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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) for a new waste water treatment system. The appropriate funding mechanism for this type of work is the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) and it is a condition of this scheme that schools apply for the most urgent works needed at their school. However, the school in question applied for car...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department is currently in the process of securing the site for the school building project to which the Deputy refers. In tandem with the site acquisition process, the design work for the school has been advanced so the application for planning permission can be submitted as the site acquisition is closed. Once the site has been acquired and planning permission secured, the project will...

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

Richard Bruton: New schools are established to meet demographic demand. In general, the Department's policy is to integrate children with special educational needs into the mainstream school system wherever possible. Many of our schools have special education units included within them. However, special schools are also necessary to meet the educational needs of pupils whose needs cannot be adequately...

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

Richard Bruton: From 2000 the number of SNAs provided to support children with Special Educational Needs has grown from 1,495 to 12,040 in 2016. This growth in numbers has supported the development of over 1,000 special classes in mainstream primary and post primary schools and has supported children's participation in mainstream classes while also maintaining support for children in special schools. Recent...

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

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the closing date for receipt of applications for the Summer Works Scheme 2016 / 2017 via the Department's on-line Esinet Portal was 2nd December 2015. I regret that it is not possible to consider a late application.

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

Richard Bruton: There are limited alleviation arrangements in place for schools that are acutely affected by the impact of the moratorium at Assistant Principal level. These arrangements are mainly focused at post-primary level. However, it is fair to say that before the moratorium, notwithstanding the fact that one out of every two teachers held a management allowance the workload issue and the pressures on...

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

Richard Bruton: A process to review the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools –Programme has been ongoing since its announcement by the Minister for Education and Skills in April 2015. The overall scope of the Review is to assess the existing DEIS Programme in the context of evaluations to date and any relevant policy and other developments, in order to inform future policy on...

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

Richard Bruton: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to the Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget and ceiling on teacher numbers. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Childhood Care Education (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The qualifications list setting out eligible qualifications for higher capitation funding from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs is the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. My Department plays an advisory role in this respect. It should be noted that early years services with graduates from this programme over the two years of its operation...

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

Richard Bruton: The new Programme for Government commits the Government to strengthening parental choice and diversity in our school system in order to ensure that it reflects the diversity of modern Ireland. This includes a commitment to aim to increase the number of non-denominational and multi-denominational schools to 400 by 2030. The Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the primary school sector, which...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take questions 272 and 273 together. The Deputy will be aware that details of the successful applicants under the Summer Works Scheme (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 the multi-annual Summer Works Scheme (2016-2017) is now being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 274, 277 and 279 together. This is an operational matter for SOLAS and the Education and Training Boards. SOLAS have advised that in 2013, through an e-tender notification, it established a panel and managed the pre-qualification process for the provision of contracted training for the Education and Training Boards (ETBs). This panel is due to expire in March...

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

Richard Bruton: The number of students in receipt of a student grant from SUSI can vary over the course of the year as students go into payment or have their payment suspended for various reasons including that they are no longer continuing on their course. Therefore a more accurate reflection of the position may be the number of SUSI awards by academic year. The following table provides a breakdown by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: By way of information I can inform the Deputy that my Department over the course of the recent economic difficulties has not only maintained the psychologist staffing levels within NEPS but increased them by some 10% since 2008. I can inform the Deputy that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychology service to all primary and post...

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

Richard Bruton: July Provision is available to all special schools and mainstream primary schools with special classes catering for children with autism that choose to extend their education services through the month of July. My Department also provides July Provision for pupils with a severe/profound general learning disability. Where school based provision is not feasible, home based provision may be...

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

Richard Bruton: The Residential Institutions Redress Amendment Act, 2011 removed the Board's power to accept late applications received on or after the 17th September 2011. This legislation was enacted some 8 and a half years since the Board was established and 5 and half years after the initial closing date and I am satisfied that sufficient time has been given to potential applicants to apply to the...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department does not collect data from schools in relation to students who are homeless. Statutory powers in relation to the educational welfare of all children, including those who are homeless, are contained in the Education Welfare Act 2000 which comes within the policy remit of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

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

Richard Bruton: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department website. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school...

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

Richard Bruton: The Haddington Road agreement provided for the establishment of an Expert Group on Fixed-Term and Part-Time Employment in Primary and Second Level Education in Ireland. This group was chaired by Mr. Peter Ward SC, who consulted extensively with all the stakeholders and interested parties. The report was published in September 2014 and can be found on my Department's website at the following...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the board of management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. Schools are required to take all reasonable precautions to provide training for teachers to ensure the safety and welfare of their pupils. In recognition of the responsibility which the Education Act has imposed on Boards of Management and the increasingly...