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

Richard Bruton: In accordance with the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. In general, the Board has the responsibility to ensure that the school operates efficiently and effectively. Boards of Management are required to comply with the provisions of the Education Act 1998 and the terms of Circulars issued by my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Teaching Council's request for release time for the chairperson remains under consideration in my Department. It is intended that a decision in the matter will be made shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 provides that only those former residents who received awards from the Residential Institutions Redress Board or equivalent Court awards or settlements are eligible to apply to Caranua.  The decision to confine eligibility to former residents was taken having regard to the maximum funds available of €110 million and a potential...

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

Richard Bruton: The domain names registered to or owned by the department or through a third party include the following: esinet.ie; education.ie; studentgrantappeals.ie; esf.ie; egf.ie; regionalskills.ie; schooltransportappeals.ie; scoilnet.ie; pdsttechnologyineducation.ie; skillnets.ie; energyineducation.ie; siolta.ie; schoolself-evaluation.ie; school-self-evaluation.ie; school-self-evaluation.com;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Parliamentary Questions Costs (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: While a considerable amount of time is spent answering Parliamentary Questions, it is not possible to quantify the costs involved. Officials are assigned to deal with Parliamentary Questions as part of their duties. They are answered by officials who deal with the particular issue(s) raised in Parliamentary Questions. Cost associated with processing individual...

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

Richard Bruton: The buildings referred to by the Deputy are in private ownership. Where a school relocates or closes, and where my Department does not have any future educational need for the building, the future use of the old building is in general a matter for the property owner. Such buildings may be used for community or other purposes. There are currently no school buildings in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I presume the Deputy is referring to contributions being made by religious congregations under the 2002 Indemnity Agreement. Under that Agreement the 18 participating religious congregations are contributing €128m in cash, counselling services and property.  The cash contributions of €54.42m under the Agreement have been received while counselling services to the value of...

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

Richard Bruton: Public service employees, including teachers, who are members of an occupational pension scheme and who also have paid full rate Class A PRSI have two sources of payment of their entitlements- 1. An occupational pension paid by their pension scheme administrators which in the case of primary and secondary teachers or certain other non-teaching staff is my Department...

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

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise that my Department has no record of receiving correspondence from the school to which the Deputy refers relating to the repairs in question. An official from my Department is due to visit the school on the 23rd November 2017 to discuss another matter and will discuss this issue with the Principal.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defibrillators in Schools Provision (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take questions Nos. 222 and 224 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that the decision to install a defibrillator is made at local level and is a matter for the governing authority of each individual school and higher education institution. My Department does not have information relating to the estimated cost of installing a defibrillator which, I expect,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defibrillators in Schools Provision (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the board of management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. Schools are required to take all reasonable precautions to provide training for teachers to ensure the safety and welfare of their pupils. In recognition of the responsibility which the Education Act has imposed on Boards of Management and the increasingly...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department recently completed the purchase of the campus to which the Deputy refers.  The primary school on the site closed at the end of the 2016/17 academic year and the post-primary school will wind down and close at the end of the 2018/19 academic year.  As part of the agreement of sale, it was agreed that the post-primary school will continue to...

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

Richard Bruton: Officials from my Department are involved in discussions with officials from Meath County Council in relation to the future development of the site and plans for the Ashbourne area, and this is ongoing at present.   It is not possible at present to provide a definitive timeframe at present until all elements of the proposal are agreed but there has been significant...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together. We have, for the first time, introduced an objective, statistics based model for deciding which schools merit inclusion in the DEIS Programme, so that all stakeholders can have confidence that we are targeting extra resources at those schools with the highest concentrated levels of disadvantage. The key data sources used in the DEIS...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware tax relief is available for third level tuition fees (including Student Contribution) paid by an individual to an approved college in respect of an approved course.  Queries in relation to the number of individuals that qualify for that tax relief in any particular policy area are more appropriately directed to the Office of the...

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

Richard Bruton: The 20-Year Strategy for Irish emphasises the implementation of partial immersion in all primary schools.  The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment was asked to advise on partial immersion or Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) as part of its work on the development of a language curriculum at primary level. A new integrated Primary Language Curriculum for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (21 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The normal practice is for the Minor Works Grant to be announced towards the end of the year if funding permits. Over the next number of weeks the issue of the Minor Works Grant 2017/2018 will be considered in the context of my Department's overall capital position.

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

Richard Bruton: The building project for the school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2b – Detailed Design, which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Cert and Disability Access Cert and the preparation of tender documents. All statutory approvals have been obtained. The Design Team are currently finalising the Stage 2b report....

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

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on the Department's website.  The schools to which the Deputy refers are Education and Training Board (ETB) schools. The Department provides a staffing allocation to each ETB and the distribution of this staffing allocation including Island School posts and Small School posts is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Schemes (22 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: Higher education is a central part of our plan as a Government to support a strong economy and deliver a fair society and I have taken a number of steps towards achieving this important objective. As committed to in the Programme for Government, I have referred the Report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education...