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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Retirements (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The policy of my Department is to ensure, as far as possible, that the Managerial Authorities of Primary and Post Primary schools give priority to unemployed registered teachers who are fully qualified when filling vacant teaching posts. It is schools that employ teachers and not my Department. However my Department has issued a number of Circulars addressing this issue in recent years....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The annual cost of employing an entry grade teacher at primary or post primary level in a full time post at current pay rates is €33,316. This rate includes employers PRSI. This rate is effective from 1 January 2016. A circular outlining the new pay rates for primary teachers wef 1st September 2016 will be placed on my Department's website in the near future. The position in regard...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The cost of the Minor Works Grant for the school year 2015/2016 which issued last November amounted to €28.7m. An increase of 10% would bring the cost of the Minor Works Grant to €31.6m a rise of €2.9m. The Deputy is no doubt aware that under the provisions of Circular Letter 0062/2013 the Minor Works Grant is only paid as funding permits.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, the review of the DEIS programme is currently underway and it is my intention that a New Action Plan Educational Inclusion will be published by the end of this year. The review is looking at all aspects of DEIS, including the identification process for the inclusion of schools in the programme, the range and impact of different elements of the School Support Programme,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Modern Language Teaching (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The language priority in our primary education is to provide high-quality language learning experiences to our pupils in our two national languages, Irish and English. A new Primary Language Curriculum, incorporating Irish and English, has been developed by the NCCA. The first phase will be introduced for Junior Infants to 2nd classes from September 2016. This curriculum aims to ensure...

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

Richard Bruton: The Higher Education System in Ireland is undergoing a programme of unprecedented modernisation and reform. Through implementation of the National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030, the aim is to develop the higher education system to equip people with the knowledge and skills necessary to live fulfilled and rewarding lives, and to meet the social and economic challenges facing Ireland....

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

Richard Bruton: The Higher Education Authority produce an annual Graduate Destination Survey, which as the question suggests only tracks destinations 9 months post course completion, and also only covers universities and colleges. The plan for next year is to extend this to the Institutes of Technology, and there are also plans to move towards a more longitudinal approach which will look at destinations...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: My Department does not hold information on the specific details set out by the Deputy. The Report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education, published recently, outlines the funding challenges in the sector and offers a number of approaches and recommendations for consideration. As committed to in the Programme for Government, I am referring the report to the Education...

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

Richard Bruton: Not all of the information sought by the Deputy is available in my Department. Officials of my Department have requested the Higher Education Authority to collate the information and I will arrange for it to be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Universities Act, 1997 contains a provision for universities to borrow within a framework agreed with the Higher Education Authority. This framework, which was agreed with my Department and the now Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, has been in operation for many years. A similar provision to allow Institutes of Technology to borrow is contained in the Institutes of Technology...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: A number of sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 have been commenced, including those establishing the National Council for Special Education and those promoting an inclusive approach to the education of children. The Sections of the EPSEN Act which have not been implemented are those which would have conferred a statutory entitlement to - - an...

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

Richard Bruton: I recently published the Report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education and, in line with the Programme for Government commitment, I am referring the report to the relevant Oireachtas Education Committee for its consideration. The report of the expert group clearly outlines the funding challenges across the higher education sector. The report analyses the current...

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

Richard Bruton: Under the terms of the Department's free fees scheme, the Exchequer through the Department meets the cost of tuition fees for full-time undergraduate students who meet the terms of the scheme. To qualify for these schemes prospective students have to meet a number of criteria including nationality and residency including a requirement that a student must have been living in an EEA member...

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

Richard Bruton: The major building project for the school in question 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. The design team will submit the stage 2(b) report to the Department when it is completed and the Department...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 and 235 together. I can confirm that my Department has received an application for additional accommodation from the school referred to by the Deputy. In the assessment of the application, my Department will take account of a recent additional teaching post approved for the school. A decision will be conveyed to the school authority when the assessment...

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

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), which is an independent statutory agency, is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for processing applications from schools for special needs assistants (SNA) supports. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in making recommendations for support, which are set out in my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Freedom of Information Data (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The information as requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.: Number of FOI requests received by the Department of Education and Skills to date in 2016 Number of FOI requests refused to date in 2016 Number of FOI requests part granted to date in 2016 266 46 67

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Remuneration (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The following tabular statement gives details of the travel expenses paid to the Minister and the Minister of State at the Department from January 2016 to date: Ms. Jan O Sullivan Minister for Education and Skills Period No. of Kms Claimed Amount December to May 2016 13,034 €5,709.84 Mr. Damien English, T.D. Minister of State Period No of Kms Claimed Amount 1 – 31...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Advisers Data (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: Under the terms of the Guidelines for the appointment of ministerial appointees for the 32nd Dáil as published by the Department of Public Expenditure an d Reform I have appointed 2 Special Advisers, namely Mr. Conor Quinn and Mr. Patrick Cluskey. While their appointments have not been formally approved at this time their respective salaries will be within the pay scales for the...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: I am delighted to support the motion. There is much at stake in the debate, as Deputy O'Callaghan mentioned. Not just multinational enterprises, but every enterprise in the State depends on the certainty provided by tax law, the Revenue rulings underpinning it and the Revenue procedures that apply. Multinationals, which employ 350,000 people directly and indirectly, and every Irish...