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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The allocation of junior cycle management resource hours to schools is currently under consideration.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department’s capital allocation for the years 2019 to 2022 is as follows: 2019 - €941m 2020 - €942m 2021 - €1,006m 2022 - €1,100m The capital funding available to my Department for the years 2019 to 2021 has been allocated across the various sectors as set out in the attachment. The National Development Plan signalled a capital allocation of €1.1...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The PPP project referred to by the Deputy encompasses five school buildings and one further education college across four sites in Bray, Wexford, Carlow and Kells. This programme has been impacted by the liquidation of the company referred to by the Deputy. A tender process to identify a replacement contractor or contractors for the completion of the buildings in question and for facilities...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The school building project referred to by the Deputy is progressing through Tender Stage. The tender documents issued on the 31st May 2018 with a tender return date of the 19th July 2018. It is anticipated that the project will proceed to construction in Quarter 4 of 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: With regard to the land transfer from South Dublin County Council to my Department, it is expected that contracts will be exchanged shortly. In the meantime the project is being progressed and the architectural planning process is underway.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: Following completion of the relevant patronage process, Educate Together was awarded patronage of the new school established to serve Drumcondra/Marino/Dublin 1 in 2016 – Gracepark ETNS opened in September 2016 and its patronage remains with Educate Together. In its April 2016 report to the Minister on the patronage process which included this new primary school, the New Schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school in question is included in my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme. In this regard, my Department is currently engaging with Kildare Wicklow Education Training Board in the context of progressing a building project for the school and will keep the school patron informed of progress.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible 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 accordance with the criteria set out in Department Circular 0030/2014, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of a major capital application from the school to which the Deputy refers for the development of a new school building. However, a project for the school has not been included in my Department's 6 year Capital Programme and it is, therefore, not possible to provide an indicative timeframe for the delivery of a major project for the school at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Meetings (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I have no plans to meet with Ms DeVos at this time. The USA is a key international education market for Ireland's higher education institutions with close to 12,000 students coming to study here under the US Study Abroad programme every year. These connections are providing significant opportunities for our HEIs to build longer term partnerships and collaborations with US institutions. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department received an application, within the last week, 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: Site Acquisitions (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: In relation to the school referred to by the Deputy, a potential school site has been identified and my Department is engaging with the relevant stakeholders with a view to progressing matters. Due to sensitivities relating to site acquisitions generally I am not in a position to provide further details at this time but I can assure the Deputy that the school patron will be informed of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Data (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department has not paid or been subject to any EU fines in the years referred to by the Deputy.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy knows, in the last budget we expanded the Exchequer provision by €50 million. We also provided an additional €50 million from the National Training Fund, and in future years we will increase the fund, trebling that amount over the next three years. In addition, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has provided a trebling of our capital budget for higher...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: Student loans were an issue that was part of the Cassells report. We have acted on the other two areas. It was referred to the Oireachtas committee. The Oireachtas committee earlier this year asked our Department to do further economic evaluation of this, and that is being done.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: It is very unfortunate that as a result of the collapse of the Sammon Group, 200 employees, and their families, have been impacted, as well as a number of subcontractors. It is a very serious fallout for those individuals. I have personally expressed my sympathy with them. We have 11 projects which we must now proceed to finish. Some are under the Dutch Infrastructure Fund, DIF, which has...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: Very briefly, we have included 150 facilities - 75 preschools and 75 schools - in a pilot project for which he have allocated additional resources. We will be recruiting 19 speech and language therapists and 12 occupational therapists to service this pilot group. We believe that by integrating the delivery of intervention by specialist therapists with the work of the school teachers and the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: This is entirely separate. These posts are dedicated exclusively to this project.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: There is ongoing engagement between the OGP and its public sector clients so that the necessary contracts and frameworks are put in place to meet their requirements. My Department liaises with the OGP in this context. The OGP has established a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the supply of Natural Gas to Public Service Bodies in Ireland including schools. This Framework...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible 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 in the school. I have been advised by the NCSE that the total number of SNA posts allocated in Co. Wexford for September 2018 is 475.97 posts. The NCSE...