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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Professional Qualifications (23 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy may be aware, the Professional Diploma in Mathematics for Teaching is a blended learning, two year part-time programme. It is designed to assist practising 'out-of-field' teachers to acquire the extensive and complex integrated knowledge base, including mathematical and pedagogical knowledge, that is necessary for effective mathematics teaching at post-primary level. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is a day to day operational matter for the WWETB who manage the Newpark Close Family Resource Centre Locial Training Initiative (LTI). I have asked the ETB to contact the Deputy directly to clarify the position.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the process for the review of the DEIS Programme is underway. This process involves a number of strands including: - a consultation process with the Education Partners to inform the development of appropriate future interventions to tackle educational disadvantage; - the establishment of an inter-Departmental Group to ensure a joined-up approach to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Remuneration (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: No bonus payments have been made to staff at my Department this year and bodies under the aegis of my Department have also confirmed to my officials that no bonuses have been paid to their employees to date this year.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Articles 22(3) and 24(6) of the Student Grant Scheme 2015 provide that gifts or inheritances received in the reference period will be included as reckonable income. If any of the persons whose income is under consideration received a gift or an inheritance in the reference period, these are included in reckonable income, unless in the case of an independent student, the gift or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that Ballyfermot College of Further Education is an approved Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) centre which is managed and funded by City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB) from funding provided by my Department. Post Leaving Certificate Centres provide further education courses up to Level 6 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ). However, my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: There follows, as requested in the Deputy's question, a list of schools by county currently housed in prefabricated buildings with no permanent structures. Roll Number Official Name Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 Address 4 County 20086B ENNIS EDUCATE TOGETHER NS GORT ROAD ENNIS CO CLARE Clare 20313J Mol an Oige Ennistoymon Clare Clare 09872J CLOGHOOLA MIXED N S MILLSTREET CO CORK ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The report, Student Accommodation: Demand & Supply, which I published recently sets out clearly that the demand for student accommodation outstrips supply in certain areas and will continue to do so in the coming years. There are 13 useful recommendations in this report some of which include capital financing, tax considerations and planning issues, as well as support for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department provides capitation funding to all recognised primary schools and second level schools within the free education scheme. My Department provides capitation funding to mainstream primary schools by way of per capita grants, subject to a minimum grant equivalent to 60 pupils. Enhanced rates are payable to Special Schools and Special Classes attached to mainstream schools. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The following post primary schools in County Louth have a 100Mbit/s broadband connection: 63840C St. Joseph's C.B.S. 63841E St Mary's Diocesan School 63850F Our Ladys College 63860I Sacred Heart Secondary School 63870L Drogheda Grammar School 63880O Colaiste Rís 63890R St Mary's College 63891T De La Salle College 63900R St Vincent's Secondary School 63910U St Louis Secondary School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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 arrangements for primary schools for the 2015/16 school year are set out...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: An application for a Higher Education Grant from the student referred to by the Deputy is currently under review with SUSI and additional documentation has been requested. Once this documentation has been submitted to SUSI, a decision will be made on the case and the student informed of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The policy of my Department is that children with special educational needs should be included where possible and appropriate in mainstream placements with additional supports provided. In circumstances where children with special educational need require more specialised interventions, special school or special class places are also available. All State-funded Post Primary schools have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department website. The Statistics Section of my Department's website contains extensive data relating to schools, including teacher...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Principal duties in medium to large sized schools are carried out by administrative principals. Principal duties in small to medium sized schools are carried out by teaching principals. Circular 25/02 which is available on the Department website outlines the number of days that teaching principals may take as release time in a school year in order to assist them fulfilling their principal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are now more Resource Teachers available for allocation than ever before. As part of Budget 2015, I announced provision for an additional 480 Resource Teaching posts, to take into account increased demand and demographic growth and to ensure that children can continue to have access to additional supports in school. The total number of posts...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: English language teaching is provided by Education and Training Boards through the funding they receive from SOLAS. This model will also be used to address the needs of new programme refugees and arrangements are being made by the relevant ETBs in co-ordination with other services in the areas where programme refugees are being located.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government has not made a decision on the Christmas Bonus for this year. However, I can confirm that if a bonus was to be paid then it would not negatively impact on current Student Universal Support Ireland applicants who at present meet the relevant criteria for grant purposes such as nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) briefs publishers three or four times a year on curriculum developments that they may wish, as companies operating in a free market in publishing, to respond to. Textbooks produced by the educational publishers are generally aligned to standard English, and the question of Hiberno-English has never been raised in the course of these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the context of the necessary but difficult expenditure reduction measures announced in Budget 2012, new students entering postgraduate courses from the 2012/13 academic year onwards are not entitled to maintenance payments under the Student Grant Scheme. Those who do meet the qualifying conditions for the special rate of grant under the Student Grant Scheme are eligible to have their...