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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: Ballinteer Educate Together National School is currently located on the Notre Dame campus, Upper Churchtown Road, Dublin 14 pending completion of the permanent accommodation for the school at the St. Tiernan’s Community School site in Balally.  Outline planning permission was submitted to the relevant local authority in December 2012 but was refused on the grounds of site access....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Inspections (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: Excluding the members of the Senior Management Team of the Inspectorate, there are currently fifty-five post-primary inspectors in service. With the exception of an inspector who has recently joined the service and is on induction, all regularly engage in inspection. The criteria for appointment as a post-primary inspector are included in the application process which is managed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Trade Union Membership (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: The information as requested by the Deputy is being compiled and I will arrange for it to be forwarded to him.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: The number of teachers in the voluntary secondary school sector that were in receipt of the gross additional payment of €796 in lieu of the supervision and substitution allowance in respect of the 2016/2017 school year on 2 June 2017 is 1,113.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: We have, for the first time, put in place an objective statistics based model for which schools are in or out of the DEIS Plan, so that all stakeholders can have confidence that we are targeting extra resources at areas of greatest need. This model uses data supplied by schools to my Department's Primary and Post Primary Online Databases and CSO Small Area of Population statistics from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: The project for the school in question is to provide a new 6 classroom special school plus ancillary accommodation to accommodate 36 pupils. Architectural planning has commenced and site surveys are currently being progressed. Also a pre-planning meeting was held with Westmeath County Council on 31 July to discuss the development and inform the design process. When...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: I recognise the need to improve capitation funding for primary schools having regard to the reductions that were necessary over recent years. It is difficult to make precise comparisons between the levels of grants paid and the actual costs of running schools at primary and post-primary levels.  However it is self-evident that the maintenance and running costs for second level...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: Two new 16 classroom primary schools for Citywest Educate Together National School and Citywest & Saggart Community National School (which opened in September 2012 in suitable interim accommodation at Fortunestown Lane, Citywest) are currently at advanced architectural planning stage. The site acquisition in respect of these schools is also at an advanced stage and on completion the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, a building project for the school to which he refers is included in my Department's Six Year Plan. In this regard, my officials are liaising with South Dublin County Council with a view to finalising the acquisition of the site. Once the acquisition is finalised, it is my Department's intention to initiate the architectural...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: I proposed to take Questions Nos. 158 and 159 together. I can confirm that my Department has received a proposal directly from the schools, referred to in the details supplied by the Deputy, relating to a proposed reorganisation of the schools. My Department has not received any correspondence from the Patron regarding the above proposals or in respect of a proposal regarding divestment. My...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fire Safety (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department has recently published an Invitation to Tender on the Governments e-tenders website for fire safety consultants to carry out fire safety audits of a representative sample of 25 to 30 schools constructed over the last 20 years to confirm their compliance with Fire Safety Certificates. This exercise is being undertaken as a proactive, extra precaution by my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has received correspondence from the school in question in relation to its application for capital funding. This correspondence is currently being considered and a response will issue to the school as soon as this process has been finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware the project to which she refers is included on my Department’s capital programme. A preferred site option has been identified and officials from the relevant Local Authority, on behalf of my Department, have engaged in discussions with the landowner in question with a view to its acquisition. Once the site has been acquired, assuming no issues...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: The position is that higher education institutions are autonomous bodies and, therefore, are responsible for the determination of the level of fees payable by students who are not eligible for free fees under my Department’s Free Fees Scheme, as well as the method of payment of those fees. The criteria governing the level of tuition fees to be charged in cases where...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: We have, for the first time, put in place an objective statistics based model for which schools are assessed for inclusion in DEIS, so that all stakeholders can have confidence that we are targeting extra resources at areas of greatest need. This model uses data supplied by schools to my Department's Primary and Post Primary Online Databases and CSO Small Area of Population statistics...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: The number of second level students nationally during the academic year 2016/2017 was 352,404.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: The number of second level students in County Louth during the academic year 2016/2017 was 11,573.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: The number of students in St. Joseph's CBS, Drogheda during the academic year 2016/2017 was 727.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (26 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: It is estimated that the net full-year cost to my Department of reducing the Student Contribution by €100 would be €7.5m. The first year cost (i.e. for Sep-Dec 2018) is estimated at €1.5m. Calculations are based on student numbers for the academic year 2016/17 and take into account the resulting reduction to my Department's Student Grant Scheme...