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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (26 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: As requested by the Deputy, the expenditure (including deposits and fees) on school site acquisitions for the years 2010 to 2018 is attached. I am not in a position to release the expenditure for 2019 due to commercial sensitivities. EXPENDITURE (includes deposits and fees) ON SCHOOL SITE ACQUISITIONS 2010 - 2018 YEAR EXPENDITURE (€m) 2018 53.737 2017 10.409 2016 31.634 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (26 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Departments Special Education Home Tuition Grant scheme provides funding towards a compensatory educational service for children with special educational needs seeking an educational placement for whom such a placement is not available. The scheme also provides for early intervention for children with Autism. The application forms and related Circular for this year’s scheme were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (26 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority and responsibility for the registration of teachers in this State. Under section 30 of the Teaching Council Acts, a teacher in a recognised school is required to be registered with the Teaching Council in order to be paid from Oireachtas-voted funds. Where a registered teacher is not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Catchment Areas (26 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System, using data from a range of sources, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. With this information, my Department carries out nationwide demographic exercises to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 94 and 95 together. The building project referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design & Build programme. This delivery programme uses a professional external Project Management team to progress the project through the stages of architectural planning, tendering and construction. The next step in the process will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Supply (26 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department is aware of the issue raised by the Deputy. As the Deputy will be aware, the Teacher Supply Steering Group, chaired by the Secretary General of my Department, is considering the issues that impact on teacher supply in a number of policy areas. The Group is overseeing the delivery of the Teacher Supply Action Plan, which I published in November 2018. In undertaking its task, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (26 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I recognise the very important work done by these staff, and the other support staff in the running of our schools. Schemes were initiated in 1978 and 1979 for the employment of clerical officers and caretakers in schools. The schemes were withdrawn completely in 2008. These schemes have been superseded by the more extensive capitation grant schemes. The current grant scheme was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (26 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: A reply to the correspondence referred to by the Deputy issued on 18th September 2019 by email. The Deputy may request a copy from the individual concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (26 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under the terms of the Student Grant Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, progression, previous academic attainment and means. To satisfy the terms and conditions of the student grant scheme in relation to progression, a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (26 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I refer to your correspondence in relation to a payment issue for works completed by your company. A building project is a complex arrangement of contractual relationships between the client, the main contractor, specialist sub-contractors, domestic sub-contractors, suppliers of materials, suppliers of plant etc. In general, all sub-contractors employed on education sector building projects...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Joe McHugh: We are pulling together information now to try to establish how many are involved and what is required. I have had meetings with my officials about the matter and met representatives from Fórsa regarding other matters three months ago. In my first week as Minister, I raised this issue in the Dáil. It has been outstanding since 1978. There have been 23 Ministers responsible for...

Status of History in the Framework for Junior Cycle: Statements (1 Oct 2019)

Joe McHugh: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. Our appetite to learn more about our past has grown since the decade of centenaries. A new interest has been awoken in people of all ages across the country in the struggle for Home Rule, the 1913 Lockout, the tens of thousands of Irish people who marched off to fight in the First World War, the events of Easter 1916 and the aftermath that led to the...

Status of History in the Framework for Junior Cycle: Statements (1 Oct 2019)

Joe McHugh: Gabhaim buíochas leis na Teachtaí as a gcuid teachtaireachtaí éagsúla tábhachtacha anocht. Chuir Baill na Dála an-bhrú orm thar an bhliain seo thart maidir leis an gcinneadh seo. Ba mhaith liom mo aitheantas a thabhairt chuig na dreamanna agus na heagrais uilig fá choinne a dtiomantas thar na blianta. Labhair go leor Teachtaí anocht faoi na...

Status of History in the Framework for Junior Cycle: Statements (1 Oct 2019)

Joe McHugh: Core status means core status. It means ensuring the importance of history as students progress and transition from primary to secondary school. It also means looking at more creative and innovative ways of ensuring that the percentage take up of history after the junior certificate increases. At the moment, nine out of ten students study history at junior certificate level and while that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (1 Oct 2019)

Joe McHugh: I recognise the very important work done by these staff, and the other support staff in the running of our schools.  I have spoken to a number of school secretaries about their employment conditions and understand the issues they have raised. Earlier this year I relaxed the moratorium for those C&C and ETB schools with enrolments of 700 and more which allow them to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (1 Oct 2019)

Joe McHugh: I recognise the very important work done by these staff, and the other support staff in the running of our schools.  I have spoken to a number of school secretaries about their employment conditions and understand the issues they have raised. Earlier this year I relaxed the moratorium for those C&C and ETB schools with enrolments of 700 and more which allow them to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Oct 2019)

Joe McHugh: Enabling children with Special Educational Needs including Autism to receive an education appropriate to their needs is a priority for me and the Government.  Nearly one euro in every five of this budget, about €1.9 billion, is invested in supporting children with special educational needs in schools.  Since 2011, the Government has increased the number of Special education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (1 Oct 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department is currently exploring alternative temporary accommodation for use by the school referred to by the Deputy. In relation to permanent accommodation for the school, a project manager has been appointed to undertake the master planning of an existing school site to demonstrate how the accommodation needs of this school and the existing school already...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (1 Oct 2019)

Joe McHugh: The facility in question is not a recognised school by my Department and the provision of accommodation does not come within the Department’s remit. I understand that the facility operates as an independent school.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (1 Oct 2019)

Joe McHugh: It is important to ensure that appropriate governance arrangements are in place for transparency and accountability in the management of public money. Therefore, all Boards of Managements of schools are obliged to comply with Section 18 of the Education Act 1998 and the arrangements set out in my Department’s circulars 0060/2017 and 0002/2018 in relation to the operation of the...