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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 5 February 2015, I announced that seven new primary schools will commence between 2015 and 2016. Four of those schools will start this September. Therefore, resources are being concentrated on a patronage determination process for these particular schools. A patronage determination process for the three schools opening in 2016, which includes the one to which the Deputy refers, will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application for additional accommodation in 2014. The application concerned was assessed and I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school was approved funding, on a devolved basis, in December 2014 last for the provision of 3 general classrooms, 1 resource room and ancillary accommodation to replace existing prefabs. Funding was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 2A of Architectural Planning. The ETB and its Design Team are finalising the Stage 2A report for presentation to my Department. Upon completion of stage 2A and subject to no issues arising, this project will then be authorised to proceed to Stage 2B - Detailed Design Stage which includes applications for Planning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 to oversee the use of the cash contributions of up to €110 million, pledged by the religious congregations, to support the needs of survivors of institutional child abuse. As the Deputy will be aware Caranua commenced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 9 of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 provides that the Board's criteria for making decisions on applications, can include criteria consistent with the Act for the purpose of the relief of hardship where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Board that exceptional circumstances exist such that the standard criteria can be disregarded. It is a matter for the Board...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 provides that those former residents who received awards from the Residential Institutions Redress Board or equivalent Court awards or settlements are eligible to apply to Caranua. This approach was taken having regard to the maximum funds available of €110 million and a potential pool of some 15,000 applicants. As the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Projects (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Information is being compiled in relation to the project referred to by the Deputy and will be forwarded as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's policies focus on ensuring that all children can have access to an education appropriate to their needs, preferably in school settings through the primary and post primary school network. A range of placement options for pupils with special educational needs is provided, in order to ensure that all pupils can receive a school placement. Many pupils with special educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The staffing and redeployment arrangements for primary schools for the 2015/16 school year are set out in Department Circular 0005/2015 which is available on my Department's website at www.education.gov.ie. The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers with effect from 1 September, 2015 to other schools that have...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I would like to make some comments on that. My officials had meetings with representatives of unions on this issue and we have taken legal advice. The specific issue in regard to the Corbally case concerns public hearings and what matters should be brought to a public hearing. I indicated on Second Stage that I intended to bring forward an amendment on having hearings in public being the...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The two examples in Ireland are the nursing and midwifery board and the Medical Council. In those cases, hearings are by default held in public unless there is a specific reason for them not to be in public. This is really about giving confidence to the teaching profession, as well as the public, in following that model. The earlier investigations are about ensuring they are appropriate to...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is the Deputy asking about examples? In Scotland, for example, which is a neighbouring country of similar size of population, the arrangements are for public hearings. We can give the Deputy other examples and come back to him in regard to the position-----

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is not, and we do have the exact wording yet.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is important that I get the views of the committee, which I appreciate.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “ ‘Garda Central Vetting Unit’ has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2012;”. This is a technical amendment to insert a definition of the Garda central vetting unit in the principal Act. This definition being inserted corresponds with the definition used in the National...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 2.In page 5, line 26, to delete “Act 2015” and substitute “Act 2015)”. This amendment is necessary to correct a typographical omission in the published Bill by inserting a missing closing bracket after the term "Act 2015".

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: We might be able to deal with the issue without putting it into the Bill. Deputy Conaghan is right on that point. I appreciate Deputy Boyd Barrett's concern but there is already provision in regard to informing people that they are not on the register. I will explain it in more detail. Section 30 of the 2001 Act provides that a person who is employed as a teacher in a recognised school...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: It does, and should, give them the information that they are not on the register, and the implication should be drawn by the teacher that they will not be paid. However, the Teaching Council cannot tell somebody that they will not be paid because it does not pay them.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is not its responsibility to do so. However, I will take up the intent of it and make sure the procedures are clear enough, so teachers know exactly what the outcome is if they are not on the register.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Perhaps we should remind schools of their duty not to employ anybody who is not a registered teacher. They are not supposed to employ anybody who is not a registered teacher. If there is an information gap, I will be happy to fill it. The Deputies are obviously referring to specific cases they are aware of, but I do not believe it is appropriate to include this in the primary legislation.