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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department approved a grant to the school in question in June 2015 for the construction of additional accommodation. The project has been devolved to the school authority for delivery.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that the Pilot Support Scheme was introduced last year for students who are in the Protection System or at the Leave to Remain (but not deportation order) stage. The scheme was intended to provide supports to qualifying students which were similar to those available in the statutory based Student Grant Scheme. A total of 39 applicants applied for the pilot scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the school to which he refers has been allocated funding under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme to provide an additional mainstream classroom and a Special Education Teaching (SET) classroom. The project approved is intended to provide the accommodation concerned in the most cost effective way. The final approval letter issued on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: After-School Support Services (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The upcoming strategy reflects the key commitments in the Programme for a Partnership Government (May 2016). The Programme includes commitments assigned to the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs relating to improving the range and quality of options for parents for afterschool care for school-age children. We have undertaken to consider how...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: For the Deputy's information, the following table lists, by organisation, expenditure from my Department's administrative budget on advertisement fees. Expenditure on public advertisements is incurred in connection with a wide range of educational programmes and schemes including staff appointments in the education sector, invitations to attend local hearings, invitations to forward...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The criteria used in relation to patronage of new schools places particular emphasis on parental demand for plurality and diversity of patronage, with parental preferences at the centre of the process. In this regard, patron bodies and prospective patrons applying for the patronage of a new school announced by my Department must collect and demonstrate evidence of parental demand for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: In identifying the requirement for additional school places in a school planning area, my Department uses a Geographical Information System to identify the areas under increased demographic pressure nationwide. The GIS uses data from the Central Statistics Office, Ordnance Survey Ireland, the Department of Social Protection, local authorities and the Department's own databases. With this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Since 2006, the Teaching Council is the body with statutory responsibility and authority for regulation of the teaching profession, including the registration of teachers under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015. Under the Teaching Council [Registration] Regulations 2009, Regulation 3 (Montessori and other categories), graduates with certain Montessori qualifications (Level 8 on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: My Department does not keep information relating to union membership of teachers and therefore I am not in a position to furnish the Deputy with the information sought. Currently students in second year who may not have completed their first classroom-based assessment will, as agreed with both of the teacher unions in 2015, have the opportunity to complete this early in the autumn term of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (31 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 2018. 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 at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (31 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 school referred to by the Deputy will have a mainstream teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that officials from my Department are currently reviewing the matters referred to by the Deputy and are scheduled to meet with the Trustees' representatives and the school in question in the coming weeks with a view to further progressing matters.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that a €30 million investment under Summer Works Scheme (SWS) (2016/2017) was announced on 28th April last. This related to successful applicants under Categories 1 and 2, - Gas and Electrical works. I wish to confirm that applications for upgrading school yards are assessed under Category 10 of the SWS in accordance with the prioritisation criteria...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the provision of improved accommodation for the school to which he refers, is included in my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme announced last November. It is envisaged that this project will proceed to tender/construction in 2018, as outlined in the Programme.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved funding in 2015 under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme to provide two new classrooms and some conversion works to the existing building. Additional funding was subsequently sought and granted for extra costs that accrued for the project. Recently, the school again applied for a further grant uplift. My Officials are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The major building project for the school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2(b) (Detailed Design),which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Certificate and Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of Tender Documents. All statutory approvals have been secured. The design team will submit the stage 2(b)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) will be applied on a multi-annual basis for the years 2016 and 2017. The Deputy will be aware that details of the 197 successful school applicants in Categories 1 and 2 under the SWS (2016-2017) were announced on 28th April last, details of which are also published on my Department's website, www.education.i.e. Under SWS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Governance Manual for Primary Schools 2015 - 2019 sets out the position for primary schools with regard to insurances. Schools operating from premises owned by the Minister are obliged to take out Public Liability, Employer's Liability and content insurances but are not required to take out buildings cover. In relation to the specific case of the school and details supplied by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Procurement Unit (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: In general, it is the duty of the Board of Management (delegated by the Trustees in schools where there are Trustees) to put in place comprehensive insurance cover for schools and in this regard, Board of Managements must comply with current public procurement requirements. The Schools Procurement Unit was established in 2014 to provide schools with procurement advice and to assist and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (31 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) will be applied on a multi-annual basis for the years 2016 and 2017. The Deputy will be aware that details of the 197 successful school applicants in Categories 1 and 2 under the SWS (2016-2017) were announced on 28th April last, details of which are also published on my Department's website, www.education.i.e. Under SWS...