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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school to which the Deputy refers recently submitted additional information relating to an application for funding for the works in question. 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: Third Level Funding (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government recognises the importance of the higher education sector to Ireland's future economic and social development. It also acknowledges that the sector must be resourced sufficiently and in a sustainable manner to ensure it can deliver on our national ambitions. In recognition of funding pressures in the Sector, an Expert Group chaired by Peter Cassells has been established to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (2 Feb 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. 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 governing Circular Letter for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department provides for a range of placement options and supports for schools which have enrolled pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in order to ensure that, wherever a child is enrolled, they will have access to an appropriate education. Children with ASD may be enrolled in a mainstream school and can attend all mainstream classes. In such cases these children will receive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 498 and 499 together. In relation to the areas referenced by the Deputy, my Department is satisfied that there is sufficient post-primary capacity to cater for the students living in these areas. The existing post-primary schools, including the new 1,000 student post-primary which opened in 2014, can between them cater for the demand for places in the area....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am pleased to confirm for the Deputy that the site acquisition is now complete and the Letter of Intent has issued to the preferred bidder requesting necessary documentation including insurances and bond. As soon as all the necessary documentation is received from the Contractor the Letter of Acceptance will issue and work will commence on site shortly thereafter.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: All applications for a maintenance grant are means tested based on the reckonable income for the previous tax year. Article 32 of the Student Grant Scheme allows for the review of eligibility during the academic year, if there is a permanent change in circumstance, relating to a number of events including a drop in reckonable income which is likely to obtain for the duration of the approved...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards Data (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested on the appointments made to State Boards including name and date of appointment and method of appointment is included in the table below. Two Boards under the aegis of my Department currently have vacancies, the Higher Education Authority has nine vacancies and the National Council for Special Education has 13 vacancies - these vacancies are in the process of being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that in November 2015 when I announced the establishment of 13 new schools to open in 2017 and 2018, I stated that a Gaelcholáiste to serve the North Kildare area will be established in 2019, subject to sufficient viability of the Irish-medium Aonad in Maynooth Community College, which opened in 2014. I understand that there is currently capacity in the Aonad...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the scope of works requested is outside the terms of the Scheme under which the school applied. My Department has therefore advised the school that the application cannot be considered for funding. My Department has also advised the school that schools are expected to use their minor works grants to address high priority works and it is open to the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Based on parental preferences indicating that there would be sufficient support for Irish-medium provision in the post-primary school to open in 2014 in Maynooth, it was decided that this school would open with an Irish-medium Aonad. In November 2015, when I announced the new schools which would open in 2017 and 2018 to cater for increased demographic demand, I stated that a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (3 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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. SENOs also make recommendations to my Department where assistive technology is required. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (3 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: For planning purposes my Department divides the country into geographic areas each with several primary schools feeding into a post-primary centre, consisting of one or more post-primary schools. These defined areas facilitate the orderly planning of school provision and accommodation needs. Since 2011 new schools are established where the current and future demographics of an area require...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Administration (3 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy has clarified to my Department that his question refers to the matter of home schooling. In accordance with the National Education Welfare Board (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 – No. 215 of 2011, responsibility for the regulation of home schooling of children lies with my colleague the Minister for Children and Youth...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Feb 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. It is open to the school to use its Minor Works Grant, which was paid to the school last November, to carry out the most urgently needed works at the school in full or in part as that grant permits.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the school in question has submitted an application for additional accommodation to my Department. The application is being assessed and a decision will be conveyed to the school authorities as soon as this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (3 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund, is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012. Caranua provides regular updates on its website (www.caranua.ie) in regard to the number of applications received, the amounts expended by it and related matters. The most recent update, which provides figures to 30 November...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (3 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 to oversee the use of the cash contributions of up to €110 million, pledged by the religious congregations, to support the needs of survivors of institutional child abuse. To date a total of €85.92 million,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (3 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department officials and representatives of the Dublin Archdiocese and of the local parish have agreed that the property to which the Deputy refers will be made available to the Department for educational use. My officials are continuing to work closely with the Archdiocesan authorities on the practicalities of the property issues involved and work is well advanced in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: A submission has been made to the Local Authority regarding condition number 3 of the Planning Permission granted for Kingswood Community College. The Design Team are in on-going discussions with the Local Authority regarding the details of the submission. When those discussions are concluded the Design Team will then make a further submission to the Local Authority seeking formal...