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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The details sought by the Deputy are not available in my Department, however, based on details available to them, the Higher Education Authority has provided estimates on the amounts received by institutions since 2010 in relation to the Student Contribution (formerly the Student Services Charge), as set out in the following tables: Estimate HEI Total Student Contribution Income, 2015/16...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The majority of English language schools in Ireland are privately run. Statistics on the number and nationality of students attending English language schools in Ireland are not maintained by my Department. The Deputy may wish to contact the Garda National Immigration Bureau, which has responsibility for registering non EEA students, in this regard. However, my Department possesses data...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The period 2010 to 2016 saw the closure of 16 English language providers nationally. In line with the Government decision of 19 May 2015, a series of reforms to the student immigration system for international education are being implemented. These reforms, which are being implemented by the Department of Justice and Equality in conjunction with my Department, include the restriction of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos.198 and 199 together. As part of Ireland's International Education Strategy 2010 - 2015, Fáilte Ireland has been responsible for the promotion of the English language training (ELT) sector. Fáilte Ireland has promoted the English language sector as part of their overall tourism promotional efforts. Therefore it is not possible to proportion what...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Chaplaincy Services Provision (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: In relation to the third level sector, my Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to the HEA designated higher education institutions. The HEA allocates this funding to the institutions and the internal disbursement of this funding, along with funding it receives from private sources, is then a matter for the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: Student grant applications are means tested on gross income from all sources earned inside and outside the State within a specified reference period. Gross income, before the deduction of income tax or universal social charge, is assessed with certain specified social welfare and health service executive payments excluded. The assessment of income from the same starting point is deemed to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The criteria for the award of incremental credit to recognised post-primary teachers is set out in Circular 29/2010. These terms were agreed under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council which is comprised of representatives of teachers, school management, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of Education and Skills and is chaired by an official of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that a major building project for the school to which he refers was included on the 6-year Construction Programme announced last November. Official from my Department will be in direct contact with the school authorities shorty in relation to the steps to be taken to progress the school project into architectural planning.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: Both my Department and the Higher Education Authority are aware that a masterplan is in place for the project referred to by the Deputy. However, to date, a formal funding application regarding the masterplan has not been received from either of the third level institutions concerned. Consequently, my Department has not made any commitment to funding this project at this time. Any such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: All mainstream Primary schools have been allocated significant additional teaching resources under the General Allocation Model (GAM) to cater for children with high incidence special educational needs, including Specific Learning Disability (SLD), of which dyslexia is one such SLD. All Post Primary schools have also been allocated additional teaching resources for pupils with high...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Expulsions (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The position regarding expulsions is that Section 29 of the Education Act, 1998 provides for an appeal by a parent or guardian to the Secretary General of my Department or in the case of an Education and Training Board (ETB) school to the ETB in the first instance, where a Board of Management of a school, or a person acting on behalf of the Board, expels a student . In the case of a school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy is not available in the format required. I will arrange for data on the overall numbers of PORs for recent years to be forwarded to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The filling of promotion posts in schools is primarily a matter for the management authority of each school in accordance with appointment procedures agreed between the managerial authorities, teacher unions and my Department. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to teachers employed in the ETB sector and the status of their posts is not available in my Department as it is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that this Government is committed to ensuring that all children with Special Educational Needs, including those with autism, can have access to an education appropriate to their needs, preferably in school settings through the primary and post primary school network. Such placements facilitate access to individualised education programmes which may draw from a range...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2b - Detailed Design, which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Cert and Disability Access Cert and the preparation of Tender Documents. A decision to grant planning permission for the project was issued by the Local Authority on 4 July 2016. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table. It should be noted that over this period approximately 80% of funding to Skillnets has been used to provide training programmes to those in employment, with the remaining 20% dedicated to the provision for those who are unemployed. It should also be noted that Skillnets programmes are often of relatively short...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216 and 217 together. The National Training Fund (NTF) was established in 2000 to raise the skills of those in employment and to provide training to those who wish to acquire skills to take up employment. It is also used to provide information in relation to existing, or likely future requirements for skills in the economy. All training programmes are funded...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Living Wage (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The data requested by the Deputy are not collected or collated by my Department. There are over 3,700 individual employers in the education and training sector.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Living Wage (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: For the Deputy's information, the Living Wage is a voluntary societal initiative centred on the social, business and economic case to ensure that, wherever it can be afforded, employers will pay a rate of pay that provides an income that is sufficient to meet an individual's basic needs, such as housing, food, clothing, transport and healthcare. The Living Wage is voluntary and has no...