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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (27 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school to which the Deputy refers recently submitted additional information relating to works at the school in the context of an emergency works grant application. This information is currently being examined and the school will be notified of the outcome as soon as a decision has been made.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has confirmed the need for a new school building to be provided for the school referred to by the Deputy and in that regard a Major Capital Building Project for the school has been included in the 6 Year Construction Programme. I can advise that officials in the Department are currently working closely with officials from Galway County Council in relation to the acquisition of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of the tender process. The letter of intent issued to the preferred tenderer in late November 2015. My Department is currently awaiting the return of the completed supplementary tender report and when this is received and considered my Department will revert directly to the school regarding progression of the project to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Conarthaí Múinteoireachta (27 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Déanfar an tuarastal atá gan íoc don duine dá dtagraíonn an Teachta ó thús na scoilbhliana 01/09/2015 go dtí 16/11/2015 a eisiúint chuig an múinteoir ar 11/02/2016.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Eligibility (27 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no record of receiving an application from the school to which he refers under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) 2016 and 2017. While the school did not apply for any works under the recent SWS, it will be open to the school, if it so decides, to make an application under a future scheme. The Circular Letter (0055/2015) relating to the terms...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Eligibility (27 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's Planning and Building Unit has no record of receiving an application for funding from the school to which the Deputy refers. The appropriate funding mechanism for the type of works concerned is the Summer Works Scheme. It is a condition of that Scheme that schools apply for the most urgent works needed at their school. Under the Summer Scheme for 2016/17, the school applied...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy, a special school, has submitted an application to my Department for capital funding for additional school accommodation. The application is currently being considered and my Department will be in contact with the school in question in the matter shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (27 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I would like to point out that an extensive identification process to select schools for inclusion in DEIS was conducted in 2005. In spite of a number of reminders issued by my Department, a completed survey form was not received at that time from the school in question. Furthermore, the school did not participate in a follow-up appeal process to address the concerns of schools that did not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Officials in my Department are working closely with officials from South Dublin County Council to secure the permanent site for Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna. As the Deputy is aware, a building project for the school is included in the 6 Year Construction Programme that I announced on 17 November last. Once a site has been secured, the project will be progressed into the architectural planning process.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (27 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Third level institutions, including Institute of Technology Tallaght (ITT), are autonomous institutions and my Department does not have any function in their day to day operational affairs, for which the Governing Bodies and the management staff of the institutions are responsible. However, I understand from enquiries made by the Higher Education Authority of ITT, that there are sensitive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 provides that those former residents who received awards from the Residential Institutions Redress Board or equivalent Court awards or settlements are eligible to apply to Caranua. This approach was taken having regard to the maximum funds available of €110 million and a potential pool of some 15,000 applicants. Decisions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that, at present the child to whom the Deputy has referred is in receipt of Home Tuition under the department's Home tuition scheme. This provision has been approved on the basis that the child currently does not have a school placement. I am advised that a placement will be available from September 2016. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Statistics Section of my Department's website contains extensive data relating to schools, including data relating to teaching posts on an individual school basis. The most recent published information relates to the 2014/15 school year. Data in relation to the 2015/16 school year will be published later in the current school year.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The amount of grant paid to an individual primary school for capitation, book grant and ancillary services is determined by the school's enrolment. The amount of funding provided by my Department to the school referred to by the Deputy from 2011 to 2015 is as follows: Year Amount 2011 €36,588 2012 €33,950 2013 €40,545 2014 €44,498 2015 €43,871...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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 (RACE). In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The project for the School to which the Deputy refers is one of the research strands in the programme for the introduction of Nearly Zero Energy School Buildings. Nearly zero-energy means a building that has a very high energy performance. The research and design stages for this school are substantially complete and the tender documentation is currently being finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 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. Further details relevant to the application were requested from the school. On receipt of that information the application can be considered further with a decision conveyed to the school authority in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Courses Availability (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Universities and Institutes of Technology are autonomous institutions within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997 and the Institutes of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006. The management of their academic affairs, including the selection and delivery of courses are matters for individual institutions. All universities and institutes of technology receive a block grant from the Higher Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) will be engaging with schools for 2016/17 school year in order to plan for, and to open, new special classes, in order to ensure there are sufficient placements available to meet demand in an area. Although a SENO has been assigned to the school in question the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application from the school, in question, under the Summer Works Scheme for the works referred to. Commensurate with the level of funding available for the Scheme, applications including that from the school concerned will be assessed on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the...