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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (4 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has submitted an application for additional accommodation to my Department. A decision on the application will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as the assessment process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (4 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is an operational matter for SOLAS and the Education and Training Boards. SOLAS have advised that in 2013, through an e-tender notification, it established a panel and managed the pre-qualification process for the provision of contracted training for the Education and Training Boards (ETBs). This panel is due to expire in early 2017. A new procurement framework for the delivery of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Data (5 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested by the Deputy on the primary and secondary schools in County Donegal that applied for works under the multi-annual Summer Works Scheme (2016-2017), and the category of project in each case, is set out in the following table. Details of the 197 primary and post primary schools that were included in the first round of successful applicants announced on 28th April last...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will appreciate that information in relation to the estimated cost of projects, referred to, is not released prior to tender stage as this is considered commercially sensitive information.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (5 May 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: Teaching Qualifications (5 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Teaching Council is, since 2006, 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. The Teaching Council's pathways to registration were set out initially in the Teaching Council [Registration] Regulations 2009, under which graduates with certain Montessori...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that correspondence from the Maynooth Education Campus PTA has been received in my Department in relation to the proposed new post-primary school campus for Maynooth. As the Deputy may be aware, the project in question has been devolved for delivery to the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). The project has been tendered by the KWETB and an assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that in 2006, the school in question was granted funding by my Department to construct a classroom and general purpose room and that the project was completed in 2008.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Major Building Project for the school referred to by the Deputy, is currently at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning - Stage 2b Detailed Design, which includes obtaining the necessary statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents. A planning application was lodged in October 2015 and the Design Team are currently preparing the necessary information to the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's policies focus on ensuring that all children can have access to an education appropriate to their needs, preferably in school settings through the primary and post primary school network. A range of placement options for pupils with special educational needs is provided, in order to ensure that all pupils can receive a school placement. Many pupils with special educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (5 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, my Department acquired 10 acres of land in the Claregalway area in 2014 to provide for educational purposes. This is in addition to lands acquired in the area by the GRETB (Galway Roscommon Education & Training Board). My Department is currently formulating the Schedule of Accommodation and the Brief for the project and has informed the school authority...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (5 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The staffing schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all similar types of schools equally irrespective of location. The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on the Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Anti-Bullying Procedures (5 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Action Plan on Bullying, which was published in January 2013, sets out my Department's approach to tackling bullying and promoting an anti-bullying culture in schools. It recommended actions that focus on support for schools, teacher training, research and awareness raising and aim to ensure that all forms of bullying are addressed. Implementation of the actions is ongoing and good...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Eligibility (5 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that I announced details of the successful applicants under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) (2016-2017) on 28 April last, details of which are published on my Department's website, www.education.ie. €30 million of the €80 million announced for the multi-annual SWS (2016-2017) is now being allocated for vital gas works and electrical upgrades in schools....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (5 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Officials in my Department are familiar with the matter referred to by the Deputy. The determination by the Appeals Committee, formed under Section 29 of the Education Act, 1998, against a suspension, was issued to both the school and family on 15 April 2016. The determination upheld the parental appeal and the school was directed by my Department to contact the family to arrange for the...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Fianna Fáil gave them cuts when it was in government.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy is-----

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I begin by congratulating the Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, and his Ministers on their election and their preferment as Ministers, particularly the new Ministers. I wish them well. We, as a party, worked very well with the Taoiseach and I share very much what the Minister, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, has just said in his contribution on the hard graft that was done to fix the economy, which the...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The hard work that was done in Government over the past five years-----

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, in particular, well in the onerous job of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform because he will have to deal with all the varying demands on the public purse - it is the public's money - that will come down the line in this Government that has just been formed. Deputy Rock, who was the very first speaker today, told us we should embrace the politics...