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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 475 and 502 together. The scope of works required at the school to which the Deputy refers is outside the terms of my Department's Emergency Works Grant Scheme. The school has been advised that it should apply for funding under the Summer Works Scheme. The Summer Works Scheme for 2016 is now open for applications on the Esinet portal with full details of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 476 and 477 together. Third level institutions are autonomous institutions and my Department does not have any function in their day to day operational affairs, for which the Governing Bodies and the management staff of the institutions are responsible. This includes the delivery of its courses. While my Department is aware that there are a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for the provision of a PE hall for the school in question. I wish to advise the Deputy that due to the competing demands on my Department's capital budget imposed by the need to prioritise available funding towards the provision of essential school classroom accommodation, it is not possible at this point to provide an...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the school, where the child referred to in this question attended last year has been sanctioned a third special class, on a temporary basis, for the current school year, in order to provide for the education of this child. Staff are currently being appointed by the school, while home tuition support is being provided in the interim. The Deputy will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Further to my announcement of the new 6-year programme of capital investment in schools last week, establishment of the Gaelcholáiste referred to by the Deputy is proposed to take place in 2019 subject to sufficient viability of the Aonad. The demand will be measured on the basis of continued support for an independent Gaelcholáiste in the North Kildare area and a continued increase...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, I announced details on Tuesday, 17 November last, of the major school building projects that are scheduled to proceed to construction over the next six years, as part of the Government's €2.8 billion capital investment programme. I am pleased to advise the Deputy that a project for the school to which he refers was included in this announcement. It is envisaged...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Further to my announcement of the new 6-year programme of capital investment in schools last week, establishment of the Gaelcholáiste referred to by the Deputy is proposed to take place in 2019 subject to sufficient viability of the Aonad. The demand will be measured on the basis of continued support for a Gaelcholáiste in the North Kildare area and a continued increase in enrolment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The proposed Gaelcholáiste referred to has been announced to be established in 2019, subject to sufficient viability of the Aonad. It is not possible to confirm the specifics of the project at this early stage. As outlined in the recent announcement, demand will be measured by continued support for an independent Gaelcholáiste in the North Kildare area and a continued increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Universities and institutes of technology, as autonomous institutions under the terms of the Universities Act 1997 and the Institutes of Technology Acts, respectively, are responsible for the day to day management of their own affairs, including matters relating to student debt. Accordingly, neither my Department nor the Higher Education Authority holds the specific information requested by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at an early stage of Architectural Planning. A replacement Architect is required on the project following the withdrawal of the previous consultant. The replacement Architect position will be tendered from the commencement of Stage 2A based on updated Schedules of Accommodation. Following completion of this appointment, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 488 and 489 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that there is no change in the commitment given to schools which were included in the 5 Year Plan (2012-2016) that their school projects would be advanced to tender and construction. This was re-affirmed by the inclusion of the projects for the schools referred to by the Deputy in the 2015 Construction...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: A new Integrated Primary Languages Curriculum, incorporating Irish and English, has been developed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. The first phase will be introduced from Junior Infants to 2nd classes from September 2016. Work will continue for the curriculum for 3rd to 6th classes which will follow on from the curriculum developed for the junior primary classes. A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The project to provide permanent accommodation for this school is currently at Stage 2(a) (Developed Design) of the architectural planning process. Planning Permission, Fire Safety Certification and Disability Access Certification have already been obtained on the basis of the original accommodation brief. Arising from the school's request for further additional permanent accommodation, my...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the application for additional accommodation referred to by the Deputy has been assessed and I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school was approved funding, on a devolved basis, for an ASD/Special Needs provision to meet needs in the area. This decision has recently been conveyed to the school authority.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Asylum Support Services (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The five year residency rule is in line with recommendation 5.70 of the Working Group on the Protection Process. This recommended that supports be made available to persons who have been in the "Irish school system for five years or more, and satisfy the relevant academic and other eligibility criteria."

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Work Placement Programmes (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: There is no specific piece of legislation that governs work experience for second level students in, for example, Transition Year or Leaving Certificate Applied courses. However, there are many established supports to good practice, by both employers and students in these cases, including: - guidelines on work placement from the PDST and coordinators' organisations; - extensions of school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grants Data (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has been in contact with the Central Statistics Office who has advised that all data regarding the Consumer Price Index is collated on a historical basis and is not used by them for future projections. However for the Deputy's convenience my Department has looked at the figures available from the CSO and according to the Consumer Price Index the annual average % change for the...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The Department engages with SUSI on an on-going basis on the implementation of changes and improvements to SUSI's service delivery model. Reconfiguring the application process alongside the CAO applications process is not a straightforward proposition. For example one of the key eligibility criteria for receiving grant funding is the assessment of reckonable income. Income details...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Programme for Government contains a commitment that "People of non-faith or minority religious backgrounds and publicly identified LGBT people should not be deterred from training or taking up employment as teachers in the state." A Private Members' Bill, the Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013, was debated in Seanad Éireann in 2013. That Bill imposes a stricter test...