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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) published its report on a proposed new model for allocating teachers for students with special educational needs on 18 June 2014. The report recommends that a new allocation model should be developed, based on a school's educational profile, while providing a baseline allocation to every mainstream school to...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The statistics section of my Department's website contains extensive data relating to schools at primary and post-primary level, including teaching posts. The most recent published information relates to the 2013-14 school year. Data in relation to the 2014-15 school year will be published later in the current school year.

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Teacher allocations to all second level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department's website. In accordance with these rules, each school management authority is required to organise its...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 812 to 823, inclusive, together. My Department operates the largest payroll in the State, with approximately 98,000 school employees and pensioners paid every fortnight. These payrolls have become increasingly complex over the past five years, due to the introduction of three salary scales and two sets of allowances, by comparison to a single salary scale...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Most civil servants were historically placed on a pay scale with annual increments up to a maximum level and after that, 2 Long Service Increments (LSI's) after 3 and 6 years respectively. The date on which annual increments fell due for civil servants were spread out over the course of the calendar year and were determined by the date of appointment and normally paid on the anniversary of...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 825, 826 and 838 to 841, inclusive, together. The details of the Haddington Road Agreement for teachers are extremely complex and are outlined in my Department Circulars 5/2014 for post primary teachers and 32/2013 for primary teachers. My Department operates the largest payroll in the State, with approximately 98,000 school employees and pensioners paid...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 827 to 831, inclusive, together. Staffing levels in front line operational areas such as Teachers' Payroll sections were maintained in recent years even though there was a planned reduction of Department's overall staffing levels required by the Employment Control Framework (ECF) agreed under the Croke Park and Haddington Road Agreements. The staffing...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 832 to 837, inclusive, together. It is not envisaged that additional software is required to implement the revised scales for 2011 entrants. However, significant robust testing is necessitated prior to implementation, to ensure no adverse impact on other aspects of the school employee payrolls, due to the complexity of same, range of payees (including home...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The target dates for the payment of the deferred increments and arrears to primary teachers and special need assistants is 12 February and to post primary teachers on 19 February.

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The tenders for the project to which the Deputy refers have been assessed and the Design Team have sought clarifications from the lowest priced tenderer. On receipt of those clarifications my Department will continue to keep the school authority informed as the process progresses.

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm to the Deputy that the schools in question submitted major capital applications for extension and refurbishment to my Department. My Department has been liaising with the school authorities regarding the schools long term projected enrolments (LTPE) and a revised LTPE for each school has recently been agreed. The Schedules of Accommodation have also recently been finalised. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 846 and 860 together. As the Deputy will be 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...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The project to which the Deputy refers is included in my Department's five year building programme to proceed to Tender and Construction in 2015/16. The Design Team has been appointed and are working on the early stages of architectural planning. The Design Team are currently finalising their stage 2A report for submission to the Department. Upon successful completion of Stage 2A and...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The building project for the school to which the Deputy refers is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. Planning permission was granted by the Local Authority. However, that planning permission has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála by a third party. My Department must await the outcome of this appeal before progressing the building project further.

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The current retention policy for Primary Online Database (POD) data is for records to be maintained for the longer of either the period up to the pupil's 30th Birthday or for a period of ten years since the student was last enrolled in a primary school. In future schools will no longer be required to keep the Clárleabhar therefore POD will be the official register of pupils in schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Consultancy Contracts Data (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Information in relation to consultancy expenditure is compiled annually in respect of the previous year. The information in respect of 2014 is currently being compiled and should be available by the end of March 2015. It will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Recruitment (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware the economic circumstances of the country were such that a staffing moratorium was introduced across the public sector by the previous Government in 2009. In contrast to other parts of the public service the higher education sector has been given significant latitude within this moratorium relative to other areas of public expenditure. An Employment Control...

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 Refurbishment (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school building project referred to by the Deputy will provide for refurbishment of the listed buildings on site and an extension to provide overall accommodation for a 16 classroom school. My Department has already secured planning permission for the project using in-house architectural resources. The next step in the architectural planning process is to appoint a full design team to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Department is in contact with the school Patron relating to enrolments in the primary schools in the area to which the Deputy refers, including the gaelscoil in question. The Department understands that the Patron is consulting directly with the schools involved in relation to the enrolment matters being raised. The Department will continue to liaise with the Patron, who has ultimate...