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

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that my Department authorised the issue of the Letter of Acceptance for Clifden Community School on the 19th of April 2016. The Contractor is expected to commence on site in early June and the new school building is expected to be completed and ready for occupation in approximately 18 months.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scéim na nOibreacha Samhraidh (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Is mian liom a chur in iúl don Teachta go gcuirfear Scéim na nOibreacha Samhraidh i bhfeidhm ar bhonn ilbhliantúil i gcomhair na mblianta 2016 agus 2017. Mar is eol don Teachta, b'fhéidir, fógraíodh sonraí faoi na hiarratasóirí ar éirigh leo faoi Scéim na nOibreacha Samhraidh (2016-2017)ar 28ú Aibreán seo caite, agus tá na...

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

Richard Bruton: Foilsítear na critéir a úsáidtear chun múinteoirí a leithdháileadh ar scoileanna ar shuíomh idirlín na Roinne Oideachais agus Scileanna gach bliain. Is é an príomhchritéar lena gcinntear an leibhéal acmhainní foirnithe a sholáthraítear ag leibhéal na scoile aonair ná an sceideal foirnithe don...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions 309, 311 and 312 together. Religious education is one of the seven curricular areas of the Primary Curriculum and schools are currently required to allocate thirty minutes per day for religious instruction. However, unlike other subject areas, the content of the religious curriculum provided by schools is not set by my Department. The Education Act recognises...

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

Richard Bruton: The Government is committed to progressing the patronage divesting process to provide greater choice to parents in areas of stable population, as well as ensuring that parental preferences are key to patronage decisions on new schools established in areas of demographic growth. Since 2011, the arrangements for the establishment of new schools in areas of growing population result in the...

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

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school to which he refers was included in my Department's 6 Year Capital Programme which was announced last November. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking places. In this regard, my Department is currently reviewing the demographic demand in the area...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (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/reasonableaccommodati ons. In view of this I have forwarded...

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

Richard Bruton: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent/CID holding teachers to other schools that have vacancies. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. Arrangements for panel...

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

Richard Bruton: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). The project has been tendered by the KWETB and an assessment of the Tender Report is at an advanced stage in the Department. In this regard, the Department recently sought clarifications from KWETB on aspects of the Tender Report and these are awaited....

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

Richard Bruton: Bus Éireann has advised that it is not possible to breakdown the costs for post primary children availing of school transport in Co. Kildare as double runs are a feature of the Scheme. Bus Éireann has also advised that at the end of the school year the numbers of tickets issued for the post primary children in question was as follows: 2011, 1,948; 2012, 2,023; 2013, 2,174; 2014,...

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

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school to which she refers was included in my Department's 6 Year Capital Programme announced last November. It is envisaged that the project will be tender/construction ready in 2018 as outlined in the Programme. The school is recognised as a single stream school and current data indicates that demand at junior infant level...

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

Richard Bruton: The arrangements under which the school transport scheme operates are set out in a document of 1975 which provides the basis for payment to Bus Éireann. The Department receives a copy of the Statement of Account for School Transport, prepared by the CIE Group auditors, each year which confirms that, in the opinion of the auditors, the Statement of Account has been prepared, in all...

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

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually on the website of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 previous 30 September. The staffing arrangements provide for...

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

Richard Bruton: The major building project for the school in question is included in my Departments six year construction programme 2016-21 and is scheduled therein to commence construction in 2017. The project is at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2(b), which includes the applications for the Fire Certificate and Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of Tender Documents....

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

Richard Bruton: The purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. In general, children are eligible for school transport if they meet the distance criterion and are attending their nearest school. Distance eligibility is determined by Bus Éireann by...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, a process to review DEIS, the Action Plan for Social Inclusion, is ongoing. The majority of the review work programme is scheduled for completion by the end of the current school year. 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...

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

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts for the 2016/2017 school year is set out in Circular 0007/2016. 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 staffing arrangements at primary level also include an appeals...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take questions 326 and 327 together. Training establishments may apply at any time to SOLAS for approval to deliver Safe pass programmes. The approval of tutors following evaluation against the eligibility criteria for the programme is an operational matter for SOLAS and I have asked SOLAS to reply directly to the Deputy on the position relating to the training company in question.

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take questions 328, 330, 331 and 343 together. The National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030, published in 2011, provides a framework for the development of the higher education sector to 2030. With regard to the institute of technology sector, the Strategy recommended significant reforms to position the sector to meet national strategic objectives. In particular, the...