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

Jan O'Sullivan: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning, Stage 2a - Developed Design Stage. The Stage 2a Addendum has recently been reviewed by my Department and once a Stage 2a Completion Cert is received the project will be authorised to progress to Stage 2b – Detailed Design Stage, which includes the applications for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Expenditure incurred on the Summer Works Scheme in the Primary and Post Primary Sector for the years 2007 to 2015 nationally was as follows: 2007 - €121.618 million; 2008 - €17.672 million; 2009 - €103.515 million; 2010 - €131.599 million; 2011 - €53.527 million; 2012 - €3.231 million; 2013 - €1.321 million; 2014 - €58.596 million; and...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has applied to my Department for funding to replace a prefabricated structure. As the Deputy may be aware, over the lifetime of my Department's new six-year capital programme (2012-2016), the intention is to replace all purchased prefabs with permanent accommodation where the need is established. My Department will be putting a...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's Planning and Building Unit has no record of receiving any recent application for Emergency Funding from the school to which the Deputy refers.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (14 Apr 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 the...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The terms of employment for college chaplains are a matter for the employing institutions and accordingly I have no function in relation to the issue raised by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Graduate Statistics (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The HEA publishes a First Destination Report annually which provides information on the position of Irish graduates nine months after graduation. The information is gathered through a survey of all graduates from publicly funded higher education institutions. The next First Destinations Reports - What do Graduates do? The Class of 2014 - will be published by the HEA during Q2 2016 and will be...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The purpose of the Special Needs Assistant (SNA) scheme is to provide schools with additional adult support staff who can assist children with special educational needs who also have additional and significant care needs. The criteria by which SNA support is allocated to pupils is set out in my Department's Circular 0030/2014 which is available on my Department's website at...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I will arrange for the information that is available in my Department in relation to the cost of restoring Qualification allowances to be forwarded to the Deputy.

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

Jan O'Sullivan: 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 Statistics Office, Ordnance Survey Ireland, the Department of Social Protection and information from my Department's own databases. With this information, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelcholáistí Issues (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: In November 2015, when I announced the new schools which will open in 2017 and 2018 to cater for increased demographic demand nationwide, I stated that a Gaelcholáiste to serve the North Kildare area will open in 2019, subject to sufficient viability of the Irish-medium Aonad, which is part of Maynooth Community College. The Gaelcholáiste will operate under the patronage of Kildare...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department's student grant scheme, eligible candidates may receive funding provided they are attending an approved course at an approved institution as defined in the scheme. The definition of an approved institution is set out in Section 7 of the Student Support Act 2011 and Regulation 3 of the Student Support Regulations 2016. Private colleges operated on a for-profit basis are not...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act,1998. The enrolment policy must be non-discriminatory and must be applied fairly in respect of all applicants. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all...

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 between the years 2019 to 2021, as outlined in the programme.

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. 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: Autism Support Services (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the policy of my Department is that children with special educational needs, including children with autism, 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...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The school building project referred to by the Deputy is included on the six year programme I announced on 17th November 2015 and is listed to proceed to construction in 2016. This school building project is at an early stage of the Architectural Planning process, Stage 2A the developed Design Stage. Upon successful completion of Stage 2A the project will progress to complete Stage 2B,...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the potential to allocate a grant to a voluntary body to provide equipment to support children with Autism. I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department makes provision to support the educational needs of children with special educational needs through its Assistive Technology scheme. The criteria for the provision of technology support, under...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has made an application to my Department for significant capital funding for the provision of additional classroom and ancillary school accommodation. As the Deputy will appreciate, due to the competing demands on my Department's capital budget, my Department's focus at this time is on the need to prioritise available funding towards the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has made an application to my Department for funding for capital works. 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.