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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the context of the implementation of the new Framework for Junior Cycle the only subjects that will be "compulsory" are English, Mathematics and Irish. This decision has been taken to give schools the flexibility to develop their Junior Cycle programme mindful of the educational needs of their own students and mindful of the principles, statements of learning and key skills as set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm to the Deputy that the Department recently received a submission concerning the establishment of an all-Irish post-primary school for County Cork. The Department's current five-year construction plan is focused on meeting demographic demands to ensure that every child will have access to a physical school place and that our school system is in a position to accommodate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme for Universal access works at the school. The school authority has been requested to provide clarification on a number of issues in relation to their application and as soon as this clarification is received the application will receive further consideration. The school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998. In this regard a Board of Management may find it necessary to restrict enrolment to children from a particular area or a particular age group or on the basis of some other criterion. The criteria to be applied by schools in such circumstances are a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school to which the Deputy refers is in planning for delivery through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) process. Planning permission for the proposed new school was lodged with the local authority on the 30th of June, 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's Annual Report for 2013 has been published and was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Report can be downloaded from the Department's website .

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that, following agreement in principle by the Government to broaden the current means testing arrangements for student grants by way of inclusion of the value of capital assets, my Department set up a dedicated implementation group to bring forward detailed proposals and subsequently received a draft report from the group. However, there is currently no agreement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Value for Money Reviews (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I received the report of the value for money review of small primary school provision in April 2013. Due to the scale and scope of this review it has been necessary to consult with Government colleagues on the wide range of issues raised by the review. The report will be published as soon as my Government colleagues and I have finalised our consideration of the report and its recommendations....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that all children with Down syndrome will have access to resource teaching support for the coming school year, either through a schools General Allocation Model, if the child has Mild General Learning Difficulties, or via an allocation made to schools by the National Council for Special Education, if the child is in the low incidence special educational needs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Oversight (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The State Examinations Commission (SEC) will continue to externally mark the final assessment for English, Irish and Maths in a transitional period, while the system becomes familiar with the challenges presented by changed assessment approaches. The SEC will provide a definitive timetable for the final assessment component of all other subjects, the final papers and detailed marking...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I and my officials are very open to discussing issues of disagreement relating to the JCSA with the teacher unions and have been all along. I have asked my officials to continue to have discussions with the partners on Junior Cycle. At present I have detailed suggestions, particularly from the management/patron bodies, which will inform the discussions going forward, but I continue to await...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My attention has been drawn to this matter which affected the Chemistry examination within the European Baccalaureate in 2014. A communication issued by the Chairman of the 2014 Baccalaureate Examining Board through the Office of the Secretary General of the European Schools indicates that the main difficulty concerned the time available to complete the written examination paper. In...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Panel Rights (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent/CID holding teachers to schools that have vacancies. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. The eligibility criteria for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 22 of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund, Act 2012 provides that a person affected by a decision of a decision maker of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (Caranua) may appeal to an independent Appeals Officer. As I explained in response to the Deputy's question of 8 July a person affected by a decision of the Appeals Officer can appeal to the High Court on a point...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As explained to the Deputy in response to his question of 8 July, Caranua is a separate body from the now dissolved Education Finance Board. While Caranua performs certain functions associated with the Education Finance Board these are limited to matters relating to the finalisation of latter organisation's affairs consequential on its dissolution. Caranua does not collect the information in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Teaching Council, the professional regulatory body for teachers, is the body with statutory responsibility since 2006 for the registration of teachers. Applicants for registration should pursue their application with the Teaching Council in the first instance. The Minister for Education and Skills has no direct function in relation to the registration of individual teachers. If an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school placement experience is part of a teacher's training. It is integral to all Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes. The recently extended duration of the placement in the reconfigured Bachelor of Education programmes allows for the development of a more reflective, enquiry-oriented approach to the school placement and facilitates the development of the teacher as reflective...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The delivery of the new school referred to by the Deputy has been devolved to Cork Education and Training Board (ETB). I am pleased to inform the Deputy that this project is due to go on site in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Panel Rights (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent/CID holding teachers to schools that have vacancies. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. The eligibility criteria for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 309 together. While I am aware that the question requesting reversal of cuts to funding in the school referred to by the Deputy has also been forwarded to the Department of Health, I wish to advise that my Department has not made cuts to funding. In fact my Department will be providing grant aid to the Board of Management to facilitate it in renting...