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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Representation was received in my Department from this student and a response has issued directly. For your record, please see below copy of response that issued: Leaving Certificate Computer Science (LCCS) was introduced on a phased basis from September 2018 in 40 schools. The 40 schools involved in the phase 1 rollout of this new subject were selected following an open call to all schools...

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

Joe McHugh: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that capital funding has been approved for the school in question to expand essential mainstream classroom accommodation, the project is currently devolved to the school authority. I can also confirm that my Department received an application in December 2019, to increase the size of an existing GP Hall, in the school. The immediate priority of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Leaving Certificate Computer Science (LCCS) was introduced on a phased basis from September 2018 in 40 schools. The 40 schools involved in the phase 1 rollout of this new subject were selected following an open call to all schools inviting them to express their interest in providing LCCS. Access to LCCS during phase 1 of the subject’s implementation is limited to students attending...

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

Joe McHugh: It is currently anticipated that the project to which the Deputy refers will progress to tender stage later this year, with construction commencing early in 2021.

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

Joe McHugh: The Department of Education and Skills and the Higher Education Authority have regular engagement with WIT in relation to its campus development plans. Due to commercial sensitivities associated with site acquisitions generally, I am unable to elaborate further on the issue raised.

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

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 243 and 245 together. My Department is in the final stages of refinement of the new DEIS identification model, based on school enrolment data and the latest data available from Census 2016 under the HP Deprivation Index. Variables used in the compilation of the HP Index include those related to demographic growth, dependency ratios, education levels,...

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

Joe McHugh: My Department is in the final stages of refinement of the new DEIS identification model, based on school enrolment data and the latest data available from Census 2016 using the HP Deprivation Index. A detailed quality analysis of the data has been carried out by members of the DEIS Technical Group which contains representatives of the Department’s Statistics and Social Inclusion Units,...

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

Joe McHugh: The school in question applied for roof works under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme and was approved funding in that respect. As this is a devolved scheme project, it is the school's responsibility to progress it. The Department does not have any record of receiving an Emergency Works Application in relation to the heating system at the school.

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

Joe McHugh: It is the policy of my Department that all children with Special Educational Needs can have access to an education appropriate to their needs, preferably in school settings through the primary and post primary school network. Such placements facilitate access to individualised education programmes which may draw from a range of appropriate educational interventions, delivered by fully...

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

Joe McHugh: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department received an application, from the school in question, for capital funding for a PE Hall. The application was assessed and the school authority was informed that funding could not be approved, at this time, under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme. Under the National Development Plan (NDP), increased funding has been provided for the...

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

Joe McHugh: The Planning application to which the deputy refers was lodged with Dublin City Council on March 30th. The Department is aware of the need for temporary accommodation for this coming 2020/2021 academic school year and as such is working continually to provide same.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Visas Eligibility (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The main support available to students in third level education is the statutory based SUSI grant scheme. Under the terms of the student grant scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students who meet the prescribed conditions of funding including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. With regard to residency, in order to be eligible for a grant, a...

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

Joe McHugh: The Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD) provides financial support to higher education institutions to ensure that they are adequately resourced to offer supports and services to eligible students with disabilities so that they can access, fully participate in and successfully complete their chosen course of study. This includes students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including...

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

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department has commenced a review under the EU Commission's DG Reform Programme to look at increased sustainability in higher and further education, including an economic assessment of the funding options outlined in the Cassell's report. Pending the completion of this review my Department is not planning to amend the qualifying criteria of the Free Fees...

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

Joe McHugh: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application, from the school in question, for capital funding under the 'Additional School Accommodation Scheme'. This application will be assessed and on completion a decision will issue directly to the school authority.

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

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 254, 282 and 310 together. The Department does not comment on individual cases. My Department carries out nationwide demographic exercises to determine where additional school accommodation is needed at primary and post-primary level. No new post-primary schools are currently planned for the South County Tipperary -Clonmel School Planning Area. The...

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

Joe McHugh: My Department does not provide funding to preschool services other than to early intervention for children with Autism. Supports for childcare, including preschool education, are provided by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA). The matter raised by the Deputy relates to preschool education and childcare. These matters fall within the remit of my colleagues, the Minister...

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

Joe McHugh: My Department's practice has been to respond to the needs of long term or repeat child in-patients in hospitals and HSE Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) facilities through the establishment of special schools or through the funding of part-time teaching hours. The purpose of educational provision in HSE CAMHS Units is a short term intervention designed to provide for...

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

Joe McHugh: In 2019 my Department spent in the region of €125 million on the 890 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 A 20% increase in this current level of funding would cost in the order of €25million for a full school year....

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

Joe McHugh: Gross expenditure on the order of €96 million is incurred by the Department of Education and Skills on salaries for teachers and special needs assistants (including employer’s PRSI) in fee-charging schools. If the parents of children in the fee-charging sector chose to send their children to the non-fee-charging sector, the State would have to fund those school places. In...