Ruairà Quinn
Ruairi Quinn is a Labour Party TD for the Dublin South East constituency. He is the Minister for Education and Skills in the current Government. Quinn was first elected to the Dail in 1977 but failed to get re-elected in '81, however he was then re-elected in '82 and has held his seat since. He was the leader of the Labour Party form '97 until 2002.
# ruairi-quinn - Saturday 18 May, 2013
55 public-paid educators earning more than the Taoiseach
Figures released by Ruairà Quinn show that 55 people under the remit of the Dept of Education earn over €200,000 a year.
# ruairi-quinn - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
Over 2,200 students still without grants as college year draws to a close
While 328 grants have still to be processed by SUSI, an additional 1,938 students remain in limbo as the result of ongoing disputes over documentation.
Organ donation education project scoops Young Social Innovators award
Students from Eureka Secondary School in Kells, Co Meath, took the prize with their ‘Bring Organ Donation Into Education’ project.
Boys ditch homework and mitch school (but still better at maths than girls)
An ESRI conference heard boys are more likely than girls to be absent from school and less likely to do homework.
# ruairi-quinn - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Column: We need to produce a generation of independent thinkers – history is the key
TV shows like ‘The Tudors’ and ‘Rome’ show that history is more popular than ever – yet, under proposed changes to the Junior Certificate, history could become an optional subject or short course. It makes no sense, writes teacher Christian O’Connor.
# ruairi-quinn - Friday 3 May, 2013
Fears of repeat delays to grants as SUSI retains a fraction of staff
Sinn Féin’s Jonathan O’Brien says keeping more of last year’s staff would help to avoid a repeat of 2012’s chronic delays.
# ruairi-quinn - Sunday 28 April, 2013
Education Minister: ‘Do we really need 150 minutes of religion class per week?’
In a recent broad-ranging interview, Ruairà Quinn talks patronage, third-level fees, Margaret Thatcher’s funeral and his own future.
# ruairi-quinn - Saturday 27 April, 2013
Ruairà Quinn: Even conservative groups know homophobic bullying is a problem
In a recent interview with TheJournal.ie, the Minister for Education outlined concerns about homophobic bullying and the bullying of the ‘bright, pretty young person’ in the classroom.
# ruairi-quinn - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Principals want ‘CAO-style’ admissions for primary and secondary schools
Both primary and secondary schools would have an online ‘preference’ system under the plans from primary principals.
# ruairi-quinn - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
‘Nothing on the table’ to provoke teachers’ strike, says Minister
Ruairà Quinn said it is “far too early” to say if legislation will be brought to legislate for pay cuts following the rejection of Croke Park II.
# ruairi-quinn - Monday 22 April, 2013
Applications open to determine patronage of four new primary schools
The four schools – due to open in September 2014 – are in Cork, Dublin Fingal, Dublin South, and Galway.
# ruairi-quinn - Friday 19 April, 2013
Column: To bring about any change, we must redefine what we expect from our politicians
If we want to reclaim the current political landscape we need to re-establish the ground rules for office holders and ensure their words turn into actions, writes Martin Critten.
# ruairi-quinn - Thursday 11 April, 2013
Here’s who is attending Thatcher’s funeral on behalf of the Irish government…
With the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste unavailable, it will be Education Minister Ruairà Quinn who attends the late British Prime Minister’s funeral next week.
# ruairi-quinn - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
’2,000 extra tech staff a year’ with education and visa reforms – ministers
Ruairi Quinn and Richard Bruton are to create extra education spaces and visa placements to provide more ICT staff.
# ruairi-quinn - Sunday 7 April, 2013
How parents are trying to raise €2 million on the internet to build a school in Clare
The parents at the Mol an Óige national school in Clare were hoping to get the money from the Department of Education – but instead they’ve turned to the internet.
# ruairi-quinn - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Ruairà Quinn: School enrolment to be ‘more structured, fair and transparent’
The minister is to publish a bill which will curtail the “over-use of preferential treatment” in the enrolment process.
# ruairi-quinn - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
Teachers’ union votes to reject further talks on Croke Park 2
The Teachers’ Union of Ireland also proposed the withdrawal of goodwill tasks like supervision duties.
The Evening Fix… now with added Sinéad O’Connor puppet
Things we learned, loved and shared today…
Ruairà Quinn faces red cards and heckles during INTO address
The Minister for Education, Ruairà Quinn, was addressing the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation at their annual conference in Cork.
