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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The Deputy will be aware that the project to which he refers has been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of a programme of school building projects. The NDFA is currently undertaking the second phase of the process of appointment of multi-disciplinary technical advisors (design teams) for these projects. This process will involve...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228, 236, 297, 356 and 388 together. Where a student is studying one or more subjects outside of a recognised school, the Department will be flexible in accepting estimated marks and rankings from other schools or colleges, and will look at this issue on a case-by-case basis. In general, I can say that, provided an estimated mark and ranking can be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 and 237 together. All reasonable efforts will be made to provide students with a calculated grade. In the case of students taking a subject outside school, the guidance on calculated grades provides details of how schools should proceed if school management authorities are confident that there is sufficient evidence of the student’s achievement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (20 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.   In relation to funding for postgraduate courses pursued in the United Kingdom and other EU...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 231 and 243 together. Where a student is studying a subject such as Irish outside of a recognised school, the Department will be flexible in accepting estimated marks and rankings from other schools or colleges, and will look at this issue on a case-by-case basis. In general, I can say that, provided an estimated mark and ranking from a teacher can be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts is published annually on the Department website. 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 30 September. The staffing schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts is published annually on the Department website. 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 30 September. The staffing schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 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: Disability Support Services (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Very significant levels of financial provision are made to ensure that all children with special educational needs, including children who are deaf/hard of hearing, can be provided with an education appropriate to their needs.  My Department currently spends approximately €1.9 Billion - almost a fifth - of its annual educational and training budget  on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Student grant applications for academic year 2020/21 will be assessed based on income earned in 2019. The assessment of means under the student grant scheme is based on gross income from all sources, with certain social welfare and health service executive payments being exempt. In the assessment of means, a deduction can be made for holiday earnings made by the applicant from employment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 239 and 246 together. The timeline and arrangements for the re-opening of English language education providers will be guided by public health advice applicable at a given time. On May 1st, the Taoiseach announced the roadmap for the gradual lifting of the current Covid-19 restrictions. This roadmap sets out a number of phases with the re-opening of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: When it was thought possible to hold written examinations but not orals or music performance tests, 100% marks were awarded for the cancelled orals and performance tests.  Awarding 100% for orals and music performance tests in the calculated grade system would not be fair to students. Calculated grades are the best way of getting an accurate estimation of what a student would have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Communications (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: On 10th April 2020, I spoke with Secretary of State Gavin Williamson to explain the implications of the postponement of the Leaving Certificate and its implications for those Irish students, who applied to UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).  This conversation was followed up with a letter. I hope to talk again with the Secretray of State in the next few days.  On the same...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247, 250, 262, 281, 285, 302, 339 and 404 together. Calculated Grades are decided based on data on each candidate provided by schools. The calculated grades system will combine estimates of a student’s expected performance in a subject and level, with information about how students in the school have fared in this subject in recent years in line...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 248 and 359 together. As part of the calculated grades process where a student is not satisfied with their calculated grade it can be appealed to my Department. The appeal system is set out in the information available on my Department’s website. The appeals mechanism will ensure that each step in the process leading to the generation of a calculated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application, for additional school accommodation, from the school authority in question. The assessment process to determine the school’s permanent accommodation needs is nearing completion. The school will be informed of the decision in due course. In the meantime, interim temporary accommodation has been approved...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that arrangements are being made to have payment issued to the person referred to by the Deputy.  The first payment will be issued on the 29th May.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Since the onset of the Covid-19 outbreak, significant work has been undertaken by a stakeholder group chaired by the Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) and including the representative bodies of education providers to address issues relating to the maintenance of the quality and standards of teaching and learning, assessment and qualifications. This group has focused on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (20 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The announcement of the postponement of the 2020 Leaving Certificate on May 8thmeans that all students are to be offered the option of receiving Calculated Grades for the subjects they are studying and the alternative of sitting the 2020 Leaving Certificate examinations at a date in the future when it is considered safe to hold the examinations. It is my intention that results will be...