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

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application for additional accommodation. My Department is considering the long term projected pupil enrolment position of the school in question which will advise on the appropriate level of accommodation. My Department expects to be in further contact with the school concerned as soon as this process has been finalised.

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

Richard Bruton: 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 from 1 January 2011. This decision also required that such new...

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

Richard Bruton: Continuing professional development for Junior Cycle is given by the dedicated Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT) team which is funded by my Department. As an initial step in the Junior Cycle CPD process, schools are requested to register their teachers with JCT in the relevant subject area. JCT records indicate that in 2013/14, 4,814 teachers attended CPD for teachers of Junior Cycle English,...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may already be aware, the project to deliver a new school building for the school to which he refers was announced to go to construction in 2017. A suitable permanent site has been identified for the school and the acquisition process is underway. Given the commercial sensitivities associated with land acquisitions generally I am not in a position to provide further details...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 335 and 336 together. In relation to the school to which the Deputy refers, my Department is continuing to work closely with the Local Authority and in consultation with the school Patron to secure accommodation to facilitate the opening of this school as soon as possible.

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

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on the Department's 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 previous 30 September. The staffing process includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit an...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking places in an area. The area in which the school is located has not been identified as an area of demographic growth. It is considered that there are sufficient primary school places in the catchment area to meet pupil demand. It is important that school size is...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. The GIS uses data from the Central Statistics Office, Ordnance Survey Ireland, the Department of Social Protection and information from my Department's own school databases. With this information, my Department carries out nationwide demographic...

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

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of the tender process. The School was authorized to issue a Letter of Intent to the preferred tenderer on 10th May. Subject to no issues arising in the supplementary tender report, it is anticipated that works will commence over the summer.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services Provision (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The position is that higher education institutions, including Mater Dei Institute of Education and Dublin City University, are autonomous bodies and their day to day operational affairs including decisions on the provision of courses are the responsibility of the management authority and governing body of the institutions. My Department has no specific role in relation to the provision of...

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

Richard Bruton: The July Education Programme(JEP) 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 for a July Education Programme for pupils with a severe/profound general learning disability. Children with autism in mainstream...

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: Student Grant Scheme Applications (17 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The current qualifying distance of 45 km for the higher non-adjacent rate of student grant, takes into account a reasonable radius within which students may commute on a daily basis. The measurement of the distances relating to the award of adjacent or non-adjacent rates of student grant is a matter for the relevant grant awarding authority. The distance measurement for student grant rates...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Internship Scheme Placements (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Job Bridge is a national internship scheme administered by the Department of Social Protection. The scheme was introduced to provide a pathway to appropriate employment, training and education opportunities for a specific cohort of jobseekers on the Live Register. Recognised Schools and Education and Training Boards may participate in the scheme if they wish under Department of Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: My Department is aware of the issues referred to by the Deputy. The Department has been in contact with the school Principal and has agreed to facilitate the school with the advance payment of the next tranche of capitation funding to enable it to address these issues. The school has been advised to contact the Department with regard to the schools funding requirements.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy is aware that the existing Gaeltacht entry scheme to the primary Bachelor of Education allows for the reservation of up to 10% of places in the colleges of education for Gaeltacht applicants. To qualify as a Gaeltacht applicant a person must be resident in an officially designated Gaeltacht area and it must be confirmed that the normal language of the home is Irish. The 20 year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, a project for the schools to which he refers is included in my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme that was announced in November last. The project will facilitate the proposed amalgamation of the two primary schools in Dingle. My Department has been liaising with the schools and their Patron in relation to the amalgamation proposal and also in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Officials in my Department have commenced the process referred to by Deputy and a letter has issued to the person concerned acknowledging same. The determination on the case will issue within 3 months of the date of receipt of the application.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: My Department is in receipt of an application for the provision of additional accommodation from the school referred to by the Deputy. The application is currently under consideration and my Department will be in direct contact with the school when a decision is made.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy was approved capital funding in 2015 for the provision of significant additional permanent classroom accommodation to meet essential school accommodation needs. In that regard, my Department has not been contacted by the school concerned regarding the question of temporary accommodation.