Primary schools in 23 towns to change patronage following survey
The change comes after surveys were carried out in 38 towns across the country.
# ruairi-quinn - Thursday 28 March, 2013
Dept. of Education to overhaul Leaving Cert programme and points race
Plans include reducing the number of degree programmes, cutting grade bands and changing the predictability of exams.
# ruairi-quinn - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
19 ministers set for overseas travel for St Patrick’s Day
13 senior ministers, five junior ministers, and the attorney general are all jetting off next week to lead trade missions.
# ruairi-quinn - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
Column: Restricting young people’s access to social networks would be a huge mistake
It would be foolish to overlook the amazing opportunities social networks and other digital tools present for young people just because older generations are intimated by change, writes Dr Stephen Brennan.
# ruairi-quinn - Saturday 9 March, 2013
Two years’ service means ministers now guaranteed to receive pensions
The government was appointed two years ago today – meaning senior ministers now have enough service for a pension.
# ruairi-quinn - Friday 1 March, 2013
Poll: Should means testing for student grants include assets and savings?
Coalition parties are divided over new proposals to broaden the criteria for the means testing of third level grants.
# ruairi-quinn - Monday 4 February, 2013
New campaigns against cyber bullying launched
Teen-led campaign Watch Your Space and the Garda programme Connect with Respect were launched by Minister Ruairà Quinn and Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan this morning.
# ruairi-quinn - Thursday 31 January, 2013
National guidelines on mental health in secondary schools published
The guidelines provide information to schools on how to address mental health promotion and suicide prevention.
# ruairi-quinn - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
Ireland launches ‘radical’ new university rankings system
The new system called U-Multirank was launched under Ireland’s EU presidency today.
# ruairi-quinn - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
Quinn ringfences €500,000 for just-launched Action Plan on Bullying
The plan sets out 12 actions to prevent and tackle bullying in Irish schools.
Government to launch major anti-bullying plan
Ministers Ruairà Quinn and Frances Fitzgerald will unveil the Action Plan on Bullying later today, including plans for all schools to keep a formal record of bullying incidents.
# ruairi-quinn - Monday 28 January, 2013
New guidelines may make it easier to rent schoolbooks
The Department of Education has issued a series of practical guidelines hoping to get schools to set up schemes.
# ruairi-quinn - Sunday 27 January, 2013
Calls for Ireland to (finally) outlaw corporal punishment in the home
Corporal punishment was banned in schools in 1982 but is still legal in homes – despite repeated calls for it to be stopped.
# ruairi-quinn - Sunday 20 January, 2013
Student grant backlog almost cleared (but 21k told applications were incomplete)
New figures show SUSI is onow dealing with just 619 applications, down from a high of 55,000.
# ruairi-quinn - Monday 14 January, 2013
Survey begins asking parents who should run primary schools
Ruairà Quinn said the survey is a historic opportunity to parents say whether schools should be denominational, multi-denominational, all-Irish or something else.
# ruairi-quinn - Tuesday 8 January, 2013
Free access to Encyclopaedia Britannica for school-going children
Schoolchildren throughout Ireland can now access the online version of the encyclopaedia from their home.
# ruairi-quinn - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
Taoiseach insists Ruairà Quinn has confidence in James Reilly
It was reported at the weekend that the Education Minister had indicated that Reilly was “not up to the job” of Minister for Health.
# ruairi-quinn - Thursday 29 November, 2012
Where were the 38 TDs who didn’t vote on the abortion bill?
A TV interview, planting a tree, “official business” and committee work in Mozambique are among the reasons for some TDs not voting on last night’s abortion bill.
# ruairi-quinn - Saturday 24 November, 2012
Here is the week’s news… skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: Gardaà lack resources to monitor Love/Hate characters; HSE inquiry to proceed without actually inquiring; and student grants delayed until after emigration.
# ruairi-quinn - Tuesday 20 November, 2012
SUSI backlog means some student grants delayed until 2013 – Quinn
The Minister for Education says SUSI has taken on another 50 staff this week to clear the backlog of 21,000 applications.
# ruairi-quinn - Thursday 15 November, 2012
Waterford IT to ‘cooperate fully’ with inspection of campus suppliers
Ruairà Quinn has appointed a former chairman of the Revenue Commissioners to investigate the relationship between the college and companies providing services to it.
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