Results 6,061-6,080 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (25 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The Department acquired the Harold’s Cross Greyhound Stadium site from the Irish Greyhound Board in line with the DPER Circular 11/15: Protocols for the Transfer and Sharing of State Property Assets.  This circular requires the Valuation Office to provide a determination of market value of the property to be disposed which is binding on both the disposing and acquiring Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (25 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school management annually and are available on the Department website.  The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The Schools Bundle 5 Public Private Partnership (PPP) programme comprises five school buildings and one further education college across four sites in Bray, Wexford, Carlow and Kells.  Completion of these projects was delayed due to the liquidation of Carillion Construction Ltd in January of this year and the examinership and subsequent liquidation of Carillion's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (25 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy is set out below in the table. Grade Headcount Secretary General 1 Assistant Secretary 10 Principal Officer (and equivalent) 167 Assistant Principal Officer (and equivalent) 355 Higher Executive Officer 178 Administrative Officer 20 Executive Officer 312 Clerical Officer 307 Other 27

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (25 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is currently considering the school's request for a revision in the scope of works proposed at the school. My Department expects to be in a position to convey a decision to the school shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (25 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy may be aware my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist for responses...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (25 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy is available on the Social Inclusion Section of my Departments website, see - DEIS school list 2018 - 2019 school year,  at the following link: www.education.ie/en/Schools-Colleges/Services/DEIS-Deliverin g-Equality-of-Opportunity-in-Schools-/. 

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (25 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy is available on my Departments website, see - Post Primary Schools 2017/18 and Primary All Schools 2017/18, at the following link: www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Data-on-Individu al-Schools/.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Status (25 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware, my Department has introduced an objective, statistics based model for assessing 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 levels of concentrated disadvantage. The key data sources used in the DEIS identification process are the DES...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: This Government is committed to ensuring every child with special educational needs has the opportunity to fulfil their full potential. Funding for special education provision in 2018 will amount to some €1.75 billion, up 43% since 2011 and equivalent to 18.7% of the gross overall current allocation for education and training.   The Deputy will be aware that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (25 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The Capital Allocation available in 2019 under Subhead A will be expended as follows: ICT Schools - €50m Public Sector Reform - €4.9m Department's Capital Requirements - €2.252m  Memorial for Victims of Abuse - €0.5m Under the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020, €210m has been committed in funding for schools ICT Infrastructure.  In 2019 (for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (25 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The 2018 funding under this subhead is provided to three organisations; the Irish Research Council (€34.05m), HEAnet (€5.45m) and the Irish Centre for High End Computing (€1.1m). The allocation of the additional €7m to the subhead in 2019 between these organisations is currently being finalised.     The Irish Research Council's remit is to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (25 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The Capital Allocation available in 2019 under Subhead D will be expended as follows: Schools Sector - €622m Higher Education - €90m PPPs - €110m The Department's Capital Costs - €0.402m The School Sector allocation will be expended primarily on the delivery of large scale projects and on the Additional Accommodation Scheme. Funding will be available for large...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: Gabhaim buíochas don Teachta as ucht an cheist fadúda an scoil i gCeann Toirc i gContae Chorcaí. I thank Deputy Moynihan for raising this issue. The Deputy will recall the update provided by the former Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton, in March. He will also be aware that this project has had a difficult history, both on the site acquisition front and during...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: I understand that the Deputy is trying to keep the momentum going on this project. He can see the starting line and wants to get the diggers on site. The initial works began on 24 September and were scheduled to take five weeks. We are in that space now and once that work is complete the ESB will go on site. I have no doubt that the Deputy will use his influence at a local level to try to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 243 and 278 together. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding was approved last July to enable the school in question to build a mainstream classroom with en-suite toilets, a separate assisted users toilet, three SET rooms and two ASD classroom units. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. This means that it is a matter...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial School Visits (6 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: The structural assessment carried out on the schools in Tyrrelstown identified a number of issues with the buildings. While no imminent danger was identified it was decided that the schools should be closed with immediate effect as a precautionary measure. The schools are being enabled to reopen, initially at ground floor level only, following theimplementation of both internal and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home School Community Liaison Scheme (6 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware a key priority for this Government is ensuring that children with special educational needs are supported and given the opportunity to reach their full potential. This Government has significantly increased investment in special education in recent years. Funding for special education provision in 2018 will amount to some €1.75 billion, up 43% since 2011 and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (6 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy is available in the following table. The figures given are for the 2017/2018 academic year, the latest available. The numbers given for teaching staff are the full time equivalent posts allocated to schools in Sligo and Leitrim. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: The current status of the major building project referred to by the Deputy is that the project brief has been finalised. It is envisaged that this project will be progressed under the new ADAPT 2019-2021 programme. ADAPT is an accelerated programme which uses a professional external Project Manager to coordinate and drive the respective design teams on each project.