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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The major school building project for the school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The schools Design Team are currently working on Stage 2b - Detailed Design, which involves obtaining planning permission, fire certificate and disability access certificate and the completion of tender documents. When all of the relevant statutory approvals have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Building projects for sixteen Primary Schools have a Band 1.1 Rating and are currently at Stage 2b (Detailed Design) which includes applications for Planning Permission, Fire Safety Certification, Disability Access Certification and the preparation of tender documents. A table noting the details of these schools is attached. Ten of these schools are included in my Department's five year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Participation (15 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested by the Deputy on progression rates to third level from post-primary by geographic area is not available from my Department. My Department calculates progression rates at overall national level only for the purposes of compiling projections of third level demand.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (15 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 214 and 215 together. The current status of all projects, including those in Cork, may be viewed on my Department's website at www.education.ie and this will be updated regularly throughout the year. The Deputy will be aware that the 5 year School Plan announced in March 2012, together with the schools announced in June 2013 under the Government's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (15 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I understand from my officials that a section 29 appeal against Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board (ETB) on behalf of this case has now concluded. It is now open to the parents of the child in question to take a section 29 appeal to the Secretary General of my Department. My Department has no authority to compel a school to admit a pupil, except in the case of an appeal under...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (15 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I understand from my officials that a section 29 appeal against Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board (ETB) on behalf of this case has now concluded. It is now open to the parents of the child in question to take a section 29 appeal to the Secretary General of my Department. My Department has no authority to compel a school to admit a pupil, except in the case of an appeal under...

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: A counter motion has been circulated.

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: "acknowledges that the current Government’s only motivation in proposing Junior Cycle reform has been improving outcomes for students; recognises that the Junior Cycle reforms are based on longitudinal research carried out by the Educational and Social Research...

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The clock tower.

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is a nice place.

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: While I listen to advice, I make my own decisions.

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: It was in conjunction with the teachers. The teachers were involved.

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have listened to the National Parents' Council Post-primary.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The elements of the Schools Building Programme that contribute principally to job creation are the Large Scale Projects, the Additional Accommodation Scheme and the Prefab Replacement Scheme. In 2012 expenditure on these programmes supported 2,960 direct jobs and 590 indirect jobs. In 2013 expenditure on these programmes supported 3,010 direct jobs and 600 indirect jobs. In 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Schemes were initiated in 1978 and 1979 for the employment of Clerical Officers and Caretakers in primary and secondary schools. While a small number of these staff remain in schools, the schemes are being phased out and have been superseded by a more extensive grant scheme. The majority of primary and voluntary secondary schools in the Free Education Scheme now receive capitation grant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The major building project, referred to by the Deputy, is at an early stage of Architectural Planning. The Design Team are currently working on Stage 2(a) - Developed Sketch Design. Due to competing demands on my Department's capital budget imposed by the need to prioritise the limited funding available for the provision of additional school accommodation to meet increasing demographic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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 Government has agreed to accept, together with the lands...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Apprenticeship is the route through which persons are trained to become craftspeople in Ireland. The main craft trades have been designated by SOLAS and come within the scope of the statutory apprenticeship system. Apprenticeship in Ireland is administered and managed by SOLAS in co-operation with the Higher Education Authority, my Department, Employer Bodies and Trade Unions. In order to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Government recently committed, as part of the budget announcements made last year, to provide for 365 new Special Needs Assistant (SNA) posts to support children with special educational needs in schools in 2015, bringing the total number of SNAs available for allocation in 2015 to 11,330 posts. This is the highest level of SNA allocation that we have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The assessment of means under my Department's student grant scheme is based on gross income from all sources. Therefore, all income is assessed from the same starting point, eliminating any distortion which might arise from different spending decisions. The means test arrangements of the student grant scheme are applied nationally. In the case of both employed and self-employed applicants,...