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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The policy of my Department is that children with special educational needs, including children with autism, 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. The Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (4 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought is being compiled at present and will be forwarded to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (5 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school to which the Deputy refers applied for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme to repair a retaining wall. As the scope of works is outside the terms of this scheme, the application cannot be considered for funding. The school authority has been informed of this decision. It is, however, open to the school authority to apply for funding under a future Summer...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (5 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The project to which the Deputy refers is devolved to the Kildare and Wicklow ETB for delivery. I understand that tenders for the project were recently received and a tender report is now being prepared. I expect the project to go on site early next year with a contract duration of some 18 months.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Relocation (5 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Department does not hold records of staff who apply to transfer out to other Departments. We do hold records of staff from other Departments who wish to transfer to us. In this regard, applications for transfers to our locations outside Dublin (i.e. Athlone, Tullamore and Mullingar) are facilitated through the Central Applications Facility (CAF) which is managed by the Public...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (5 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the major building project for the school in question is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. All statutory approvals including planning permission, fire and disability access certificates have been secured. The Design Team have also confirmed that tender documents are complete. Due to competing demands on my Department's capital...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (5 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The performance of SUSI is assessed on an on-going basis in accordance with the terms of the Management Framework Agreement concluded between the Department and the CDETB in respect of SUSI a unit of CDETB. I am informed by SUSI that it has received almost 107,000 student grant applications to date for the 2015/16 academic year. Of these SUSI has awarded student grant funding to 63,000...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (5 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: A total of 3,128 additional permanent school places has been provided under the Large Scale Projects Programme in the period 2011 to date at the following schools: Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada; Esker Educate Together; St Andrews National School; Griffeen Valley Educate Together; Clonburris Educate Together; St. Mary's National School, Woodview; Clonburris Post-Primary School. Furthermore, 224...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The policy of my Department is that children with special educational needs, including children with autism 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. Parents can...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (5 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has made an application for major capital funding. In September, the Government's €27 billion capital programme provided for a significant capital funding investment in the education system over the next six years with some €3.8 billion in direct funding to be invested in education projects. The six-year plan will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (5 Nov 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 or not a student should qualify for a grant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Investigations (5 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that matters raised in the correspondence to which the Deputy has referred is currently being investigated by my Department. As part of this investigation a meeting has been arranged between my Department's officials and school representatives which will take place in the coming days. When the investigation has concluded the correspondent will be notified of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has submitted an application for capital funding for additional accommodation. The application is currently being considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as the assessment process has been concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Childcare Education and Training Scheme (5 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Childcare Education and Training Scheme (CETS) is not available to learners in PLC provision. CETS, which is administered by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, is available to support long term unemployed learners engaging on Youthreach, VTOS and ETB Training provision.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (10 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that all mainstream Primary schools have been allocated significant additional teaching resources under the General Allocation Model (GAM) to cater for children with high incidence special educational needs, including Specific Learning Disability (SLD), of which dyslexia is one such SLD. All Post Primary schools have also been allocated additional teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Juvenile Offenders (10 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's Inspectorate conducts specialised High Support Unit, Special Care Unit and Children Detention Centre inspections in schools attached to these Units/Centres. These schools have been inspected annually since 2011.All Inspection reports are published on my Department's website. A variety of assessments are carried out in these schools depending on circumstances including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (10 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The latest information available on school retention rates is for the cohort of pupils who began post-primary education in 2008. Of the 2008 entry cohort, 96.89% sat the Junior Certificate Exams in 2011 or 2012 and 90.56% sat the Leaving Certificate Exams in 2013 or 2014. More detailed information on retention rates and school leavers is available on my Department's website here: ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (10 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The latest retention rates available in my Department relate to the pupil cohort that started post-primary school in 2008. The retention rate for that cohort was 90.6%. 5,293 pupils did not complete the Leaving Certificate out of a cohort of 6,075 students who started post-primary school in 2008. Retention reports are available on the Statistics section of my Department's website at the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (10 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The building project referred to by the Deputy is included in the Five Year Construction Programme to proceed to Tender and Construction. The original design team appointed to the project had reached completion of Stage 1 of Architectural Planning. As part of that work and following an assessment of the current accommodation, it was agreed by the Department that extensive additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (10 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that some €1.37 billion will be spent in support of children with Special Educational Needs this year, which represents approximately 15% of my Department's budget. The investment which is being made to support children with special educational needs is an area of spending which has been prioritised above most other areas by this Government. We now have the...