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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Oideachas Gaeilge (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: Forbraíodh na ciorcláin nua maidir leis an díolúine ó staidéar na Gaeilge mar fhreagra ar athbhreithniú a rinne cigireacht na Roinne ar an mbeartas agus ar an gcleachtas maidir le díolúintí a phróiseáil agus a dheonú i scoileanna. Leagtar amach sna ciorcláin sin, a bhfuil feidhm acu maidir le scoileanna Béarla...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Oideachas Gaeilge (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: I dtús báire, tá sé soiléir go raibh comhairliúchán cuimsitheach i gceist. Ghlac níos mó ná 11,000 duine páirt sa chomhairliúchán cuimsitheach agus thug siad a dtuairimí dúinn. Ghlac a lán daoine páirt roimh Nollaig. Sin an fáth gur chuir mé breis am ar fáil don chomhairliúchán....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Oideachas Gaeilge (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: Nuair a thagann an crú ar an tairne, nó i ndeireadh an lae, táimse freagrach as an chinneadh maidir leis an churaclam úr atá ag teacht isteach. Roimhe seo, bhí comhrá idir na Ranna éagsúla. Maidir leis an straitéis 20 bliain, tá cumarsáid ar siúl i gcónaí idir an Roinn Cultúir, Gaeltachta agus Oileán, mo...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: Gabhaim buíochas le Teachta Burton as an cheist. The permanent project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's design and build programme.   Key factors that can impact on the timeline for any new school project are the availability of a site and the planning permission process for the new school building.   A site was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: We are in the middle of a process to get to September 2021, but whatever availability or demand there is, we have an obligation to do that, and we do it. I have visited the different parts of the more pressured areas. I was in Lucan yesterday and I know there is a question tabled for today in respect of north Kildare. I am aware of the enormous pressures that exist. There are new planning...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: We have a dedicated team in the forward planning section in Tullamore. They take into consideration existing pressures and existing levels of demand, along with future planning permissions. They work very closely with the different local authorities. That relationship is key for the forward planning and to make progress in order to ensure that we meet the demand in the future is very...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Deputy is aware that a building project for the school to which he refers is included in my Department's capital programme to be delivered as part of the national development plan. The project brief is being finalised and this is expected to be completed shortly. The patron, Cork Education and Training Board, recently provided additional information sought by my Department to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: I assure the Deputy there will be no delay. The project brief is being finalised and it is expected to be completed shortly.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: I thank the Deputies for raising this matter as it provides me with an opportunity to outline the Department's position regarding secondary school places in Kildare North. I happened to speak to a principal of a primary school in Kilcock yesterday on another matter. There is a Donegal connection there. She clearly outlined the future pressures in the area, and it was good to hear that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: I again thank the Deputies for raising this matter, since it gives me an opportunity to talk to my officials about long-term planning in particular areas. Without going over what has been said about additional accommodation for Scoil Dara, I wish to tell the Deputies and parents who are concerned about what will happen next September that there are solutions that we can, and will, put in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: The most recent phase of consultation by the National Council for Curriculum Assessment on Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) closed on 26th October. This phase invited feedback on the NCCA's draft report on its review of RSE and, again, there was significant public engagement in this process.  The consultation took the form of an online survey, invitations to make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: The project referred to by the Deputy has been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of a programme of school building projects. The process for the appointment of a multi-disciplinary technical advisory framework for the programme commenced in August 2019 when a request for tenders (RFT) was issued. There was a very...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: The property to which the Deputy refers, at which a primary school operated until it closed earlier this year, is not in my ownership, nor, according to Department records, does my Department hold any other legal interest, such as a charging lease, over the property.   In that context, the plans for the property are a matter for the owner.  My Department is aware of a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: The provision of education for children with special needs, including those with Autism, is an ongoing priority for Government.  Currently, almost 20% of the total Education Vote or €1.9bn is invested in supporting children with special needs.  Since 2011 investment in Special Education supports has increased by 50%, which is significantly above the 7% increase in total...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that significant progress has been made on the remediation programme for 40 schools in which structural and fire safety deficiencies have been  identified. A substantial programme of remediation work took place during the summer months in relation to these 40 schools and plans are well advanced for the next phases of the programme. Over the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under the National Development Plan 2018-2027, my Department has an €8.8bn envelope for the delivery of the school building programme. This facilitates a strong flow of projects to tender and construction under the school building programme.   Overall construction activity in 2018, 2019 and 2020 will deliver over 70,000 permanent school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Review (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: In the 2019/20 school year there are 891 schools in the DEIS Programme serving 185,000 pupils. This represents approx. 20% of the overall school population.  (691 primary (231 Urban Band 1; 104 Urban Band 2; 358 Rural) and 198 post primary. My Department will spend in the region of €125 million in 2019 on the DEIS programme. As the Deputy is aware, following the review...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2020 (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: Despite Budget 2020 being prepared in the context of a possible no deal Brexit and the Government's necessity to plan for the economic impact of such a possibility,  since May 2016 we have:  - provided for an additional 3,000 SNAs and over 7,300 new teaching posts, with a further 1,000 SNA positions and 581 teaching posts for the 2020/21 school year as a result of Budget...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Íocaíochtaí Deontas (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: Íoctar ráta caighdeánach an deontais chaipitíochta, is é sin  €179 do gach dalta, le gach bunscoil seachas Gaelscoileanna atá lonnaithe lasmuigh de cheantair Ghaeltachta mar a mbíonn €23.00 sa bhreis ar an ngnáthráta deontais ar fáil do gach dalta.  Tarlaíonn a leithéid chun spreagadh breise a thabhairt...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: Following a demographic exercises carried out by my Department into the future need for primary and post-primary schools across the country for the period 2019 to 2022 the requirement for new 1,000 pupil post-primary school, to be established in 2019, to serve the Galway City and Oranmore school planning areas, as a regional solution, was announced by the Government. In October 2018, the...