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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school annually taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support enrolled in the school.  The NCSE allocates SNA support to schools in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts is published annually on the Department website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The criteria for the appointment of an administrative deputy principal to a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provided very significant devolved funding to the school in question to provide a 470m2 two classroom ASD Unit. The grant approved included funding for a large central activities space in the Unit together with a 200m2 secure hard/soft play area and six car parking spaces to meet the needs of the children attending the unit in question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question applied for significant capital funding for a major development at the school. I understand that it is the school’s intention to establish an ASD class in the school in September 2018. As the school’s existing accommodation does not have capacity to facilitate the establishment of the class, my Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, funding provided by my Department to primary schools is dealt with on a per capitabasis, including for schools in County Waterford. The two main grants are the Capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, general up-keep etc and the Ancillary Services grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has, 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 identification...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I recognise the need to improve capitation funding for 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, post-primary and third level. In general, post-primary schools and third level institutions are larger than primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 241 and 242 together. Section 14 of the Education Act 1998, provides that the appointment of a Board of Management of a school is a matter for the relevant school patron. Section 16 of the Education Act 1998 provides that the patron may, either dissolve a Board if they are dissatisfied that the functions of a Board are not being effectively discharged...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: Section 14 of the Education Act 1998 provides that the appointment of a Board of Management of a school is a matter for the relevant school patron. The Governance Manual for Primary Schools 2015-2019 published by my Department sets out the requirement for a patron to provide my Department with a completed declaration at Appendix F of the manual where there is a change in chairperson...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that a project was approved in March 2015 to deliver significant additional accommodation at the school referred to. This devolved project was the first stage of a phased response to address the accommodation requirements at the school. A further project was included in my Department’s 6 year Capital Programme, to address the school’s...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school annually taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support enrolled in the school.  The NCSE allocates SNA support to schools in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I recently announced that a demonstration project to provide in-school and pre-school therapy services will be introduced for the 2018/19 school year. The project will be managed and co-ordinated by the National Council for Special Education. The model has been developed by the Departments of Education and Skills, Children and Youth Affairs, Health, and the Health Service Executive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 to 251, inclusive, together. The process to replace the consultant architect and design team leader for the major school building project referred to by the Deputy is currently ongoing. The Invitation to Tender for the replacement architect issued on 11thMay 2018. The closing date for receipt of applications is 28 May 2018. It is anticipated that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application from the school referred to for additional accommodation. The application is currently under consideration and my Department will be in direct contact with the school authorities when the assessment process has concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of surplus permanent and CID teachers in all areas, to other schools where vacancies exist. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to the Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget and ceiling on teacher numbers. A redeployment scheme operated on a pilot basis in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Foirne Scoile (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: Foilsítear na critéir chun poist teagaisc a leithdháileadh ar bhonn bliantúil ar shuíomh gréasáin na Roinne (Ciorclán 0010/2018). Is é an príomhfhachtóir chun leibhéal na n-acmhainní teagaisc a sholáthar i scoileanna aonair de ná an sceideal foirne don scoilbhliana ábhartha agus an líon daltaí ar rolla...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I recognise the need to improve capitation funding for schools having regard to the reductions that were necessary over recent years. Restoring capitation funding as resources permit is one of the actions included in the Action Plan for Education. Budget 2018 marked the second year of major reinvestment in the education sector, as we continue to implement the Action Plan for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Summer Works Scheme is designed to allow schools to carry out small and medium scale building works that will improve and upgrade existing school buildings. This scheme is additional to other capital funding schemes that are operated by the Department such as the additional accommodation scheme, Emergency Works scheme i.e. for projects of such urgency that they would prevent some or all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Eligibility (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Summer Works Scheme is designed to allow schools to carry out small and medium scale building works that will improve and upgrade existing school buildings. This scheme is additional to other capital funding schemes that are operated by the Department such as the additional accommodation scheme, Emergency Works scheme i.e. for projects of such urgency that they would prevent some or all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (29 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I recognise the need to improve capitation funding for schools having regard to the reductions that were necessary over recent years. Restoring capitation funding as resources permit is one of the actions included in the Action Plan for Education. Budget 2018 marked the second year of major reinvestment in the education sector, as we continue to implement the Action Plan for...