity to the internet is routed through a National Broadband Network, developed by HEAnet - the National Education and Research Network provider. HEAnet provides the broadband access to schools together with centrally managed services such as...