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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (23 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Allowances are paid to participants on some ETB programmes, including training programmes, programmes under the Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) and Youthreach. In general, the amount paid is aligned to the person's Social Welfare entitlement and this amount is paid for the duration of the course. In addition, a weekly travel allowance based on distance travelled to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school to which he refers has recently submitted an application for additional classroom accommodation. The application concerned is currently being assessed and a decision will be conveyed to the school authorities when this process has been finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (23 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2b - Detailed Design. All statutory approvals have been obtained and the Stage 2b submission was recently approved by my Department. The Design Team are required to carry out a final review of all tender documentation and to submit final confirmations that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: University Libraries (23 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The University of Limerick concluded an agreement with the EIB in December 2013 regarding the EIB's financial support for a €224m infrastructural investment plan at the University. The extension to the University Library forms part of the overall plan which requires funding from a number of different sources. Preliminary site enabling works have already been completed. We...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (23 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department is currently considering potential revisions to the system of allocating Resource Teaching and Learning Support to schools. This is on foot of recommendations set out in the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) Policy Advice on "Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs in Schools (May 2013) and the recommendations of the NCSE Working Group Report "A Proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (23 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's position is that only qualified and registered teachers should be employed by schools. This is set out most recently to schools in Circular Letter 31/2011. Current recruitment procedures direct schools to ensure that teachers proposed for appointment to publicly paid posts must be registered with the Teaching Council and have qualifications appropriate to the sector and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (23 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 2A of Architectural Planning. The Patron Body and their Design Team are finalising the Stage 2A report for presentation to my Department. Upon completion of this presentation and submission of the report, subject to no issues arising, this project will be authorised to proceed to Stage 2B - Detailed Design Stage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (23 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department provides for a continuum of special educational provision to be made available for children with special educational needs, so that regardless of the level of need of the child, educational provision can be made for them. The extent of supports required for any child in a particular class setting or school will depend on their disability categorisation and the extent of care...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (23 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: Schools Health and Safety (23 Oct 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the board of management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. Schools are required to take all reasonable precautions to ensure the safety and welfare of their pupils. It is important that the school management authority requests parents to ensure that the school is made aware of any medical condition suffered by any...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of the Government's Action Plan for Jobs initiative my Department managed a comprehensive review of the Irish Apprenticeship system to determine whether the current model should be retained, adapted or replaced. The review was tasked with taking into account the needs of both learners and industry and to ensure that we have a value for money system that is cost effective and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I understand from SOLAS who manage the Momentum Programme that no data is available on applications or queries to the Momentum programme prior to wait listing; potential participants are referred to the programme by the Department of Social Protection if they are eligible. 12,580 people were waitlisted for the first Momentum programme's projects which ran across 2013 and 2014. 7,656 persons...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support enrolled in the school. Where children have significant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware the Exchequer funds tuition fees costs in respect of eligible students who are pursuing full-time undergraduate courses of study under my Department's Free Fees Initiative. The main conditions of the scheme are that students must be first-time undergraduates, hold inter alia EU/EEA/Swiss nationality in their own right, and have been ordinarily resident in an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The statistical information requested by the Deputy is held by SOLAS and I have asked them to reply directly to the Deputy with this information. In terms of meeting the demand for apprenticeships, apprenticeship is the recognised means by which people are trained to become craftspeople in certain designated trades in Ireland. It is a programme which is driven by employer demand, aimed at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 847 and 934 together. 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. Newly qualified teachers who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department provides grant-aid to schools to allow them to purchase specialist equipment which has been recommended by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) as being essential for pupils who have been diagnosed as having a serious physical and/or communicative disability to access the school curriculum. The scheme is driven by applications from schools on behalf of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department provides capitation funding to all recognised primary schools. The amount of grant paid to an individual primary school for capitation and ancillary services is determined by the school's enrolment, subject to a minimum grant for both capitation and ancillary services in respect of schools with enrolments up to 60, and a maximum ancillary services grant in the case of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provides for an extensive range of supports to assist pupils who are Deaf or hard of hearing. In line with my Department's policy that children with special educational needs access appropriate education intervention in mainstream settings where possible, many Deaf or hard of hearing pupils are integrated into mainstream classes at primary and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Students (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Minister for Justice and Equality and I announced a set of robust regulatory reforms of the international education sector on 2 September. The purpose of those reforms is to protect the consumer and educational interests of genuine international students, to tackle abuse of the labour market and the immigration regime, and to safeguard the strong...