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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The delivery of a new building for the school to which the Deputy refers has been devolved to Kildare and Wicklow Education & Training Board (KWETB).  I understand from KWETB that it has recently completed the appointment of a design team for this project. The Design Team will now take the project through the various stages of architectural planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 2(b) – Detailed Design. The pre-qualification process to select a shortlist of suitable contractors has been completed and the Design Team is currently carrying out a final review of tender documentation. Once this work is complete, my Department will be in contact with the Board of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The process of Pre-Qualification of contractors for the project in question is underway. The Pre-qualification process culminates in the compilation of shortlists of suitable candidates for each respective discipline. My Department authorised the Design Team to complete the pre-qualification process in April 2019. The next stage of architectural planning for this project will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The school building project to which the Deputy refers is currently on site. The first phase, consisting of the construction of the new 8 classroom school is due for completion in Quarter 3 2019. The second phase is due for completion in Quarter 2 2020.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: With regard to the school to which the Deputy refers the local authority refused planning permission on 21stJune, 2019. My Department has been in constant contact with the relevant stakeholders including the Patron Body, An Foras Pátrúnachta, considering a number of interim arrangements to ensure the school opens for September 2019. An Foras Pátrúnachta have made interim...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Jul 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, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Payments (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that my Department administers a number of capital grants which together aim to improve and maintain school buildings. The Minor Works Grant for primary schools may be used to improve the physical infrastructure and appearance of schools. The school referred to by the Deputy has received its Minor Works Grant for 2019. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: This Protected Disclosure was initially received in the Department on 28th May 2018. The matters raised by the protected disclosure are still under consideration by my Department. This process has not yet fully complete, however it is anticipated that this will be concluded in the near future. My Department will write to the Discloser when its consideration of the protective disclosure has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The opening and retention of a Speech and Language class is contingent upon the Health Service Executive (HSE) being in a position to provide Speech and Language therapy to the students in the class. The availability and provision of speech and language therapy is the responsibility of the HSE. 63 Specific Speech and Language Disorder special classes in mainstream primary schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The question of enrolment in individual schools is the responsibility of the managerial authority of those schools and my Department does not seek to intervene in decisions made by schools in such matters. It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act 1998 and the Education (Admission to Schools) Act...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: For the Deputy’s information, the details in relation to the expenditure from 2011-2018 inclusive in relation to digital marketing are set out below. In the years 2011-2017 my Department had no digital marketing spend. However, in December 2018, a campaign promoting teaching as a career was developed in conjunction with the Government Information Service (€132,991)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Jul 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, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The information requested is being collated by my Department. I will forward it to the Deputy when it is ready.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: Technological Universities (TUs) are considered to be General Government entities and borrowings by TUs contribute towards General Government expenditure and affect the General Government balance. Section 21 of the Technological Universities Act 2018, provides for the making of rules from time to time  by the HEA, with the approval of the Minister for Education and Skills and the consent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (9 Jul 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 1,300...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: I recognise the very important work done by school secretaries, and indeed by other support staff, in the running of our schools and I am grateful to them for the contribution they make to our education system. I have spoken to a number of school secretaries about their employment conditions and understand the issues they have raised. I have recently relaxed the moratorium for those...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The information requested is being collated by my Department. I will forward it to the Deputy when it is ready.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to the local Education and Training Board (ETB). Under this arrangement, it will be a matter for the ETB to appoint a design team for the design and construction phases of the project.  As the project is at an early stage in the delivery process, it is not possible at this time to give a date for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The status of large-scale projects being delivered under the school building programme was last updated on my Department's website on May 31st 2019. For the purposes of this response, the data reflects current status on each of those projects. There are 19 projects that are currently progressing through Stage 1 of Architectural Planning. Information in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (9 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware, my Department is currently undertaking data analysis in the context of resource allocation to match identified need, including the examination of variables known to be strong predictors of educational disadvantage. All schools at both Primary and Post Primary are being assessed using the new identification model. This analysis is being carried...