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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The following tabular statement contains details of photography costs incurred at my Department since I came to office. My Department adheres to appropriate procurement guidelines when engaging the use of photography services. Occasion Photographer Cost Breakdown Total Cost Net Vat Gross 10 June 2016 - Photography for awards to recipients under the Non-mainstream Music Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Relations Contracts Data (7 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: In relation to my Department's policy for the engagement of external expertise, such engagement is considered where the issues involved require expert skills or capabilities that are not available within the Department. Any such engagement is done in accordance with the provisions of the Department of Finance "Guidelines for the Engagement of Consultants and other External Support by the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (7 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: I thank Senator O'Donnell for raising the matter of these two schools. He has outlined a great deal of the relevant information himself. A demographic assessment was published in 2015 and at that stage nine new schools were announced to be opened in 2017 and 2018, including two in Limerick. One was announced for 2017 for Limerick city and its south-west area at Mungret and the other for...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (7 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: Whatever was placed in the patronage advertisement, including as to the planning area, will have to be complied with. Patrons will have used that area in good faith to identify parents who would support them. I do not have the exact geographic areas, but they are centred on Mungret and Castletroy. There is no way a parent living closer to the school is given a greater priority than a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (7 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: I will provide the Senator with the exact mapping as to the area within which the patronage is assessed. The issue of when the schools will open is not one on which I can give an exact date as it depends on site acquisition, design and snags in site specification. That work will proceed. There is a staged approval process whereby the Department satisfies itself at each stage that its...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The criteria for eligibility to participate in the Momentum programme is a matter for the Department of Social Protection. SOLAS has informed me that the estimated cost of training a participant in the current Momentum programme is approximately €3,200. Based on that figure, the cost to increase the number of places by 20% would be €3.84million.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: 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. A previous Government reduced the salaries and allowances payable to all new entrants to public service recruitment grades by 10% with effect from 1 January 2011. This decision also required that such new entrants would start...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm for the Deputy that my Department approved funding for additional classroom accommodation and an Autism Spectrum Disorder unit to the school in question. The school has since reverted to my Department with a request for additional funding for the project. The request will be considered by my Department and a decision will be conveyed to the school authorities as soon as this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: As I have explained to the Deputy in response to previous Parliamentary Questions, Caranua is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 to support the needs of survivors of residential institutional child abuse. Administrative and operational issues such as those raised in the Deputy's question are day to day matters that are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy is in the following table. The figures relate to March 2016. POST PRIMARY Teachers-Number of Whole Time Equivalents PRIMARY Teachers-Number of Whole Time Equivalents 0-25,000 - - 25,000-30,000 24.76 24.73 30,000-35,000 1,200.94 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions Expenditure (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: My Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to the HEA designated higher education institutions, including Institutes such as Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT). The HEA allocates this funding to the institutions and the internal disbursement of funding is then a matter for the individual institution. Details on the operating...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 225 and 226 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the new Programme for Government outlines that this new Government will continue to support the creation of Technological Universities. This is in line with the National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030 which provides a framework for the development of the higher education sector to 2030. With regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. All statutory approvals have been obtained and the Stage 2b submission was recently approved by the Department. However, on 1st January 2016 there were 66 major projects under construction. Since the start of this year 14 more major projects have been progressed to construction and there are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: As I have explained to the Deputy in response to previous Parliamentary Questions, Caranua is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 to support the needs of survivors of residential institutional child abuse. Administrative and operational issues such as those raised in the Deputy's question are day to day matters that are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The application for emergency works scheme funding (EWS) from the school to which the Deputy refers has been refused. It would appear that the school put in an underpass that compromised a wall on the school's property. This development gave rise to the EWS application for funding to repair the wall. However, as the design and delivery of the underpass should have taken the wall into...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Funding (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: In accordance with the European Social Fund Regulations, following the adoption in 2015 of the ESF Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020, initial pre-financing of 3.5% and 30% in the case of the Youth Employment Initiative priority axis, together with annual pre-financing of 2% for 2016 resulted in a total of €51.8m receipts. €31.4m of this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included on the six year construction programme announced on 17th November 2015. The project is at an advanced Stage of Architectural Planning, Stage 2(b)- Detailed Design, which includes the application for planning permission and other statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents. The design team will submit...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychology service to all primary and post primary schools through an assigned NEPS psychologist and in some cases through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA). Under this scheme schools can have an assessment carried out by a member of the panel...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (12 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychology service to all primary and post primary schools through an assigned NEPS psychologist and in some cases through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA). Under this scheme schools can have an assessment carried out by a member of the panel...