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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application to my Department for capital funding for additional school accommodation. The application will be considered and a decision conveyed to the school authority when this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that applications for capital funding for additional accommodation has been received from the school, referred to by the Deputy. The school authority has been requested to submit revised proposals and costings for the minimum works necessary to enable the pupil, in question, enroll. As soon as this information is received and considered, the school authority will be informed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware officials from my Department are engaged in discussions with the developer in question with a view to ensuring that the sports facilities for the school are delivered. Officials in my Department received a proposal from the developer which would possibly facilitate the delivery of the facilities. The proposal was assessed by my Department and my officials have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy may be aware, in the management of a capital programme, periodically it is necessary to review the scheduling of construction projects within the overall programme. In this context, my Department is currently conducting an expenditure profiling exercise, which will determine when projects, including the project referred to by the Deputy, can advance to site. When the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport is responsible for the Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) regulations for commercial drivers. I understand that training is provided by a range of Road Safety Authority approved providers. SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority has informed me that the Education and Training Boards provide the following training programmes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's Planning and Building has received both application from the school in question. The application of additional accommodation is currently being considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority shortly. In relation to the Emergency Works application the school authority have been requested to submit revised proposals and costing for the minimum works...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually on the website of the Department of Education and Skills. Staffing Circular 0005/2015 which is available on the Department website sets out the staffing arrangements for primary schools for the 2015/16 school year and includes the allocation process for schools to meet their NCSE approved resource hour...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's Planning and Building Unit has no record of receiving an application for funding from the school referred to by the Deputy. If the school in question considers that there are works of an emergency nature requiring attention it is open to the school authority to submit an application for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme. Details of the scheme, together...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 17th November 2015, following the latest demographic exercises to identify where the pressure for school places nationwide will arise, I announced the establishment of 4 new primary schools and 9 new post-primary schools to open in 2017 and 2018, including a new post-primary school which will open in 2017 to serve the Portlaoise area. As the Deputy may be aware, a Memorandum of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware, provisional recognition was granted for the establishment of Gaelcholáiste Chineal Eoghain based on pupil projections reaching 60 students. However enrolment figures achieved by the Gaelcholaiste have fallen short of the projected enrolments which has raised concerns about the future sustainability of the Gaelcholáiste. In March 2013, a comprehensive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Based on the number of students that qualified for free fees funding, and taking into account projections in student numbers, it is estimated that net cost to my Department of reducing the Student Contribution to €500 would be €170m; to €1,000 would be €136m; to €1,500 would be €102m; to €2,000 would be €68m and to €2,500 would be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Representations (20 Jan 2016)

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 Refurbishment (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Over the period 2011 to 2015 a large scale extension and refurbishment project was completed at Scoil Brigid's Girls National School which provided an additional 56 permanent school places while approval for an additional classroom providing 28 additional school places has been issued in respect of Gaelscoil Naomh Padraig. The total capital investment to date associated with the school place...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Based on the 2014/15 academic year – SUSI paid the non-adjacent rate of maintenance grant to 8,392 students where the reckonable income was below €30,000, and where the students did not qualify for the Special rate of maintenance grant. These students would have received a grant of €3,025. The additional cost of increasing this figure to €4,500 would be circa...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Design (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Based on the 2014/15 academic year – SUSI paid the adjacent rate of maintenance grant to 8,346 students where the reckonable income was below €30,000 and where the students did not qualify for the Special rate of maintenance grant. These students would have received a grant of €1,215. The additional cost of increasing this figure to €1,750 would be circa €4.5m.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (20 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: SUSI paid out €147.3 million in maintenance grants for the 2014/15 academic year. A 5% increase in this figure would cost an additional €7.37 million.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements (21 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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 EU/EEA/Swiss state for at least three of the five years preceding their entry to an approved third level course. Where students do not qualify for free fees funding they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (21 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is an independent agency with responsibility for determining the appropriate staffing levels in relation to the support of pupils with special educational needs attending Special schools. The NCSE operates within my Department's policy in allocating this support. Staffing arrangements for special schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (21 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Cork Life Centre is an out-of-school educational facility in Sundays Well, Cork which supports young people who are not engaging with mainstream education. My Department's contribution to the funding of the Centre commenced in 2000 under the Children at Risk Fund (CAR) and has continued to date to the current level of €47,500 in non-pay funding and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (21 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that applications for capital funding for additional accommodation has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. The school authority has been requested to submit revised proposals and costings for the minimum works necessary to enable the pupil, in question, enroll. As soon as this information is received and considered, the school authority will be informed of...