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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Migrant Integration (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: In terms of specific project funding, €370,000 for a Migrant Integration project, run by City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB), was approved by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in the 2016 Dormant Accounts Action Plan, at the request of my Department. This year, in its submission to the Department for Rural and Community Development, my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The permanent project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design & Build Programme. Key factors that can impact on the timeline for any new school project are the availability of a site and the planning permission process for the new school building. A site was identified and will be available for this new school. This has enabled the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Co-operation (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: This cross-border pilot project was funded from the Reconciliation Fund, which is managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. If this project was extended to 100 similar projects, I would estimate the cost to that Department would amount approximately to €2.1 million.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising Data (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Department of Education Skills has not used advertising as a method of communicating in respect of the UK’s exit from the European Union. The Department has kept its stakeholders and partners informed of education-related matters in this regard through its regular communications channels with stakeholders and partners. These include electronic mail, mailings to schools,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: As requested, please see table below outlining the funding both current and capital provided to higher education in each of the years 2017 to 2020. - 2017 2018 2019 2020 Outturn Outturn Post Supplementary revised estimate Provisional Revised Estimate €'000 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: In 2019 my Department will spend in the region of €125 million on the 891 schools participating in the programme and serving in excess of 185,000 children. The full list of supports available to DEIS schools is available on my Department's website at the following link . It is not possible to definitively provide the total cost of expanding the DEIS programme in order to cover 50% more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home School Community Liaison Scheme (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: All DEIS Urban Primary and DEIS Post Primary schools are included in the Home School Community Liaison Scheme (HSCL). The scheme is delivered by 415 full-time HSCL Coordinators who are teachers in these schools and assigned to HSCL duties either in individual schools or clusters of schools, catering for approximately 156,000 pupils. The estimated staffing costs of the HSCL scheme for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: I understand the importance of small schools and I hosted a Small Schools Symposium in June attended by the relevant Education Partners to discuss issues of concern to small schools. Securing the future of small schools is a priority for me as Minister for Education and Skills. Budget 2020 has provided for improved teacher staffing levels for small schools. This measure will see a more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Excellence Fund (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The School Excellence Fund (SEF) is an innovation of my Department which enables schools to participate in innovative programmes which are context-specific and aimed at improving learning outcomes for young people. Projects associated with the School Excellence Fund already established include ; School Excellence Fund DEIS SEF DEIS is designed to ensure that innovative approaches and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: There are 124 special schools providing specialist education for approximately 7,500 pupils annually with over 1,400 teachers. Budget 2020 provides for an additional 23 teaching posts for special schools, designed to meet expected increases in enrolments in 2020, providing over 8,000 pupil places in special schools. It also provides for the continued provision of administrative deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: On 27thMarch I announced the trialling of the School Inclusion Model, a new model of support for students with special educational and additional care needs, which is being piloted in 75 schools in the Kildare/Wicklow/South Dublin region in the current school year. The pilot will include four behaviour practitioners as part of a National Council of Special Education (NCSE) Regional Support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: A key objective in the Action Plan for Education 2016-2019 is to develop the continuum of teacher education to equip teachers with the right skills for 21st century teaching and learning and improve school leadership. The quality of our teaching profession is a critical factor in sustaining and enhancing the quality of education outcomes. The Department promotes the quality of teaching and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Childhood Care and Education (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: Financial supports for Early Childhood Education and Care settings generally are the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, and my colleague the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has some responsibility in respect of financial supports for naíonraí. One of the main goals of my Department's Policy on Gaeltacht Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The permanent project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design & Build Programme. Key factors that can impact on the timeline for any new school project are the availability of a site and the planning permission process for the new school building. A site was identified and will be available for this new school. This has enabled the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: In relation to the permanent accommodation needs of the school to which the Deputy refers, with the assistance of South Dublin County Council a site has been identified in the relevant area to accommodate a permanent building. Work is ongoing at present to advance the process into the legal conveyancing stage. The acquisition of this site is being progressed as a priority.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Personal Injury Claims (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department does not routinely collate or publish information on personal injury pay-outs. Costs incurred by the State in personal injury cases involving properties under the ownership of the Minister are generally not met directly by my Department. In accordance with financial procedures in cases involving compensation against the State, such costs are charged to the State Claims Agency.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The provision of education for children with special needs, including those with Autism, is an ongoing priority for Government. Currently, almost 20% of the total Education Vote or €1.9bn is invested in supporting children with special needs. The majority of children with Autism attend mainstream class, where they may access additional supports if required. But some students may...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being compiled and I will arrange for a response to issue directly to the Deputy in relation to this question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Audiology Services Provision (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: Following the HSE Look Back Review of Paediatric Audiology Services in Mayo, Galway and Roscommon, officials from my Department and the HSE met in September 2018 to discuss special educational supports for the affected children. It was agreed that where the affected children had special educational needs due to a hearing impairment, special educational needs supports could be provided...

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: It is nice to be back in the Seanad. This amendment relates to a new provision inserted in the Bill on Committee Stage. The new provision would require all schools to provide to both parents and the Department information relating to voluntary contributions inclusive of the total moneys collected annually and a detailed expenditure of those moneys by the school and would require my...