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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Budget 2012 provided for the phased withdrawal of approximately 428 posts allocated to some schools under disadvantage programmes prior to the introduction of DEIS in 2005. Due to conflicting reports of posts being lost in these schools, my Department produced a report on the impact of the withdrawal of these legacy posts from DEIS Band 1 and Band 2 Schools. Following the Government's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (4 Feb 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: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (4 Feb 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: Third Level Institutions (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The parties agreed that the conclusions of the Tyndall job evaluation exercise could be appealed to an independent Appeals Officer. When this process is completed the parties will engage in relation to the implementation of the final outcome of the job evaluation exercise.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, a major building project for the school concerned is at planning permission stage and the project, when completed, will consume a substantial amount of the school's very limited site area. My Department understands that the school is not therefore in a position to consider the establishment of an ASD unit. I wish to advise the Deputy that there is already ASD...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought by the Deputy regarding the number of school closures in County Cork in the period 2005 to 2014 is contained in the table. Cork Primary School Closures (2005 to 2014) County Number Year Cork 1 2014 Cork 2 2013 Cork 1 2010 Cork 3 2009 Cork 1 2007 Cork 3 2006 Cork 1 2005 Cork Post Primary School Closures (2005 to 2014) County Number Year Cork 1 2006

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: POD will collect information such as PPSN name, address date of birth, nationality, learning support status, Irish exemption status, standard and class, and also two optional pieces of sensitive personal data, ethnic or cultural background and religion, which require written consent. Individualised student information is already collected centrally at pre-primary, post-primary and third level...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: From the 2016/2017 academic year, it is intended that teacher allocations and capitation grants will be made on the basis of POD data, and the previous basis for allocations, the National Annual School Census will cease operation from that point. There is no mechanism for separate payment and allocation to schools for pupils that are not on POD, and from a practical point of view it is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Department has previously met with and discussed the fair processing and retention of data on POD with the Data Protection Commissioners office. The material in Circular 0017/2014 formed the basis for the discussion and the Department received advice and commentary from the DPC office on this material which was incorporated into the circular. No further concerns were raised at that time....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Four members of staff in my Department have administrator rights on the primary online database.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The software development costs of the POD project to date are approximately €230K. A POD Implementation Grant was issued to every primary school in December 2014. The total cost of the grant was €830,518.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department did not hire external experts/ consultants to advise them on how best to develop the primary online database.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Department has repeatedly advised parents and schools who have contacted us that if a parent does not wish to put their child's details on POD that they should inform their school of this in writing. We have not in any way advised schools to transfer data against the parent's wishes.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153 and 154 together. As the Deputy is aware the Exchequer funds tuition fees costs in respect of eligible students who are pursuing full-time undergraduate courses of study under my Department's Free Fees Initiative. The main conditions of the scheme are that students must be first-time undergraduates, hold inter alia EU/EEA/Swiss nationality in their own...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's policy focuses on ensuring that all children with special educational needs can have access to an education appropriate to their needs and abilities. A range of placement options for pupils with special educational needs is provided, in order to ensure that all pupils can receive a school placement. Many pupils with special educational needs will be able to attend a local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The capital funding issued to schools in the primary and post-primary sectors in County Cork in the years 2011 to 2014 is as follows: PRIMARY 2011 - €24.8m 2012 - €23.8m 2013 - €31.1m 2014 - €37.4m POST-PRIMARY 2011 - €6.4m 2012 - €7m 2013 - €14.2m 2014 - €16.2m It is not possible to provide data in respect of a region within...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Safety (4 Feb 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the development for the school in question will consist of the construction of a new 2 storey Primary School building comprising of 24 general classrooms, General Purpose Hall with servery area, Staff room, Library & Resource Room, Special Education Tuition rooms and ancillary accommodation with a total floor area of 3982 m.sq. An application for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that, the National Council for Special Education published its Report on a Proposed New Model for Allocating Teachers for Students with Special Educational Needs on 18th June 2014. This Report was prepared by a Working Group, appointed by the NCSE and Chaired by Mr Eamon Stack, which included representatives from disability organisations and also parent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (4 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Reading Recovery is a licensed programme which has been made available to primary schools through the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST).Since 2004 over 20,000 students have benefited from the Reading Recovery Programme together with a range of other literacy supports. My Department has spent over €4million in the years 2010-2014 on the Reading Recovery programme...