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

Jan O'Sullivan: As of the 31st of December 2014, SUSI has confirmed that a total of 70,249 applicants have been awarded their grant. Of this figure a total of 66,159 applicants have been paid their grant and 4,090 have yet to be paid. As of the 14th of January 2015, SUSI has confirmed that a total of 71,909 applicants have been awarded their grant. Of this figure a total of 67,443 applicants have been...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The staffing and redeployment arrangements for schools for the 2015/16 school year are currently underway in my Department. These arrangements, including the staffing schedule for primary schools for the 2015/16 school year, will be published in the coming weeks. This will enable schools to determine their staffing levels for that school year. The Deputy will be aware that staffing...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is open to schools to submit applications for funding under the Additional Accommodation Scheme for funding to meet an immediate accommodation requirement because of increased enrolments and where an additional teacher is being appointed. The relevant application form concerned may be accessed on my Department's website at www.education.ie Details of...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: In Ireland, given the number of relatively small schools that have four teachers or fewer, multi-grade classes are the norm in the majority of our primary schools. This position is reflected in the centrally-devised Primary School Curriculum (1999) which articulates a progressive and developmental learning experience for our pupils. General guidance and advice for teachers are provided in...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: On 8th January, 2015 the school referred to by the Deputy was sanctioned a devolved grant under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme to provide a Resource Room. The school has recently submitted an application for funding for sewerage works under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme. This application is currently being assessed and the school authorities will be notified of...

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: National Educational Psychological Service Administration (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can inform the Deputy that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychology service to all primary and post primary schools through an assigned NEPS psychologist and in some cases through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA), full details of which are on the Department's website. Under this scheme schools can have an...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Assessment of means under my Department 's student grant scheme is based on gross income from all sources of the applicant and his/her parent(s)/legal guardian. Where applicable, certain social welfare and health service executive payments are considered exempt. It is necessary, therefore, that information regarding all income is accounted for when completing the grant application form. ...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Assessment of means under my Department 's student grant scheme is based on gross income from all sources of the applicant and his/her parent(s)/legal guardian, where applicable, with certain social welfare and health service executive payments being exempt. It is necessary, therefore, that information regarding all income is accounted for when completing the grant application form. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (20 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Due to worsening economic circumstances, the Government reduced the salaries and allowances payable of all new entrants to public service recruitment grades (including teachers) by 10% with effect from 1 January 2011 and required that such new entrants would start on the first point of the applicable salary scale. Subsequently, arising from the public service-wide review of allowances and...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The major building project for the schools referred to by the Deputy, is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The project has been authorised to proceed to Stage 2B of Architectural Planning, which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Cert and Disability Access Cert and the preparation of Tender Documents. It is not possible to progress all projects...

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...

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: That was coming back from a cut.

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Why is Sinn Féin trying to stop reform now?

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: We increased the funding.

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I trust them to assess their students.

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is part of the learning process.

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is part of learning.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (21 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Qualification allowances were abolished with effect from 1 February 2012 following a Government Decision. Qualifications details of teachers are now held by the Teaching Council which is the statutory body with responsibility for registering teachers. Projected costs of reinstating teaching qualification allowances for new beneficiaries are not readily available in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (21 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 191 to 194, inclusive, together. In 2012 a public service-wide review of allowances was carried out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. As a result of the review, qualification allowances were abolished with effect from 1st February 2012. Department of Education and Skills Circular 0008/2013 outlines the effect of this decision on...