Results 21,861-21,880 of 32,583 for speaker:Richard Bruton

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade has responsibility for coordinating the whole-of-Government response to Brexit. In this capacity, he is working closely with colleagues across Government to address the many challenges resulting from Brexit. This cooperation also involves the relevant State Agencies. Work at Cabinet level is being supported by cross-Departmental coordination...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department has been in contact with the principal of the school in question and the school will be submitting an Emergency Works application to the Department in respect of this issue.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to you Deputy that a project for the school in question was included in the Department's 6 Year Capital Programme announced in November 2015. A suitable site in Local Authority ownership has been identified and the acquisition of the site has been devolved to the local Education and Training Board (ETB) for completion. The building project for this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The delivery of the school project referred to by the Deputy has been devolved to Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB). A Stage 1 (preliminary design) submission has recently been received from LCETB and this will be considered at a meeting scheduled to take place shortly. If the submission is found to be in order the project will be allowed to proceed to the next stage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Excellence Fund (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The development of the School Excellence Fund is at an early pilot stage and its rollout is being managed on a phased basis.  Currently, there are 10 school clusters about to commence work in this early pilot phase, the majority of them located in urban areas designated as disadvantaged.  When fully established, it is anticipated that the cohort of schools involved in the School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Training (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The following tabular statement contains the information in relation to coaching and mentoring provided to officials at my Department as requested by the Deputy. Expenditure 2012 – 2017: Coaching and Mentoring Year Expenditure € Provider 2017 €3,120 Real Potential Ltd. 2016 0 n/a 2015 0 n/a 2014 0 n/a 2013 0 n/a 2012 €600 BROSNAN COMMUNICATIONS ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, in order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. My Department uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. The GIS uses data from a range of sources, including the Central Statistics...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Operations (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department is compiling the information required and will revert to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The project at the school referred to by the Deputy has been tendered and a preferred bidder was selected; however, before the project proceeded to site the preferred bidder withdrew his tender. The Design Team are currently examining the second-lowest tender and subject to no issues arising it is envisaged that the project will commence on site early in 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The new Junior Cycle specifications for Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) and Gaeilge (for both Gaeilge as Language 1 and Language 2) were introduced in September 2017 for incoming first year students. The specifications provide for the sustained development of students’ oral language competence (spoken production and spoken interaction) throughout the three years of junior cycle. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts Data (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: For the Deputy's information,  the Office of Public Works (OPW) acts as an agent for Government Departments and accordingly, the Department of Education and Skills does not own its office properties.  The Department understands that space has not been rented to companies for telecoms or communication masts on the Department's offices.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 200 and 201 together. My Department provides for a range of placement options and supports for schools, which have enrolled students with special educational needs, in order to ensure that wherever a child is enrolled, s/he will have access to an appropriate education.   The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) which is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department issued comments on the stage 2b submission to the Design Team on 25 October 2017 and requested confirmations from the Design Team that it carries out one final review of all of its tender documentation to ensure compliance with DoES requirements. The Design Team has been requested to submit written confirmation from each Design Team member including the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that I understand the amalgamation process involving the schools, referred to, will be finalised with the delivery of the major school building project. In that regard, the project concerned is currently at Stage 2(a) of the architectural planning process. Following a successful completion of this stage, the project will proceed to Stage 2(b), Detailed Design,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: Under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP) my Department has committed to providing an interim education and orientation programme for families accommodated in IRPP Emergency Reception and Orientation Centres (EROCs) established by the Department of Justice and Equality, including the centre opened in Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon earlier this year. My Department has mandated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: In line with the 2013 Government decision, S180/20/10/1789, the Public Services Card (PSC) infrastructure is the Government’s standard identity verification scheme, which is to be used for access to all public services, where appropriate. As such, the widespread adoption of the PSC infrastructure, including its online counterpart MyGovID, to underpin access to public services by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: For student grant purposes, students are categorised according to their circumstances either as students dependent on parents or a legal guardian, or as independent mature students. For a dependent student, the reckonable income for grant purposes includes both his/her own income and that of his/her parents/legal guardians. A student may be assessed as an independent mature student if he or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department issued comments on the stage 2b submission to the Design Team on 25 October 2017 and requested confirmations from the Design Team that it carry out one final review of all of its tender documentation to ensure compliance with DoES requirements. The Design Team has been requested to submit written confirmation from each Design Team member including the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: Since 2012 special schools are staffed based on their actual current pupil profiles and the disability category of each pupil, as opposed to primarily by school designation, in accordance with Department Circular 0042/2011. Currently the awarding of Administrative Principal in special schools is governed by the Report of the Special Education Review Committee 1993 (SERC Report). ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to takes questions Nos. 209 and 210 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that details of the major school building projects in Counties Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Tipperary and Waterford that are included on the Capital Programme are outlined in the table for the Deputy's information. Information on all projects included on the 6 year Construction Programme are available on my...