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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Principal duties in small to medium sized schools are carried out by teaching principals. Teaching principals are provided with release time in order to assist them fulfilling their principal duties. Under these arrangements my Department pays for a substitute teacher to be employed by a school so that the principal can come out of the classroom. Under the current arrangements the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Economic constraints and the moratorium on filling posts of responsibility, albeit alleviated to some extent for schools, have presented challenges within the education sector. They also provide an opportunity to review the role of the principal so that our principals are leaders of learning, and to reconfigure the middle management structure to support principals in their role, ensuring...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is an operational matter for the City of Dublin ETB and I have asked them to contact the Deputy directly to clarify the position.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The position is that the teacher referred to by the Deputy in correspondence reference number 1501403BC has been awarded an Honours Primary Degree allowance. Any arrears due are scheduled to be paid on the 2nd July 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The July Education Programme is available to all special schools and mainstream primary schools with special classes catering for children with autism that choose to extend their education services through the month of July. This Department also provides for a July Programme for pupils with a severe/profound general learning disability. Where school based provision is not feasible, home based...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The correspondence supplied by the Deputy was referred to me separately by Taoiseach for my attention. A response issued from my office to the correspondent of that letter on 20th May 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The decision on eligibility for new student grant applications is a matter for the centralised grant awarding authority, SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland). The Deputy will appreciate that in the absence of all of the relevant details that would be contained in an individual's application form it would not be possible for me to say whether a student should qualify for a grant or what...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is working closely with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council in relation to acquiring suitable sites for the schools in question. A suitable site has been identified for the primary school and I can confirm that the conveyancing process is at an advanced stage. The Deputy will be aware that this school was established in 2012 and is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating resource teaching and Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support to schools to support children with special educational needs and additional care needs, respectively. The NCSE operates within my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, my Department is working closely with Donegal County Council in relation to acquiring a suitable site for the school to which he refers. I can confirm that a suitable site has been identified and the acquisition is at an advanced stage. This project has commenced architectural planning and officials from my Department met with the representatives of the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Facilities (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I appreciate the concerns regarding the availability of accommodation for students and for that reason I have asked the HEA to report on this issue.The HEA are currently working on a draft report on student accommodation which will be available shortly and will give us an up to date picture of the situation. Some institutions provide a range of accommodation, and all colleges have an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has received an application for additional accommodation from the school to which he refers. In order to fully consider the accommodation issues arising, my Department's technical staff visited the school earlier this month. Following this visit, the application is being considered further and my Department expects to be in a position to convey a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested is provided in the tables. Table 2.25. Net Change in the Number of National Schools Number of National Schools on 30 September 2012 3,152 Number of New Schools brought into operation in the period 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2013 16 Number of schools discontinued or amalgamated with other schools in the period 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2013 23 Number...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, my Department approved significant funding to the school in question earlier this year to provide an extension comprising 2 x 80m² Mainstream Classrooms and 2 x 16m² Resource Rooms to provide additional accommodation and to replace prefab units. This additional permanent accommodation will significantly enhance the school's accommodation. The school recently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Funding (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is an operational matter for SOLAS and I have asked them to contact the Deputy directly regarding his request.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the existing arrangements vacant posts are filled in the first instance through redeployment. The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Special Needs Assistant (SNA) Scheme which is under the remit of my Department, provides schools with additional adult support staff to provide for the care needs of children with special educational needs attending schools. The Health Service Executive (HSE) does not provide funding towards the provision of Special Needs Assistant support in Schools. Circular 0030/2014, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The policy of my Department is to ensure, as far as possible, that the Managerial Authorities of Primary and Post Primary schools give priority to unemployed registered teachers who are fully qualified when filling vacant teaching posts. It is schools that employ teachers and not my Department. However my Department has issued a number of Circulars addressing this issue in recent years. Under...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to firstly advise the Deputy that the Board of Management of each school is responsible for the care and safety of all of the pupils in their school. Schools are required to take all reasonable precautions to ensure pupil safety and should put appropriate provision in place to safeguard the safety and health of pupils. The classroom teacher is responsible for educating all pupils in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (23 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is extremely difficult to make precise comparisons between the levels of grants paid and the actual costs of running schools at primary and post primary levels. However it is self evident that the maintenance and running costs for second level schools are much greater on a unit cost basis than those in primary schools. In general, second level schools are larger than primary schools and...