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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Lottery Funding Applications (13 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Since 2015 all expenditure incurred from the Education and Skills Vote – Vote 26 is funded directly by the Exchequer. The Revised Estimates Volume (REV) which, is published annually, contains details on a Vote by Vote basis of those programmes that are part-funded by both the National Lottery and the Exchequer. (Reference page 224 of the 2015 REV). There are no programmes in my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department remains committed to providing permanent accommodation for the first named school to which he refers. It is my Department's intention that the school in question will relocate to the premises currently occupied by the second named school pending the construction of a new school for the latter. The building project for this school is at an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (13 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Dublin consortium consisting of the Dublin Institute of Technology, Institute of Technology Blanchardstown and Institute of Technology Tallaght, submitted a plan towards merger to the Higher Education Authority in 2014. This was assessed by an international expert panel appointed by the HEA and found to be on a clear trajectory to meet the very robust performance and quality criteria that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: In March, 2014 the school referred to by the Deputy was sanctioned a devolved grant under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme. Recently the school authority submitted an application for additional funding and my Department's Planning and Building Unit has request further information in respect of this application. As soon as this information is received and considered the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning - Stage 2b (Detailed Design) which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Cert, Disability Access Cert and the preparation of Tender Documents. All statutory approvals have been secured. The Stage 2b submission has been reviewed by my Department and the Design...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school building project referred to by the Deputy is included in the Five Year Construction Programme to proceed to Tender and Construction. The school building project is at an early stage of the Architectural Planning process. Earlier this year, the Department met with officials from the ETB regarding progression of the project. Following this meeting, further information was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The finances of recognised primary schools are a matter for the Boards of Management of these schools. Boards should budget in such a way as to enable them to meet their commitments and their expenditure should not exceed their income. The running costs of recognised primary schools are not budgeted for individually by the Department. It would not be feasible to grant aid approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (13 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support, which is set out in my Department's Circular 0030/2014. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Oct 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 Oct 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 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 basis of 1 classroom teacher for an average of every 28...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department allocates significant resources to ensure that students can participate fully in their academic courses and are not disadvantaged by reason of a disability. The Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD) is managed by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) on behalf of my department and provides funding to students in approved colleges of further and higher education for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (13 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are allocated to Special Schools and to mainstream Primary and Post Primary schools to assist children with special educational needs who also have additional and significant care needs. Such support is provided in order to facilitate the attendance of those pupils at school and also to minimise disruption to class or teaching...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: This budget really is the culmination of four years of hard work. When we came into office, we inherited a broken economy that had to be fixed. We had to bring stability to our public finances.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Deputy Mattie McGrath will remember what it was like because he participated in the Government that led to it. The creation of jobs was a priority. The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources has just referred to the 130,000 real jobs created since 2012. That had to be done and people across the country had to make enormous sacrifices for us to achieve that. Those people...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (14 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Since the beginning of the financial crisis, there has been a need to enact a number of measures to reduce public expenditure. The previous Government reduced the salaries and allowances payable of all new entrants to public service recruitment grades (including teachers) by 10% with effect from 1 January 2011 and required that such new entrants would start on the first point of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (14 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application for major capital funding for a new school building to facilitate an amalgamation. As the Deputy will appreciate, due to the competing demands on my Department's capital budget imposed by the need to prioritise the funding available for the provision of essential school classroom accommodation, it is not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Major Building Project referred to by the Deputy, is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The Stage 2(b) Submission (Detailed Design) has been approved by the Department, however, as the project was not included in the Department's Five Year Building Programme, the project was not authorised to proceed to tender. The Design Team and Board of Management were informed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (14 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, where parents of children who are eligible for home tuition have sought alternative arrangements to be put in place for the tuition, my Department responded and facilitated by putting arrangements in place with private providers, nominated by the parents, who provide group tuition to children in a class-type setting. In all cases parents had the option of having the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (14 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school to which the Deputy refers is recognised by my Department in accordance with the terms of the Education Act 1998. The Minister for Defence and the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin are joint Patrons of the school. The functions of a Patron and a Board of Management, which are also set out in the Act, are common to Patrons and Boards of Management operating all State recognised...