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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: The National Student Accommodation Strategy was launched in July 2017 by Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O'Connor T.D. and Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development Damien English T.D. and includes eight key targets and 27 actions to support the delivery of an increased level of supply of Purpose Built Student Accommodation and an increase in take-up of digs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 402 and 403 together. The Deputy will be aware that the project to which he refers has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). It remains the case that the project will deliver two new post primary schools catering for 1,000 pupils each and a stand-alone sports hall which will be shared between the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoil Issues (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: Gaelcholáiste Maigh Nuad will be established in September 2019 as a multi-denominational Irish-medium Gaelcholáiste under the patronage of Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board. The ETB is in the process of putting in place the necessary arrangements with a view to opening the school in September 2019 and has appointed a school Principal. My Department has approved...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under project Ireland 2040, the Department continues to make progress to increase the infrastructural capacity in the schools sector, in order to meet demographic and other demands. In 2019, the capital allocation for the school sector amounts to €622 m. Construction activity in 2018 and 2019 will deliver approx. 40,000 additional and replacement school places, the replacement of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding was allocated to Scoil Dara, Kilcock in 2018 under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme. The allocation is for the provision of 9 Mainstream classrooms, 9 WC's, 1 Assisted Users WC, 2 Science Labs and Prep Area and 1 x 119 m2Arts and Crafts Room. Additionally, Coole National School, Kilcock, was allocated funding in 2019 under my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department's School Building Programme continues to address the challenges posed by the significant bulge in pupil enrolments going through our schools. This has seen a significant expansion in the rate of provision of new school places. The School Building Programme details the school projects that are being progressed through the architectural planning process, including those...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that the current status of large-scale projects being delivered under project Ireland 2040 may be viewed on my Department's website, www.education.ieand this information is updated regularly. In addition, a list of large-scale projects completed from 2010 to date may also be viewed on the website. I wish to advise the Deputy that building projects are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under project Ireland 2040, the Department continues to make progress to increase the infrastructural capacity in the schools sector, in order to meet demographic and other demands. In 2019, the capital allocation for the school sector amounts to €622 m. Construction activity in 2018 and 2019 will deliver approx. 40,000 additional and replacement school places, the replacement of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 410 and 420 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Government recently announced plans for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next four years (2019 to 2022) including three new primary schools to be established in Kildare, as follows: - 8-classroom primary schools to be established in September 2019 to serve the Leixlip school planning area -...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding was allocated to Newtown NS, Enfield under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme in 2018 for the provision of 4 Mainstream Classrooms with en-suite toilets, 2 SET Rooms and an Assisted Users WC. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority so it is now a matter for the Board of Management to advance the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: A grant for the school, to which the Deputy refers, was approved in 2015 under my Department's Additional School Accommodation Scheme. This grant was provided to enable the Board of Management to provide a mainstream classroom, three resource rooms and a WC for assisted users. The project went to construction in 2017 and was completed in 2018. The full grant has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no record of receiving an application, for capital funding, from the school in question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under project Ireland 2040, the Department continues to make progress to increase the infrastructural capacity in the schools sector, in order to meet demographic and other demands throughout the country including north Co. Kildare and this is kept under on-going review and in particular will have regard for the increased roll-out of housing provision as outlined in Project Ireland 2040. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 415, 417 and 418 together. As the Deputy is aware, my Department's School Building Programme continues to address the challenges posed by the significant bulge in pupil enrolments going through our schools. This has seen a significant expansion in the rate of provision of new school places. The School Building Programme details the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that the current status of large-scale projects being delivered under project Ireland 2040 may be viewed on my Department's website, www.education.ieand this information is updated regularly. In addition, a list of large-scale projects completed from 2010 to date may also be viewed on the website. In particular, the Deputy will be aware that a Major project...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware, a building project for the school to which he refers is included in my Department's school building programme to be delivered as part of the National Development Plan. In the context of progressing the building project, my Department undertook a technical site visit to the school. My Department has advised the school authority that it is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under project Ireland 2040, the Department continues to make progress to increase the infrastructural capacity in the schools sector, in order to meet demographic and other demands. In 2019, capital allocation for the school sector amounts to €622 m. Construction activity in 2018 and 2019 will deliver approx. 40,000 additional and replacement school places, the replacement of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: Budget 2019 marks the third year of a major reinvestment in the education. In 2019, the budget for the Department of Education and Skills will increase by €674 million, a 6.7% increase on last year. In total, the Education budget will have increased by €1.7 billion compared to 2016. Budget 2019 will see numbers employed in our schools reach the highest ever level. Over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with a range of issues. This is mainly done through the Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) programme. SPHE is currently mandatory in all primary schools and in junior cycle. It also forms part of the mandatory 'Well-being' area of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware, my Department announced plans in April 2018 for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next four years (2019 to 2022), including a new 600-pupil post-primary school to serve the Laytown & Drogheda area as a regional solution.  It is intended that the school will open in suitable interim accommodation in the Mill...