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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (28 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application for major capital funding from the patron of the school in question. It is my Department's intention to liaise with the patron in the context of the application.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disabilities Assessments (28 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can advise the Deputy that the Assessment of Need process to which she refers in her question falls under the Disability Act 2005 and within the responsibilities of the Health Service Executive (HSE) and therefore the matter should be addressed to my colleague the Minister for Health.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Multidenominational Schools (28 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, I have announced new plans aimed at accelerating the provision of multi-denominational and non-denominational schools across the country, in line with the choices of parents, families and school communities and the Programme for Government commitment to reach 400 such schools by 2030.  I would point out that the previous model of divestment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Status (28 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The identification of schools for receipt of additional resources under the DEIS programme is informed by a scientific data based model which assesses levels of disadvantage in individual schools based on the pupil cohort of the school.   The key data sources used in the DEIS identification process are the DES Primary Online Database (POD) and Post-Primary Online (PPOD)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of a current application from the school referred to for major capital works comprising of a new school building. The application is currently being considered and my Department expects to be in further contact with the school authority on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (28 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I recognise the need to improve capitation funding for schools, including the school referred to by the Deputy, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Therapy Services (28 Jun 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 demonstration project is being developed by a Working Group which includes representatives from the Departments of Education, Children and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (28 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department received an application in recent weeks for the provision of additional accommodation at the school referred to. The application is currently being assessed by my Department and a decision will issue to the school directly as soon as this process is completed.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: Our Department will shortly publish a well-being strategy. It will involve a range of commitments to roll out programmes, including the one that the Deputy referenced, which will be expanded later in the summer to make further provision. We regard the well-being strategy as a high priority and are investing more resources in the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, to back it....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Counselling Services Provision (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The National Youth Mental Health Task Force Report, 2017 highlighted a significant increase in the number of students seeking to access counselling and also reported that there are long waiting lists in some institutions and gaps in provision. Under the actions defined in the National Youth Mental Health Task Force Report and Connecting for Life – Ireland’s National Strategy to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department received an application for additional accommodation from the school referred to earlier this month. The application will be assessed and the school authority advised of the position once the assessment process has concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (3 Jul 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: Departmental Expenditure (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available and would represent a significant administrative burden to compile. However, if the Deputy wishes to nominate a specific company, I would be happy to provide the level of expenditure incurred in each of the years from 2013 to date in 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The school referred to by the Deputy is an Education and Training Board (ETB) school. ETB schools are not funded directly by my Department but are funded via pay and non-pay budget allocations provided to each ETB. Pay budgets are provided to ETBs in accordance with approved staffing complements. Non-pay current funding is provided as part of a block grant that covers ETB overheads and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no record of receiving an application for funding from the patron of the school in question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: Like other major construction projects, school building projects involve a complex arrangement of contractual relationships between the client, the main contractor and various sub-contractors and suppliers. In general, all sub-contractors and suppliers engaged on education sector building projects are employed directly by the main contractor, or indirectly by the main contractor through...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has recently received an application from the school referred to for additional accommodation to facilitate ASD provision. The application will be considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as the assessment process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Department has not considered the establishment of a School of English at the site in question nor has a proposal for such a development been received.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Facilities (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to HEA designated higher education institutions. The HEA allocates this funding as a block grant to the institutions. As autonomous bodies, the internal disbursement of this funding, including the funding of student services, is a matter for the individual institution. Student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Student Assistance Fund (SAF) is managed by the Higher Education Authority on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. The Fund is allocated annually to the universities, the institutes of technology, the colleges of education and a number of other higher education institutions. The SAF is designed to support students in third-level institutions who are experiencing...