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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Secondment (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department, through the education centres and teacher support services, engages teachers on a full time basis annually for the provision of continuing professional development (CPD) through secondment from their schools. These secondments are subject to annual review. The arrangements provide flexibility and ensure that the in-service needs of teachers and other support priorities of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The response to the parliamentary questions to which the Deputy refers outlined the direct payment arrangements in place with private commercial organisations. The arrangements enable group tuition to be provided to children in a class type setting; payment in these cases is made directly to the service provider and is calculated on a group rate basis. A key difference in the separate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: All school building projects which are funded from public monies, including Kishoge Community College, are required to use the forms of contract provided under the Capital Works Management Framework which includes a suite of public works contracts, standard conditions of engagement, model forms, suitability assessment questionnaires and guidance notes published by the Office of Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Funding (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The context of the correspondence referred to by the Deputy is significant in clarifying this issue. The letter was in response to a submission from a private service provider outlining their intention to submit claim forms for funding for four children who were approved for home tuition to assist in their timely processing and payment. The letter added that applications for three children...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the well-being and safety of children should be at the centre of all policy and practices in schools. The Board of Management of each school is responsible for the care and safety of all of the pupils in their school and is required to prepare a code of behaviour in accordance with Section 23 of the Education (Welfare) Act 2000. Section 23 (4) of the Act...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (14 Jan 2015)

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: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jan 2015)

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 annually taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support enrolled in the school. Where children have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of a Major Capital Application for the provision of a PE hall for the school in question. As the Deputy will be aware, due to the competing demands on my Department's capital budget imposed by the need to prioritise the funding available for the provision of essential school classroom accommodation , it is not possible at this point to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies Data (14 Jan 2015)

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 Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board was established. The body is funded from the contributions of the religious congregations offered in response to the request for additional contributions, following...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Decentralisation Programme Data (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the 2003 decentralisation programme, my Department decentralised 88 staff to our extended Athlone campus in the summer of 2008. We also decentralised an advance party of 6 staff to Mullingar. As the information is not recorded in the manner required by the Deputy I am not in a position to provide a breakdown of Travel and Subsistence costs for decentralised individuals for my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Training for the trades in question is managed through the apprenticeship programme. It should be noted that apprenticeships are employer led and the number of apprenticeship registrations has seen a steady increase across a range of apprenticeships over the last few years. The forecast for future apprenticeship registrations remains strong. New apprenticeship registrations in 2014 were up...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Appeals (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that Special Schools funded by my Department are intended to cater for children and young persons with special educational needs from 4 years until the end of the school year in which they reach their 18th year. At that point, the Department of Health/Health Service Executive assumes direct responsibility for young adults with special educational needs who are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: What is assessed is valued; school based assessment promotes a learning culture in schools. It recognises and rewards skills which cannot readily be assessed through externally assessed written final examinations. It encourages teachers to collaborate and provides a forum for discussing and sharing good practice and resources that enhance the quality learning and teaching. School based...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: In 2012, the Minister for Education and Skills established a scheme of bursaries for students from DEIS schools based on Leaving Certificate examination results and other criteria, such as approved courses and approved institutions. Applications are not required for these bursaries as a minimum of 10 will be automatically offered on a regional basis (Dublin City and County, rest of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department conducted a 'Lifeskills' survey of all primary and post primary schools in 2012. The results of this survey were published by my Department in January 2014. The data from the Lifeskills survey indicate that approximately 99% of respondent primary schools have a 'Stay Safe' programme in place. This represents an increase in four percentage points since the previous Lifeskills...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Teachers' Common Basic Scale and allowances available to newly employed teachers between 2005 and 2014 are set out in the attached table. Not all of the allowances listed were available to every teacher as entitlement was based on the qualifications held by the individual and/or the nature of the post for which they were employed. Teacher salaries increased between 2005 and 2009 as the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: There were no monies paid by my Department to external consultants, professional companies or advisors specifically in relation to the development of the Action Plan for Jobs in each year since and including 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application for additional accommodation to my Department. To clarify and discuss the application concerned, I wish to advise the Deputy that my officials have arranged a meeting to be held with the school authorities concerned shortly.