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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The initiative referred to by the Deputy does not fall under the remit of my Department. I understand that the project, in which the DCU Ryan Academy is one of the partners, is supported by the European Regional Development Fund through the Ireland Wales Programme 2007-2013 (InterReg 4A).

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Funding (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: There has been no change to the funding allocated to Cork ETB in recent months. My Department's general and post primary expenditure grant to an ETB is divided between pay and non-pay. In 2014 Cork ETB received a pay grant of some €89m. The non pay grant amounted to approximately €5.5m. The ETB sector receives capital funding throughout the year in respect of Building...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that schools may apply to the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) for Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support in respect of children with special educational needs who have care needs in schools, in accordance with the criteria set out in my Departments Circular 0030/2014 on the SNA scheme. This circular sets out the significant care needs which normally...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The previous Minister published a report titled "Fee Charging Schools Analysis of Fee Income" on the 5th March 2013 into the discretionary income available to the fee charging schools. The report is an analysis of the funding position of the schools which charge fees. It shows the funds available to these schools through charging fees, which are not available to secondary schools in the Free...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Assuming no issues arise, it would be anticipated that the timeframe for the development of the school concerned, including the appointment of a Design Team to completion of school construction, would be over 42 months. In due course, a patronage determination process will be run for the school in accordance with the published criteria for establishing new schools.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Five fee charging post-primary schools have joined the Free Education Scheme since 2010/11. The net indicative cost to the Department of teacher salaries in the five fee charging schools which transferred to the Free Education Scheme in this period is of the order of €0.7m. This takes account of an increase of 28 posts warranted by the application of the pupil teacher ratio...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Investigations (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy has not identified which school project he is referring to and as my officials were unable to contact the Deputy office for clarification, I am unable to provide an answer to the question. However, when details of the project are supplied I will be happy to answer the question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority, under the Teaching Council Act 2001, for establishing procedures and criteria for the probation of teachers. All primary teachers must complete their probation successfully before they can achieve full registration with the Teaching Council. In order to achieve full registration, a teacher's work is evaluated in a mainstream setting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Restoration (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Circular Letter 0062/2013 which was published as the Minor Works Grant for the school year 2013/2014 issued last November states "the grant will only be paid in future years as funding permits". The focus under the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme 2012-2016 is on meeting the demand for additional school places. Consequently, there is no funding provided at this time in the 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that €10m of direct exchequer funding will be made available next year for the project to which he refers. This project is one of the three major capital projects in Irish universities which will benefit from the €20m of funding in 2015 that formed part of my budget announcement on Tuesday, 14th October.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually. 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 arrangements for the 2014/15 school year are set out in Circular 0007/2014 which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. The Deputy may wish to note that the total enrolments in each post-primary school by county is available on my Department's website at the following link. The data refers to 2013/14 which is the most recent data available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Department does not have schools categorised in a standard way according to suburb\town. The individual enrolments information for each school in the country is available, categorised by county and local authority, on the Department's website at The Deputy will find the relevant information for the schools he is interested in there.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department is currently analysing the latest demographic data on a nationwide basis to determine where additional school accommodation might be needed from 2015 onwards. This process includes an examination of the Malahide and Swords areas. When this exercise has been completed arrangements will be made to make additional accommodation available where it is needed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 529 and 530 together. As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department approved significant devolved funding for the school in question to the relevant Education Training Board (ETB) to provide an ASD unit and 3 additional general classrooms. My Department is liaising with the ETB, in question, who are currently in the process of obtaining planning permission and other statutory approvals for the project concerned....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: All new technologies and approaches to sustainable energy efficiency are tested to ensure compatibility with school design and operational requirements. Successful and repeatable results are then incorporated into all new school designs and refurbishments. In 2006 the Department of Education & Skills commenced a unique project in relation to biomass energy use in schools to evaluate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that all State funded primary schools have been allocated additional resources to provide for children with special educational needs enrolled in school. In primary schools, additional teaching supports for pupils with special education needs are provided through two channels. Under the terms of the General Allocation Model (GAM) of teaching supports, schools are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (21 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the use of recruitment agencies by Education and Training Boards (ETBs) to fill teaching positions. The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department and would involve an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the...