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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (1 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: All teachers employed under a Contract of Indefinite Duration (CID) receive incremental salary in accordance with the rules governing payment of incremental salary. The number of post primary teachers paid on the payroll issue of the 26th November 2015 who are employed under a CID is 6,357. The number of primary teachers being paid on the payroll issue of the 3rd December 2015 who are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for additional accommodation that involves the purchase of an adjoining site at the school. My Department has been in recent contact with the school authorities who have advised that an alternative proposal is to be submitted. Once received, my Department will consider the matter further and will be in direct contact with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (1 Dec 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: Departmental Legal Cases Data (1 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department. The information is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (1 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the tabular statement below. The following is a tabular statement in relation to the Department of Education & Skills and bodies under its aegis whereby some staff have acquired contract of indefinite duration. It also give details of those contract holders that may qualify for increments where an incremental pay scale applies....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The issue raised by the Deputy is a matter for the employer .i.e. the Board of Management of the school concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provides a range of supports for pupils with special educational needs arising such as Emotional Behavioural Disorder (EBD) or Severe Emotional Behavioural Disorder (SEBD). Where children with such needs have consequential care or learning support needs, additional Resource Teaching and/or care support is provided to schools to support their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Texts for inclusion in the lists of prescribed works for study at Junior Cycle are chosen by a sub-committee of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)'s English Development Group. It is important to note that schools exercise a high degree of discretion in deciding on the texts that students study, and are not compelled to use any particular text from the list. Further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: All Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are paid on the SNA incremental salary scales which are set by the Minister for Education and Skills in conjunction with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and their employment is pensionable. The majority of primary schools receive grant assistance to provide for secretarial and/or caretaking services. Within the grant schemes, the level...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has no record of receiving an application for funding for remediation works from the school referred to by the Deputy. It is not clear from the information provided by the Deputy as to what the issues are at the school and whether these are internal or external to the school site. It would be matter for the Board of Management to address traffic management issues within the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The position is that it is not possible to limit any amendments to the free fees schemes which impacts only on Irish citizens as to do so is contrary to EU law. As the Deputy will be aware, in order to qualify for tuition fee funding, students must be first-time undergraduates, hold inter alia EU/EEA/Swiss nationality in their own right, and have been ordinarily resident in an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Outline planning permission for a primary school on the site in question was granted by Kildare County Council in December 2009, and a subsequent application for outline permission for development of the site to include a post-primary school was granted in July 2010. A planning application for permanent school buildings on this site was subsequently refused by Kildare County Council on 11...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Kildare VEC (now Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board) acquired the site for a primary and post-primary school on Hazelhatch Road, Celbridge in two transactions in 2009 and 2010. The site was acquired in 2 parts (one comprising circa 3 acres and a second comprising an area of circa 7 acres) and funding was provided by my Department. The acquisition of the site was authorised...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: On the 17 November last I announced the details of the new schools to be provided nationwide in 2017 and 2018. I also announced that in view of the anticipated number of enrolments in the Irish-medium Aonad of Maynooth Community College and the continued support for a Gaelcholáiste in the North Kildare area that a Gaelcholáiste will be established in 2019 to serve the North...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The project to deliver a new building for the school referred to by the Deputy was included in the list of projects recently announced to go to construction in 2019-2021. As the Deputy will be aware, officials in my Department have been working closely with officials from Meath County Council towards the acquisition of a permanent site to meet the needs of the school to which she refers....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: In light of continued pressures on the higher education system, former Minister Quinn established an expert group to examine future funding of higher education under the independent chairmanship of Peter Cassells. The objective is to identify a range of approaches that, combined, will achieve a sustainable funding base to address the continual expansion of the sector while protecting the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Qualifications Data (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Given the scale of demand for ICT skills in recent years, my Department and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation launched a revised Government/Industry ICT Skills Action Plan in 2014. The Plan takes a comprehensive approach including increases in high-level graduate output, enhancing awareness of ICT as a career among students, maintaining a strong talent pool and promoting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the Schools Broadband Access Programme, my Department provides for the supply of internet connectivity for all recognised primary schools. A framework involving more providers was put in place in 2012 which ensures that improved solutions are being made available to schools. The Department is continually working with providers to ensure that where possible improved services are made...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, I announced details on 17th 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. A project for the school in question is listed in this announcement to proceed to construction in 2018. The school in question has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The major building project for the schools to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of architectural planning – Stage 2b. This stage includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Cert and Disability Access Cert and the preparation of Tender Documents. As the Deputy is aware on Tuesday 17th November 2015 I announced details of the major school building projects...