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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Schools have been notified of the arrangements for the allocation of SNA support in respect of students in mainstream classes for 2020/21. The arrangements include the following provisions: - 2019/20 mainstream class SNA allocations will be frozen, from the date of issue of Circular 0030/2020, and will automatically rollover into the 2020/21 school year. This means that no school will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department’s Construction Programme which is being delivered under the National Development Plan. This project is one of the school building projects on my Department’s ADAPT 2 (Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning & Tendering) Programme. My Department has appointed a Project...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The provision of education for children with special needs 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. As a result the numbers of special education teachers, special needs assistants and special class and school places are at unprecedented levels. The majority of children...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30thSeptember. Staffing arrangements for the 2020/21 school year are available in Circular 0018/2020, which has been published on the Department website. The staffing arrangements include an appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: In September 2018, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) was requested to develop policy advice on the educational provision that should be in place for students educated in special schools and classes and to make recommendations on the provision required to enable them achieve better outcomes. The progress report which the NCSE submitted to me on 5 November 2019 provides an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The Higher Education Access Route (HEAR) is a college and university admissions scheme offering places on reduced points and extra college support to school leavers from socio-economically disadvantages backgrounds. The HEAR scheme is operated by the Irish Universities Association (IUA) and regulated by the higher education institutions themselves. As such, my Department has no role in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the State. The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. It acts in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The purpose of the Home Tuition Grant Scheme is to provide a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school. Under the medical strand of the scheme, grant aid is based on a range of between 2 and a maximum of 7 hours tuition per week for junior certificate students with the allocation determined by the level of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I wish to inform the Deputy that an appeal against the refusal of the Emergency Works application in question has been received and is currently being assessed. A response will issue directly to the school once a decision has been made in that respect.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that an application for roof works submitted under the Emergency Works Scheme was refused on the basis that the application was outside the terms of the scheme. However, an appeal of this decision has recently been received from the school and is currently being considered. The school will be informed directly of the outcome of this appeal as soon as a decision has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scéim na nOibreacha Samhraidh (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Féadaim a dhearbhú leis an Teachta Dála gur chuir S.N. Cholmcille isteach iarratas faoi Scéim Oibreacha Samhraidh (SOS) ilbhliantúil mo Roinne ó 2020 i leith ‘Tionscadail Timpeallachta Sheachtracha’. D'fhéadfadh sé gur eol duit gur fhógair mé le déanaí mionsonraí na scoileanna a gheobhaidh maoiniú i...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Data (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: 405 schools have been allocated funding under my Department's 2020 Summer Works Scheme. 1,609 schools submitted applications under my Department's 2016 multi-annual Summer Works Scheme and in excess of 1,200 schools have been allocated funding. Under my Department’s 2020 multi-annual Summer Works Scheme a total of 1,162 schools submitted an application. Commensurate with the level...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Stádas Scoile (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Foilsítear na critéir a úsáidtear chun múinteoirí a leithdháileadh ar scoileanna gach bliain ar shuíomh gréasáin na Roinne. Is scoileanna Bord Oideachais agus Oiliúna (BOO) iad na scoileanna a bhfuil an Teachta ag tagairt dóibh. Soláthraíonn an Roinn leithdháileadh foirne do gach BOO agus is faoi...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The main support available to students is the statutory based Student Grant Scheme. To qualify for grant support, a student has to meet various criteria such as means, residency, nationality and progression. Postgraduate students who meet the qualifying conditions for the special rate of grant under the Student Grant Scheme are eligible for a maintenance grant of up to €5,915; the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: If the rate of employer PRSI was increased from 11.05% Class A rate to 15.75% for the portion of salaries over €100,000 the estimated increase in pay related costs for the Department of Education and Skills is approximately €1.7 million.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: My Department provides a book grant to all recognised primary and post primary schools within the Free Education Scheme in order to provide assistance for books including Book Rental Schemes. Under this scheme, the Department provided funding of €16.9 million in 2019 to all of these schools. I also announced additional funding of €1million which is being allocated to 102 Primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: This government has increased the capitation grant in each of the last two budgets. I understand the need for improved capitation funding and I am pleased to have been able to provide for a further 2.5% increase in standard capitation funding for primary and post-primary schools that will apply from the start of the 2020/21 school year. This builds on last years 5% increase in capitation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Under the Department’s free fees schemes, the Exchequer provides funding toward the tuition fee costs of eligible full-time undergraduate students with students paying the student contribution which currently stands at €3,000. Outright abolition of 3rd level fees for the student is understood to mean the abolition of the Student Contribution of €3,000. The Student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Private Schools (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: My Department pays a range of grants to schools in the Free Education Scheme based on a school’s enrolment. These schools may also apply for funding towards the cost of capital works. These grants are not payable to Fee Charging schools. Furthermore, schools in the Free Education Scheme are allocated teaching posts on a pupil teacher ratio (PTR) of 19:1. Posts are allocated to those...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: In the current school year there are 720 posts allocated in respect of Guidance Provision. The Guidance allocation is shown separately and transparently on the schools' staffing schedules. These posts have been ring-fenced so they can only be used for guidance activities and to meet the guidance needs of the school. The average cost of employing a post primary teacher is € 48,235....