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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy is in the following table. The data given refers to class teachers only. No. of Teachers Sum of Totals 1-7 1932 8-11 553 12-13 137 14-16 242 17-19 108 20-23 57 24-26 49 27-30 15 31-35 10 36 1 37+ 2 Grand Total 3106

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: At the end of the 2018/19 school year there were approximately 15,030 SNA posts allocated to schools. I announced on 27thMay that 792 additional SNA posts will be allocated to schools for the beginning of the 2019/20 school year, with almost 130 additional posts expected to be allocated by December 2019. By the end of this year, there will be up to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Approximately 30 posts were allocated from the Budget 2019 provision for January to June of the 2018/19 school year. I announced on 27thMay that 792 additional SNA posts will be allocated to schools for the beginning of the 2019/20 school year, with almost 130 additional posts expected to be allocated by December 2019. By the end of this year,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 307 together. 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 is also responsible for managing the appeals process. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (6 Sep 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: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Ensuring that every child has a suitable placement available to them is a key priority for me and the Government. I am deeply conscious of the stress and anxiety facing parents and their children where difficulties are encountered in securing a school place. As Minister I have a power under Section 37A of the Education Act 1998 to direct a school to provide additional provision where all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Teaching Council is the body with statutory responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession including the registration of teachers in Ireland. The Teaching Council's (Registration) Regulations 2016 set out the requirements to be registered as a teacher in Ireland. Under these regulations there are four defined routes to registration, namely Route 1 Primary; Route 2...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: From September 2017, a new model for allocating special education teachers was introduced. This model allocates special education teachers to schools based on the profiled needs of schools, as opposed to the assessed needs of individual children. The revised allocation process replaced the generalised allocation process at primary and post primary school level for learning support and high...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Administration (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy may be aware my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home School Community Liaison Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: The DEIS Rural Coordination Service was discontinued with effect from 31 August 2011.  At that time there were 46 Rural Coordinator Posts at a cost of €2,714,000. Currently, all DEIS Urban Primary and DEIS Post Primary schools are included in the Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) Scheme, which serves 533 schools. The scheme is delivered by 415 full-time HSCL Coordinators who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department provides a book grant to all recognised primary and post primary schools within the Free Education Scheme in order to provide assistance for books including Book Rental Schemes. Under this scheme, the Department provided funding of €16.9 million in 2019 to all of these schools.  It is a matter for the Board of Management of each individual school to decide on its...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under project Ireland 2040, my Department continues to make progress to increase the infrastructural capacity in the schools sector, in order to meet demographic and other demands. The Capital Programme details the school projects that are being progressed under project Ireland 2040. I wish to advise the Deputy that the current status of large-scale projects being delivered under project...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Enrolments for 2019/20 are not yet available, below are projected enrolments for 2019/20. Actual enrolment figures will be available in January 2020.  The projected enrolment figures for September 2019 are: Primary Level - 566,220 Post-Primary Level - 369,673 Projections are published by the Department in the report titled ‘Projections of Full-Time Enrolment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 318 and 319 together. My Department is taking an integrated approach with the Prefab Replacement Programme through the replacement of prefabs as part of large-scale and devolved projects or as part of new projects approved under the Additional Accommodation Scheme. This integrated approach helps to streamline the delivery of projects for schools. In...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 320 and 321 together. Data relating to the number of third-level students registered for 2018/2019 is currently being collated by the HEA and will be transmitted to the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: The cost of reversing the change to the distance criteria for the student grant is estimated to be in the region of €25.9m. The above costing assumes that a change to the distance criterion would result in a similar percentage of students qualifying for the higher non-adjacent grant support, as existed pre Budget 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 324, 325 and 337 together. The Student Contribution, which currently stands at €3,000, was introduced with effect from the 2011/12 academic year. It is important to recognise that there has been no increase in the contribution since 2014/15.  The Deputy may wish to note that family income does not influence eligibility for the free fees scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Data (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that in accordance with the methodology used in the published institutional profiles, the current academic staff:student ratio in Universities is recorded at 20:1. This is calculated based on the 2017/18 enrolment figures for full time equivalent (FTE) students (full and part time) to all academic staff as at 31 Dec 2017.  A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Data (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that in accordance with the methodology used in the published institutional profiles, the current academic staff:student ratio in Institutes of Technology is recorded at 15:1. This is calculated based on the 2017/18 enrolment figures for full time equivalent (FTE) students (full and part time) to all academic staff as at 31...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Based on the Higher Education Authority (HEA) statistical data of part-time undergraduate and part-time enrolments in all HEA funded institutions for the 2017/18 academic year, there were 23,794 part-time undergraduate students and 16,307 part-time postgraduate students. If maintenance and fee grants were introduced for part-time undergraduate and postgraduate students along similar...