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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (25 Feb 2014)

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 — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 to 238, inclusive, and 242 and 243 together. The information as requested by the Deputy is not immediately available. The details will be forwarded directly to the Deputy when compiled.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Career Breaks (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 239 to 241, inclusive, together. The information obtained from my Department Databases indicate that there are currently 350 teachers employed in Secondary and Community/Comprehensive schools on career break. There are 1,345 teachers employed in primary schools currently on career break.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24(3) of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012).

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 245 and 246 together. In 2013, 403 section 29 appeals were lodged to my Department, 140 at primary level and 263 at post primary level. Out of the 403 appeals lodged 203 of these were heard by a section 29 committee. My officials have provided a full breakdown of these figures on the table below. Section 29 Appeal Administration Unit: 2013 Statistics ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Inspection Reports (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 and 248 together. The Procedure for Review of Inspections on Schools and Teachers under Section 13(9) of the Education Act 1998 provides for an informal and formal review process. In 2013, there was one request for a formal review of an inspection in relation to a special school. The outcome of this review was that the appeal was upheld and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 249 and 250 together. To date the Chief Inspector has received two requests from boards of management of primary schools to conduct reviews under Section 24 of the Education Act (1998). The requests were acceded to in both cases and inspections of the work of both teachers were completed in line with the Section 24 procedures. It is my understanding that in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Equipment (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 251 and 252 together. In 2013 20 laptop computers and 241 new and renewed mobile phone subscriptions were provided to employees of my Department. No tablet devices were provided to employees. Over the course of 2013 3 encrypted laptop computers and 4 mobile phones were reported as lost or stolen to my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 253 and 254 together. The number of students due to graduate in 2014 are set out in the table. Colleges Estimated Graduates 2014 Estimated Graduates 2014 Primary State Funded ITE Providers Bachelor of Education Post Graduate Mary Immaculate College of Education 449 66 Church of Ireland College of Education 28 0 St.Patricks College of Education 461 68...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Supervision and Substitution Scheme (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The information obtained from my Department Databases indicate that no substitute teachers were paid as a result of primary teachers being absent on assault leave in 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Supervision and Substitution Scheme (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The information obtained from my Department Databases indicate that no substitute teachers were paid as a result of post primary teachers being absent on assault leave in 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Training (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Civil Servants are encouraged to pursue further education during their own time in order to build and develop workplace skills and expertise. In order to foster this in accordance with the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform' circular notice E109/82/97 Government Departments are permitted to meet the cost or to refund fees where the course concerned leads to: a second or third...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: I propose to take Questions Nos. 258 and 259 together. The Refund of Fees Scheme is administered on behalf of my Department by the Marino Institute of Education. For 2012 the total funding provided was €496,000 and this amount was allocated to 171 primary teachers and 270 post primary teachers. This relates to study undertaken in the academic year 2011/12. For 2011 the total...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Under the terms of Circular 045/2013, issued in September 2013, all Boards of Management were required to immediately commence the necessary arrangements for developing and formally adopting an anti-bullying policy. Such policy must comply with the procedures as set out in my Department's Anti-Bullying Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools and should be completed by each school as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Rights Issues (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The programme for Government contains a commitment that "People of non-faith or minority religious backgrounds and publicly identified LGBT people should not be deterred from training or taking up employment as teachers in the state." In this regard the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) designate has been asked to consider and provide advice in relation to amending Section...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: Schools will shortly be requested by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) to submit their applications to the NCSE for Special Needs Assistant and Resource Teaching support for pupils with special educational needs, for the 2014/15 school year, by 26th March, 2014. The NCSE intend to advise schools of their resource teaching allocations for low incidence special needs for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to the Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget and ceiling on teacher numbers. The redeployment arrangements are published annually in the staffing circular which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Asbestos Remediation Programme (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: In 1999, my Department formally requested the Office of Public Works to undertake a survey of all schools, primary and post-primary, to ascertain the position relating to asbestos and every school authority was issued with a written report of the results of this survey outlining the location of asbestos materials, if any, in their school buildings and the proposed action required. Schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: As the Deputy may be aware all school buildings that are not covered by state indemnity are required to adequately insure their school premises including insurance for storm damage. Accordingly, any damages caused during the recent bad weather would be a matter for schools' insurers. If works are required to school buildings that are not covered by insurance it is open to the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (25 Feb 2014)

Ruairi Quinn: The Government is currently considering the report of the value for money review of small primary schools. My intention is to publish the report on completion of this consideration process.