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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Patronage of the new school, to which the Deputy refers, was granted to the Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board. The intended date for the school's first intake of pupils is the commencement of the school year 2016/17. The ETB, as Patron, will put the necessary management structures in place commensurate with this date. The Design Team on the Major Building Project has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the letter of acceptance appointing the building contractor issued on 17 June 2015 which commenced the school building contract. The Contractor is expected to start on site in the coming days and the new school building is expected to be completed and ready for occupation before the start of the school year 2016/17.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that 11,330 whole time equivalent Special Needs Assistant (SNA) posts have been made available to the NCSE to allocate to schools to end of the current school year. This is the highest number of SNAs that we have ever had and it has ensured that children with special educational needs can continue to participate in education and be supported in a manner appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department does not have the information in the format requested by the Deputy in PQ 24961 of 23 June 2015. However my Department does have the following information. Data on the number of classes that have 3, 4 or 5 or more grades and associated number of pupils is attached in table A. Data on the number of schools classified by teacher size is attached in table B. This data shows that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 562 and 563 together. Since September 2012 at post primary level guidance provision is now being organised by school management from within the staffing schedule allocation. Guidance is a whole school activity and schools have autonomy on how best to prioritise their available resources to meet the requirements in relation to guidance and the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Teaching Council is the regulator and standards body for the teaching profession. One of the primary functions of the Council is to maintain the register of teachers for the State. The number of teachers of English registered under Regulation 4 (Post primary) of the Teaching Council Registration Regulations is 10,042. The Deputy should note that these teachers may be employed as teachers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Social Personal and Health Education curriculum, which is currently mandatory for junior cycle students, is focused on promoting the health and well-being of our young people, helping them to create and maintain supportive relationships and to become active responsible citizens in society. The curriculum deals with issues such as making decisions, developing self confidence, growing and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy recently applied to my Department for capital funding for additional and improved accommodation. The application will be considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority subsequently.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: A response has been issued to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that my Department recently approved a grant for conversion works to the school concerned to create additional classroom accommodation. The school has been advised accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that 11,330 whole time equivalent Special Needs Assistant (SNA) posts have been made available to the NCSE to allocate to schools to end of the current school year. This is the highest number of SNAs that we have ever had and it has ensured that children with special educational needs can continue to participate in education and be supported in a manner appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (30 Jun 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. To date a total of €81.77 million,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: For student grants purposes, students are categorised according to their circumstances either as students dependent on parents or a legal guardian, or as independent mature students. A student may be assessed as an independent mature student if he or she has attained the age of 23 on the 1st of January of the year of first entry to an approved course or of re-entry following a break in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The current qualifying distance of 45km for the higher non-adjacent rate of student grant, takes into account a reasonable radius within which students may commute on a daily basis. The measurement of the distances relating to the award of adjacent or non-adjacent rates of student grant is a matter for the relevant grant awarding authority. The distance measurement for student grant rates is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that 11,330 whole time equivalent Special Needs Assistant (SNA) posts have been made available to the NCSE to allocate to schools to end of the current school year. This is the highest number of SNAs that we have ever had and it has ensured that children with special educational needs can continue to participate in education and be supported in a manner...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has a number of strategies and initiatives in place to ensure that education and training meets the skills requirements of the workplace. SOLAS, with the assistance of relevant experts such as the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), employers and local and national organisations, have published a five year strategy for the further education and training sector which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 575 and 581 together. Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The staffing schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all similar types of schools equally irrespective of location. At primary level, it currently operates on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 576 and 577 together. There are now more additional special needs teachers and special needs assistants (SNAs) supporting children with special educational needs in our schools than at any time previously. The NCSE allocated 6,454 resource teacher posts to schools for September 2015, which is an increase of 554 posts - or 9.4% - since September 2014. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 578 and 584 together. The information requested by the Deputy is not available in the format requested however, a total of 93 new primary schools and 36 new post-primary schools were completed over the five year period 2010 to 2014. Of these, 8 primary schools and 1 post primary school were in County Kildare. For the immediate future the Deputy will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: A total of 129 new schools were completed over the five year period 2010 to 2014. This total number comprises 93 new primary schools and 36 new post-primary schools. For the immediate future the Deputy will be aware from the school building programme announcement last December that there are a total of 196 large scale projects either at construction or with approval to advance to...