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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 171:In page 19, line 8, to delete “section 68” and substitute “section 69”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 172:In page 19, line 14, to delete “section 68” and substitute “section 69”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 173:In page 19, line 19, to delete “section 68” and substitute “section 69”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 174:In page 19, line 29, to delete “section 68” and substitute “section 69”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 175:In page 19, line 39, to delete “section 68” and substitute “section 69”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 182:In page 20, line 25, to delete “Education (Welfare) Act 2000.” and substitute “Education (Welfare) Act 2000;”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 183:In page 20, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(d) sections 4 and 6 of the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007.”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 184:In page 3, line 14, after “attend,” to insert the following: “and to provide an amended appeals process where a student has been expelled or suspended from, or has failed to gain admission to, a school;”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I want to reciprocate that appreciation of the committee's work and of the Chairman in chairing the meeting. I thank all the officials for the time and effort they put into this.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: The National Skills Strategy, published in 2016, sets out a vision for the period to 2025 of how Ireland can continue to develop relevant skills across all sectors, including the industrial sector, and ensure that our supply of skills is activated and effectively used in order to help drive Ireland’s growth both economically and societally over the next decade.  The Strategy,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: The main support available to students is the statutory based Student Grants Scheme.  To qualify for grant support, a student has to meet various criteria such as means, residency, nationality and progression. A student who is attending an undergraduate course in Scotland or another EU Member State, can apply for a maintenance grant in respect of an approved course which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are provided to assist recognised schools to cater for pupils with disabilities, who have additional and significant care needs, in an educational context and where the nature of these care needs have been outlined in medical and other professional reports as being so significant that a pupil will require additional adult assistance in order to be able to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are provided to assist recognised schools to cater for pupils with disabilities, who have additional and significant care needs, in an educational context and where the nature of these care needs have been outlined in medical and other professional reports as being so significant that a pupil will require additional adult assistance in order to be able to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is not in receipt of a recent application from the school referred to in respect of its accommodation needs. It is open to any school to submit an application to my Department if they have identified a deficit of classroom accommodation to meet increasing enrolments or to accommodate an additional teacher appointment....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Based on the number of students that qualified for free fees funding in the academic year 2014/15, and taking into account overall expected increases in student numbers, it is estimated that the net cost to my Department of reducing the Student Contribution by €250 would be €17m. This figures takes into account the resulting reduction to my Department's Student Grant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: The decision to stop the Gaeltacht placement grants was taken during the economic crisis when, unfortunately, very difficult decisions had to be made to stabilise the nation's finances. Priority was given to protecting resources for front line education services as far as possible, which remains particularly challenging with rising numbers of school-going children. The Deputy should note...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: The National Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education 2015-19 contains more than 30 actions that are intended to make higher education more representative of wider society. One of five goals in the plan is to assess the impact of current initiatives to support equity of access in Higher Education Institutions. These include the Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD) and the Student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: The 2017 scheme and regulations were published in late March. The 2017 scheme includes an amendment to the income threshold for the special rate of grant which has increased from €22,703 to €23,000. This change reflects the recent budget increases to the Old Age Contributory Pension and ensures that qualifying families dependent on welfare, will continue to qualify for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: In 2017, my Department will spend circa €450m on access measures for further and higher education students. This includes circa €390m on student grants and related activities, which is expected to benefit approximately 80,000 students. The Student Grant Scheme is now open for applications for the 2017/18 academic year. This earlier opening date will facilitate earlier...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that Budget 2011 provided for a number of student grant measures which came into effect for the 2011/12 academic year, including the change in the assessment of the qualifying distance criterion for the non-adjacent rate of grant from 24 kilometres to 45 kilometres. The 24km distance criterion was originally set in 1968 and had not been updated in more than 40 years....