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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (3 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The spreadsheet in the following link contains the information requested by the Deputy regarding the number of secondary school pupils attending secondary schools in Waterford city and county. The Capital Programme provides for devolved funding for additional classrooms, if required, for schools where an immediate enrolment need has been identified or where an additional teacher has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (3 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy will be aware, in April 2018, the Government announced plans for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next four years (2019 to 2022). This announcement follows nationwide, demographic exercises carried out by my Department into the future need for primary and post-primary schools across the country and the 4-year horizon will enable increased lead-in times for planning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (3 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware the decision making authority for any amalgamation is the Patron/Trustees of the schools, and this is subject to the approval of my Department. Any proposed amalgamation involves extensive negotiations at local level and must be well planned and managed in a manner that accommodates the interests of students, parents, teachers, local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (3 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: Institutes of Technology are autonomous institutions within the meaning of the Institutes of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006. The management of their academic affairs including admissions criteria are matters for the individual institution concerned and the student should contact the relevant institution directly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design, which includes the application for statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents.  All statutory approvals have been secured. The Design Team is currently finalising the design to ensure that the new school building is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (3 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy will be aware, in April 2018, the Government announced plans for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next four years (2019 to 2022), including a new post-primary school (to be established in 2021) to serve the Kilcoole & Greystones school planning areas as a regional solution. This announcement follows nationwide, demographic exercises carried out...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: A major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in the Department’s 6 year Construction Programme.  The project when complete will provide for a 1,000 pupil and a 4 classroom Special Needs Unit.  The project will be delivered under the Department's Design & Build Programme. This delivery programme uses a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: A major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department’s 6 year Construction Programme.  The project when complete will provide for a 1,000 pupil and a 4 classroom Special Needs Unit.  The school will be delivered under my Department's Design & Build Programme. This delivery programme uses a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Programmes (4 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 75 and 82 together. The national further education authority SOLAS, provided funding to the Irish Deaf Society in 2018 for the provision of literacy courses for the deaf community through Irish Sign Language. €241k was allocated in 2018 to achieve the following: - Provide QQI certified, Continuing Professional Development and personal development...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that DES Circular 0013/2017 for primary schools and 0014/2017 for post primary schools set out details of a new model for allocating special education teachers to schools. DES Circulars 0007/2019 for primary schools and 0008/2019 for post primary schools also provide details of how the allocations are being updated for schools from September 2019, based on updated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil Data Collection (4 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The introduction of the Primary Online Database (POD) has facilitated the monitoring of pupils as they move through the primary education system and on to post primary. The system was first introduced in September 2014 and it became fully operational in September 2016 when it formed the basis for the annual school census. Accordingly, the earliest it has been possible to join the primary and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards Data (4 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The closest comparative data  that is available on the number and percentage of women on each State Board under the remit of my Department is as at 31 December 2015 and 31 December 2018.  The attached table sets out the figures returned by my Department for 31 December 2018 and 31 December 2015 to the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Multidenominational Schools (4 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department is implementing 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.  The previous model of patronage divestment yielded...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: Individual school boards of management are responsible for the establishment of special classes. It is open to any school to make application to the National Council for Special education (NCSE) to establish a special class. The NCSE, an independent agency of my Department, is responsible for planning, coordinating and advising on education provision for children with special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Special education (NCSE), an independent agency of my Department, is responsible for planning, coordinating and advising on education provision for children with special educational needs. The Council ensures that special schools in an area can, between them, cater for all children who have been identified as needing special school placements. The NCSE’s...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (4 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department operates a scheme of grants towards the purchase of essential assistive technology equipment for pupils with physical or communicative disabilities. On receipt of a recommendation from the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) my Department advises schools on the level of grant approved. Schools may then proceed to purchase the equipment and claim the grant payment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Status (4 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy may be aware, the issue of this particular school's inclusion in the DEIS programme has been raised in the House before.  As previously set out, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (4 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy will be aware, in April 2018, the Government announced plans for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next four years (2019 to 2022), including a new 16 classroom primary school to be established in 2020 to serve the Donabate school planning area. This announcement follows nationwide demographic exercises carried out by my Department into the future...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Data (4 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The school to which the Deputy refers applied for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme to carry out works to the school building to comply with Part M of the Building Regulations.  The application was of a general nature and did not relate to a particular future or currently enrolled pupil. It was deemed to be outside the scope of the scheme in that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (4 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department’s preferred approach is that all children with Special Educational Needs are educated in school settings where children may have access to fully qualified teachers, individualised education programmes, special needs assistants, school curriculum with the option, where possible and appropriate, of full or partial integration and interaction with other students. Where...