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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Residential Institutions Redress Scheme was established under the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 to administer a redress scheme to persons who as children were abused in any of 139 scheduled institutions. Awards under the scheme were made following applications from and evidence provided by the survivors, including evidence of having been a resident in one of more of these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Public sector pension schemes by their nature have varying rules governing their administration. They are mainly statutory schemes, set up by or under Acts of the Oireachtas. Teachers in the Community School sector are members of The Secondary, Community and Comprehensive School Teachers Pension Scheme (S.I. No. 435 of 2009) while teachers in the Education and Training Boards are members of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: A final detailed response has now issued to the person referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that student grant applications are means tested on gross income from all sources earned inside and outside the State, within a specified reference period. The means test arrangements of the Student Grant Scheme are applied nationally. The assessment of income from the same starting point is deemed to be fair and reasonable because this approach eliminates any...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department considers that the school in question has sufficient accommodation to cater for its primary pupil cohort. The provision of additional accommodation is not therefore warranted and the school authority has been advised accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Teaching Council is the body with statutory responsibility and authority for the regulation of the teaching profession including the registration of teachers under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015. Under the Teaching Council [Registration] Regulations 2009, Regulation 3 (Montessori and other categories), graduates with certain Montessori qualifications (Level 8 on the National...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) will be applied on a multi-annual basis for the years 2016 and 2017. The Deputy will be aware that details of the successful applicants under the SWS (2016-2017) were announced on 28th April last, details of which are published on my Department's website,www.education.ie. €30 million of the €80 million announced for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Since 2006, the Teaching Council is the body with statutory responsibility and authority for regulation of the teaching profession, including the registration of teachers under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015. It is Department policy that all students are entitled to be taught first and foremost by fully qualified, registered teachers. Lengthening and reconfiguring the programmes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers applied for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme (EWG) to resurface the yard. As the scope of works is outside the terms of this scheme, the application was refused.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The current sick leave scheme provides that sick leave may be granted by an employer to a teacher who is unable to perform his/her duties because of illness or injury. The terms of the sick leave scheme are contained in my Department's Circular 0053/2015 Sick Leave Scheme for Registered Teachers in Recognised Primary and Post-Primary Schools. Paragraph 12.4 of Circular 0053/2015 states "A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Recent years have seen an increase in the number of SNAs from 10,575 posts in 2011 to 12,040 to June 2016. In the same period the number of children accessing SNA support has grown from approximately 22,000 to some 30,000 by the end of 2015. The increase in SNA numbers has been supported by a very significant increase in the Budget for SNAs, rising from €332 million in 2011 to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The State Examinations Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the Certificate Examinations. Full details of the scheme are available from their website: www.examinations.ie/candidates/reasonableaccommodations. In view of this I have forwarded...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has made an application to my Department for significant capital funding for the provision of additional accommodation. The application will be assessed and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as this process is finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) is responsible for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in making recommendations for support, which is set out in my Department's Circular 0030/2014. The Circular sets out the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 256, 286 and 345 together. As a consequence of the financial crisis, there was a need to enact a number of measures to reduce public expenditure so as to stabilise the country's public finances. A previous Government reduced the salaries and allowances payable to all new entrants to public service recruitment grades (including teachers) by 10% with effect...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question has a major building project included in my Department's 6 Year Capital Programme, due to go to construction in 2018. As the Deputy is aware, the school concerned submitted a proposal through its Patron to relocate the school within the Portlaoise area to meet its long term accommodation needs. In that regard, my Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter for the relevant grant awarding authority. The Deputy will appreciate that in the absence of all of the relevant details that would be contained in an individual's application form, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means, it would not be possible for me to say whether or not a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The objectives in the Primary SPHE curriculum which relate to cycling and keeping safe when travelling are part of the strand 'Myself', within this strand is a unit called 'Safety and Protection'. The pupils learn about the theory relating to road safety while studying this unit. Practical cycling training is a non-curricular activity. The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Assessment arrangements for the new Junior Cycle are set out in the Framework for Junior Cycle 2015, which was published in August 2015, based on the revised junior cycle proposals that were published in summer 2015 following the conclusion of intensive discussions and signed agreement with the leadership of the two second level teaching unions. New subject specifications will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts for the 2016/2017 school year is set out in the Staffing Schedule (Circular 0007/2016) which is available on the Department website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the 30 September 2015. The...