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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (16 Sep 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: Pensions Data (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: Details of other employments, either prior to or subsequent to the award of a teacher's pension are not recorded on the Retired Teacher Payroll of my Department as the information is not required for the ongoing payment of pension. Regrettably therefore it is not possible to provide the information sought by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: The purpose of the Home tuition scheme is to provide a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school. The scheme also provides a compensatory educational service for children with special educational needs seeking an educational placement. Provision is also made for early for early intervention for children...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: The context for certain budget measures in recent years was the need to reduce Government expenditure so that the country's finances could be stabilised and brought back to affordable levels. The improvements in the economy have now started to result in some improvements in the funding levels for the ETB sector. Some additional once-off funding was targeted in 2015 at those ETBs, including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Catchment Areas (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers is located on a temporary basis in State-owned property off the Clonskeagh Road, adjacent to the Goatstown Stillorgan school planning area. The school, which is a Gaelscoil under the patronage of An Foras Pátrúnachta, opened on 1 September 2016 to help meet the demographic need for additional primary school places in the area. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: A number of measures were recently introduced by SUSI that are intended to improve the student's experience, by making the process more transparent. One of these measures is the introduction of Eircode as part of the online application form. The use of Eircode has improved processing times for students by allowing SUSI to more quickly identify the location of a student's home. However,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (16 Sep 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 for 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: 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, and the scope for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Facilities (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: DIT has confirmed that funding to the DIT Students' Union (DITSU) has been maintained without interruption. There has been no financial threat to staffing of DITSU or to its activities. On an annual basis DITSU receives funding of €1.1 million through DIT under a funding agreement between DIT and DITSU. This level of funding, which is greater than that available to students'...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: Earlier this week I published the Action Plan for Education 2016-2019. Action 35 sets out my vision on the role and place of foreign languages in the education system. I want to increase the diversity and provision of foreign language learning opportunities including languages like Mandarin which are of relevance to rapidly growing economies of the future. As part of the implementation of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 389 and 393 together. To be eligible for a grant, a "student", as defined in Section 14 of the Student Support Act 2011, must demonstrate that he/she has been resident in the State for at least 3 years out of the 5 year period ending on the day before the start of his/her approved course of study. This requirement takes cognisance of students who wish to take...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Weight of Schoolbags (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: My Department issued circulars to all primary and post-primary schools in 2005 to highlight the potential health hazard of overweight schoolbags and to outline a range of local measures that could be put in place to help alleviate the problem. The report of the Working Group on the Weight of School Bags, commissioned by then Minister Micheál Martin, recognised that many of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: A site acquisition process for the school referred to by the Deputy is underway. A site option has been identified and it is being actively progressed. Given the commercial sensitivities associated with land acquisitions generally, I am not in a position to comment further at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: A site acquisition process for the school referred to by the Deputy is underway. A site option has been identified and it is being actively progressed. Given the commercial sensitivities associated with land acquisitions generally, I am not in a position to comment further at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 394 and 416 together. For school planning purposes, my Department divides the country into 314 geographic areas known as school planning areas. These defined areas facilitate the orderly planning of school provision and accommodation needs. In identifying the requirement for additional school places in a school planning area, my Department uses a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Colleges (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: I understand that SOLAS has recently received an application from Dublin Dun Laoghaire ETB (DDLETB) for funding to establish a College of Further Education in Swords. SOLAS is examining the application and will meet with DDLETB in relation to the application.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 Sep 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: School Closures (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school, referred to, is privately owned and my Department is aware, that owing to the death of the school's owner in 2013, the school closed in June 2016. The school did not enrol first year students for the 2014/15 school year. I also understand that the school remained open so that the current cohort of junior and senior cycle pupils could finish...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: The school in question was approved funding under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme for 2015. The funding provided was to build a permanent stand-alone mainstream classroom. Twice during the project a funding uplift was given for significant additional works. Over and above this, the school authority commissioned further works, which it may do subject to meeting the cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that my Department has approved funding for the school in question to carry out the works to which he refers. The school authority has been informed of this decision.