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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, my Department approved a grant to the school in question to build a new ASD Unit in July 2018.   The current accommodation available at the school includes five classrooms and three Special Education Teacher (SET) Rooms. For the 2018/2019 school year, the school has a requirement for four mainstream classrooms, one ASD class and three SET...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Appeals (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the appeal from the school to which he refers has been reviewed and funding has been approved to carry out the repair works in question. The school has been informed of my Department's decision.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The student to which the Deputy refers, has exhausted the appeals process both with SUSI and the statutory independent Student Grants Appeals Board (SGAB). There is no further review process within the statutory based appeals system under which the Student Grant Scheme operates. Under the progression rules in the Student Grant Scheme, an undergraduate student is ineligible for a grant if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: University Global Rankings (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: At the outset it is important to note that there is a diversity of ranking systems under which universities are assessed on the basis of a number of different models.  The most recent world rankings published by QS are one of a suite of ranking models which are published annually which also include the Times Higher Education and U-Multirank.  In...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The July Provision Grant Scheme provides funding for an extended school year for children with severe/profound general learning disabilities or children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Under this scheme, the school year of participating schools is extended by four weeks in July. Where school based provision is not feasible, the home based Scheme provides funding towards an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: Budget 2018 marked the second year of major reinvestment in the education sector, as we continue to implement the Action Plan for Education, which has the central aim to make the Irish education and training service the best in Europe within a decade. Since September 2016, my Department has provided for 4800 additional teachers across the school system. These improvements improved...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services Provision (7 Sep 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. Details of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The majority of primary and voluntary secondary schools in the Free Education Scheme now receive capitation grant assistance to provide for secretarial, caretaking and cleaning services. Within the capitation grant schemes, it is a matter for each individual school to decide how best to apply the grant funding to suit its particular needs. Where a school uses the capitation grant funding to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (7 Sep 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: Special Educational Needs Staff (7 Sep 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: School Staff (7 Sep 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 staffing schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services Provision (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: Within my Department’s Action Plan for Education in 2016/19 mental health and wellbeing promotion is afforded a high priority and is one of the key goals. My Department is strongly supportive of the promotion of positive mental health awareness in post-primary schools. The Department adopts a holistic and integrated approach to supporting schools in promoting positive mental health...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that my Department does not currently have a lease agreement in place in respect of the property referred to by the Deputy

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: In the 2017/2018 academic year there were 4,155 pupils attending fee-paying primary schools. It should be noted that data coverage of fee-paying primary schools is not complete, as these schools are not aided by the Department and therefore there is no requirement for such schools to make detailed statistical returns to the Department. At post primary level, there were 25,537 pupils...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The teachers' salaries for the fee charging schools for the latest three years that it is available are set out in tabular form below. I will arrange for the data on capital expenditure to be forwarded to the Deputy in the near future. According to the most recent figures available, the cost of including fee charging schools in the free scheme would cost an additional €23.55...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Junior Cycle Framework presents a dual approach to assessment that supports student learning over the three years of junior cycle and also measures achievement at the end of those three years. This dual approach reduces the focus on one externally assessed examination as a means of assessing students and increases the prominence given to classroom-based assessment and formative...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: DCU has entered into a commercial contract with the university in question for the delivery of DCU degree programmes in that university.  The financial details are commercially sensitive and therefore confidential.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Exemptions (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: It is the Department’s intention to publish the report “Review of Policy and Practice in Relation to Exemptions from Irish” as part of a public consultation process following which it is intended to update arrangements, where necessary, for exemptions from the study of Irish arising from those consultations.  Arrangements for the public consultation process are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Courses Availability (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Department, through the National Skills Council, is committed to responding to current and emerging skills needs of the economy.  Currently the Institute of Public Administration runs a Certificate in Housing Studies (L6 Special Purpose) and a Professional Diploma in Housing Studies (L8 Special Purpose). Both of these courses cover the housing market, housing policy in...