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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) published its Report on a Proposed New Model for Allocating Teachers for Students with Special Educational Needs on 18th June 2014. The NCSE, consulted widely with education partners, representatives of the disability sector, stakeholders and parent representative groups, during the course of the development...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Revenue Documents Issuance (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I understand that the document referred to by the Deputy was issued by my Department in April 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (4 Nov 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: Water Charges Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware, schools are required to pay for a range of utilities such as electricity, gas etc. and water is but one of these. In relation to water, the Deputy may also be aware that schools have been subject to metered water charges imposed by Local Authorities since 1 January 2010. The capitation grant is the main funding mechanism for schools to enable them meet their...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in spreadsheets. A new Call for Springboard 2015 will issue in early 2015. The call will be accompanied by a guidance document prepared by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) on current and future skills needs of enterprise. The selection of proposals for funding under Springboard 2015 will be determined by an independent...

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) published its Report on a Proposed New Model for Allocating Teachers for Students with Special Educational Needs on 18th June 2014. The NCSE, consulted widely with education partners, representatives of the disability sector, stakeholders and parent representative groups, during the course of the development...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Designation (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, the religious congregation that owns existing school properties in Ennistymon has offered to transfer the properties concerned to the State as part of its offer made in response to the publication of the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (the Ryan Report). The land in question, which the Government has agreed to accept, together with the lands...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (4 Nov 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: Public Sector Staff Career Breaks (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Circular Letter 0010/2011 issued by my Department outlines the procedures regarding the career break scheme for registered teachers in recognised primary and post primary schools. In accordance with the circular a teacher seeking a career break must submit a written application to the managerial authority of his/her school and the managerial authority must issue a written notice of approval...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: For the Deputy's information, following the enactment of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012, the Education Finance Board was dissolved in March 2013 and the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (Cara Nua) was established. The body is funded from the contributions of the religious congregations offered in response to the request for additional contributions,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The major building project to provide permanent accommodation for the school referred to by the Deputy is in architectural planning. The Design Team are currently working on Stage 2a (Developed Sketch Design) and a draft Stage 2A report was recently submitted for review by my Department. This will be followed by a Stage 2A stakeholders meeting which will include the school and its...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The full accommodation start-up costs of all new primary and post-primary schools are met by the Department. This will vary from school to school depending on the accommodation being provided. Furniture and equipment grants are all also paid together with staff salaries, capitation grants and book grants. Ancillary grants for caretaking and secretarial support are also provided. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (5 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Provision is made for the inclusion of religious education on the curriculum for primary schools. Thirty minutes of the standard school day of five hours and forty minutes is allocated for this purpose. It is the case that the vast majority of primary schools are Catholic in ethos and accordingly preparation for catholic sacraments forms part of the religious education curricula in such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (5 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the Universities Act, 1997, universities are autonomous statutory institutions. They are academically independent and the level of tuition fees charged for their Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM) programmes is a matter for the institutions themselves to determine. GEM students pursue these programmes as second degree courses and consequently are not eligible for free fees funding or for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Grants (5 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 to 164, inclusive, and 169 to 174, inclusive, together. The Protestant Block Grant is a fund provided by my Department to the Secondary Education Committee (SEC), an organisation run by the churches involved in managing the Protestant secondary schools. The SEC administers the fund provided by my Department. The SEC disburses funds to the Protestant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home School Community Liaison Scheme (5 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Home School Community Liaison Scheme (HSCL) is a key support under the DEIS School Support Programme and part of the new integrated service delivery model for educational welfare services – One Child. Operational responsibility for HSCL lies within the Educational Welfare Service of the Child and Family Agency (Tusla) which also has direct management responsibility for the HSCL...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (5 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Annual Student Contribution is levied on learners attending Institutes of Technology. The amount due from apprentices is calculated on a pro rata basis of the time which they spend in Institutes of Technology during the academic year. Since 2004, FÁS/SOLAS has paid over 70% of the Annual Student Contribution due in respect of apprentices, with apprentices themselves paying the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: For the Deputy's information the Major Building Project for the school, is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. All statutory approvals (including Planning Permission) have been received and the Stage 2(b) submission for the project is expected in the Department by the end of the year. When the Stage 2(b) submission has been received, my Department will be in further contact with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (5 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the Student Grant Scheme, an approved course is defined as a full-time undergraduate course of at least two years duration or a full-time postgraduate course of not less than one year duration pursued in an approved institution. In order to be considered for a grant a student is required, under Section 8 (1) (b) of the Student Support Act 2011, to be pursuing a full-time course. There...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (5 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent and CID holding teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to my Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget and ceiling on teacher numbers. At post primary level for the current school year teachers in the...