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Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: It has not disintegrated.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy just wants to stay on the outside and whinge all the time.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: They can go on the transfer list, for the Deputy's information.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: We achieved quite a lot with very little money.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to set out the sequence of policy and budgetary measures in relation to appointees to teaching and their pay entitlements that have occurred over the last number of years. The first measure took effect on 1st September 2010. It requires that, in order to be eligible to receive the qualified rate of pay and allowances, a person on their first appointment to teaching must be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. It does not have responsibility for mock examinations; they are the sole responsibility of the school. The State Examinations Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the Certificate Examinations. Full details of the scheme are available from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 658 and 742 together. Since 2011 new schools are established where the current and projected future demographics of an area require it. In identifying the requirement for additional school places, my Department uses a Geographical Information System to identify the areas under increased demographic pressure nationwide. The system uses data from the Central...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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. The previous Government decided to reduce 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The cost of increasing the capitation grant from €170 to €180 per pupil in primary schools would be €5.7million. I have previously indicated that education should be prioritised for investment in the coming years, and I believe that increasing the staffing and funding of our schools should be priorities for such investment.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's policy is to promote a child-centred approach to education of all children with special educational needs including those with autism. This policy is based on research and evidence outlined in the report of the Irish Task Force on Autism (2001) and the Evaluation of Educational Provision for Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (2006), both of which are available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that a project for the school to which he refers was included in my Department's 6 Year Capital Programme which I announced last November. The project will be progressed with a view to proceeding to tender and construction stages in 2018, as outlined in the programme. In that regard, I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department met with the school authority in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: With regard to the Deputy's specific query, I can confirm that persons in receipt of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) are not precluded from qualifying for the "Student Universal Support Ireland Maintenance Grant", provided they meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. HAP was introduced as an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 664 and 704 together. The policy of my Department is that children with special educational needs should be included where possible and appropriate in mainstream placements with additional supports provided. In circumstances where children with special educational needs require more specialised interventions, special school or special class places are also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department. Officials of my Department have requested the Higher Education Authority to collate this information and it will be forwarded to the Deputy when available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Currently there are a range of supports available to learners accessing educational opportunities in County Kildare. Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB), as the largest education and training provider in the area, supports learners across a range of life long learning programmes through ETB Community National Schools, Second Level Schools, Post Leaving Certificate Courses...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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: Departmental Correspondence (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that my Department has received correspondence from the club referred to by the Deputy. This correspondence is under consideration and a response will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, the school concerned submitted a proposal through its Patron to relocate the school within the Portlaoise area to meet its long term accommodation needs. In that regard, my Department has undertaken a technical site visit to examine the proposed alternative location. In addition, my Department has met with the NCSE (National Council for Special Education) to discuss...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent and CID holding teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The published redeployment arrangements, available on the Department website, sets out that where a school is due to have a teaching post suppressed, it is the most junior permanent/CID holding teacher in the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 671, 682 and 706 together. In order to qualify for tuition fee funding, students must be first-time undergraduates, hold inter alia EU/EEA/Swiss nationality in their own right, and have been ordinarily resident in an EU/EEA/Swiss state for at least three of the five years preceding their entry to an approved third level course. Where students do not...