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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (10 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware, a project for the schools to which he refers is included in my Department's building programme to be delivered as part of the National Development Plan (NDP) 6-Year Construction Programme. In the context of progressing the building project, my Department intends undertaking a technical site visit to the schools in question. My...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (10 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The selection and enrolment of pupils in schools is the responsibility of the authorities of the individual school. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in an area. However, this may result in some pupils' not obtaining a place in the school of their first choice. As schools may not have a place...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Staff (10 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: I can inform the Deputy that my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools nationally. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (10 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (10 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department has reviewed the correspondence received from the Deputy in this regard.  I welcome that parents are coming together to explore how greater choice can be provided for parents of primary school children in this area.  Separately to the main Schools Reconfiguration process, the ‘early movers’ provision of the process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (10 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: Financial literacy is explored through a number of curricular subjects across post primary education. Junior Cycle More generally, statement of Learning 14 in the Framework for Junior Cycle ()states that the student: Makes informed financial decisions and develops good consumer skills Junior Cycle Mathematics The revised Junior Cycle syllabus exposes the students to a range of topics...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (10 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that the school in question submitted an application for major capital funding to my Department to construct a new school building. Given the need to meet demographic growth, projects identified in my Department’s capital programme to be delivered as part of the National Development Plan (NDP) will remain the focus of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: Officials from my Department have recently been in contact with the school authorities in relation to the proposed building project. In this regard, my Department is currently finalising the project brief with the aim of progressing the project into the architectural planning process. My Department will be in direct contact with the school when this process has been finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: 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: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (10 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: In accordance with the provisions of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012, cash contributions offered voluntarily by religious congregations in the aftermath of the publication of the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (the "Ryan Report") are available to meet costs incurred by Caranua (the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund) in supporting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question has submitted an application, to my Department, for capital funding under the 'Additional School Accommodation Scheme'. The application is currently under assessment, as soon as this process has been completed my Department will be in direct contact with the school authority concerned. The school has also applied for funding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: Special Needs Assistants are recruited specifically to assist in the care of pupils with disabilities, who have additional and significant care needs, in an educational context. They may be appointed to a special school or a mainstream school to assist school authorities in making suitable provision for a pupil or pupils with special care needs. In June 2012, my Department, following...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The project referred to by the Deputy is currently in architectural planning. The school will be delivered under the Department's Design & Build Programme. This delivery programme uses a professional external Project Manager to progress the project through the relevant stages of architectural planning, tendering and construction in the shortest possible timeframe.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Apr 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The project referred to by the Deputy is currently in architectural planning. The school will be delivered under the Department's Design and Build Programme. This delivery programme uses a professional external Project Manager to progress the project through the relevant stages of architectural planning, tendering and construction in the shortest possible timeframe.  The design...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: Since my appointment as Minister for Education and Skills I have met with a number of Teaching Principals, including at the recent IPPN conference, and I appreciate the pressures they face. In Budget 2019, school leadership is again supported with an additional release day for teaching principals in primary schools and a further four additional release days for teaching principals in schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. We will forward this to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tax Data (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71 and 72 together. My Department makes capital payments to school authorities, including Educational and Training Boards (ETBs), in relation to projects delivered under the School Building Programme and various grants such as the Minor Works Grant Scheme. Under tax law, a school authority is regarded by the Revenue Commissioners as the "Principal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Bodies Code of Conduct (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: It is a central principle that all bodies in receipt of Exchequer funding should be fully compliant with tax regulations and it is a core responsibility of the boards of these bodies to ensure such compliance.  The stipulations of the Code of Practice for Governance of State Bodies in respect of taxation apply in the Department's aegis bodies.  More generally, the provisions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (11 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. This includes taking account of the flow of students from primary into post primary. The Council ensures that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all children who have...