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

Joe McHugh: I would like to inform the Deputy that the school in question has been approved Emergency Works funding for roof repairs. As this is a devolved project it is a matter for the school authority to progress the works.

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

Joe McHugh: My Department currently spends approximately €1.9 Billion or €1 in every five of its total current educational and training budget annually on making additional provision for children with special educational needs, including those with Autism. This represents an increase of over 50% in total expenditure since 2011, at which point €1.247 Billion per annum was provided....

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

Joe McHugh: My Department provides capitation funding for all recognised primary schools which is dealt with on a per capita basis. The two main grants are the capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance and general up-keep in schools and the ancillary services grant to cater for the cost of employing services staff. Schools are permitted to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: There have been a total of 23 Protected Disclosures made from 2014 to date. This figure relates to Protected Disclosures made under Section 8 of the Act from workers in the Education sector. The attached table gives a breakdown by year of the number of Protected Disclosures made under Section 8 of the Act, the number which have been concluded and the number which are ongoing. Protected...

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

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) published a Report on the Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in primary and post-primary schools in December 2019. The review involved extensive consultation between June 2018 and October 2019. Key recommendations from the review included the following: - in the short term the NCCA would begin work on interim...

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

Joe McHugh: It is understood that the Deputy is referring to a provision in Circular 0030/2014 regarding the allocation of SNA support and the associatic periodic review of student care needs. This provision has been superceded by new arragements for the allocation of SNAs to schools. In this regard, schools have been notified of the arrangements for the allocation of SNA support in respect of...

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

Joe McHugh: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System, using data from a range of sources, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. With this information, my Department carries out nationwide demographic exercises to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: In accordance with section 34(4) of the Technological Universities Act 2018 on 30 September 2019 the Minister for Education and Skills wrote to the applicant institutes Cork IT and IT Tralee confirming his proposed decision to postpone the granting of the institutes’ application seeking the making of an order under section 36 of the Act for the establishment of a technological...

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

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise that my Department is committed to the provision of a new building for the school to which the Deputy refers. A new site is required to faciliate this and my Department is exploring a potential option in this regard. It is therefore not possible, at this point, to indicate a timeline for the construction of a new school building. The school authorities will be kept updated on...

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

Joe McHugh: Ensuring that every child has a suitable school placement is a key objective of my Department. Significant resources are allocated each year to ensure that appropriate supports are available for children with special educational needs. Since 2011, the number of special classes in mainstream schools has increased almost threefold, from 548 to 1,618 for the 2019/2020 school year; with 1,353 of...

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

Joe McHugh: Ensuring that every child has a suitable school placement is a key objective of my Department. Significant resources are allocated each year to ensure that appropriate supports are available for children with special educational needs. Since 2011, the number of special classes in mainstream schools has increased almost threefold, from 548 to 1,618 for the 2019/2020 school year; with 1,353 of...

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

Joe McHugh: The Civil Service Mobility Scheme comes under the remit of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and is administered through HR Shared Services. According to information available to my Department, the person in question applied on 27th August 2018 for a transfer to Zone 16, which includes a number of Departments, of which one is my Department's Athlone office. I further...

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

Joe McHugh: The redeployment arrangements is the first method used to fill vacancies in the primary school system. Permanent teaching vacancies at primary level are filled, in the first instance, by permanent/CID holding teachers that are surplus in their own schools. Any transfer from one panel to another can only be done by agreement of both Patrons.

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

Joe McHugh: My Departments July Provision Scheme provides funding for an extended school year for students with a severe/profound general learning disability and/or students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The scheme was developed to reduce potential regression in learning associated with these specific categories of special education needs over the summer holidays. The National Council for...

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

Joe McHugh: Ensuring that every child has a suitable school placement is a key objective of my Department. Significant resources are allocated each year to ensure that appropriate supports are available for children with special educational needs. Since 2011, the number of special classes in mainstream schools has increased almost threefold, from 548 to 1,618 for the 2019/2020 school year; with 1,353 of...

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

Joe McHugh: The selection and enrolment of pupils is the responsibility of the management authorities in each individual school. As schools may not have a place for every applicant, a selection process may be necessary. This selection process and the enrolment policy on which it is based must be non-discriminatory and must be applied fairly in respect of all applicants. Under section 15 (2) (d) of the...

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

Joe McHugh: Under the terms of the Student Grant Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter, in the first instance, for the centralised student...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle agus leis na Teachtaí uilig atá i láthair linn arís inniu chun an t-ábhar oideachais a phlé agus an díospóireacht iontach tábhachtach seo a bheith againn anois. I am happy to be in the House again to provide a further update on our work programme. I want to focus on three particular areas, namely,...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: There is a range of them and I will not get through them all, but I will ensure that Deputies will get individual responses and answers back to them. Deputy Ó Laoghaire raised a specific individual case and I will ensure that is replied to. The Deputy also has concerns around how the calculated grade process will work. The school-calculated grade is the primary process in determining...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I thank Deputy Feighan for raising the question and he is happy with the answer he received but I want to reassure him that the alignment process and all the detail around calculated grades is very technical. A lot of technical work went into it over the last week. Right up until today we have been working hard on it. Clarification around that will be published tomorrow. Deputy Carroll...