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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: Of the 66 projects on site at the start of this year, 24 have now completed construction. The remaining 42 projects remain under construction and will carry a substantial contractual commitment into 2017. Since the start of this year a total of 50 more major projects have been progressed to construction or are currently authorised to complete the tender process with a view to starting...

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 a placement in a school setting through the primary and post primary school network. Such placements facilitate access to individualised education programmes which may...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department has approved significant capital funding to the school in question to provide additional accommodation. I am pleased to confirm that following engagement with the school, the accommodation being provided includes general classrooms, a special needs unit and a Science Lab to address the school's immediate accommodation needs. Written confirmation to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the Certificate Examinations. Full details of the scheme are available on their website at www.examinations.ie/candidates/reasonableaccommodations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the...

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

Richard Bruton: If the person to whom the Deputy refers is ineligible for a SUSI grant, then there are some other options which could be pursued. Students in third level institutions experiencing exceptional financial need can apply for support under the Student Assistance Fund. This Fund assists students, in a sensitive and compassionate manner, who might otherwise be unable to continue their third...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Lansdowne Road Agreement (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: As is the norm with public service collective agreements, the Lansdowne Road Agreement was negotiated with trade unions which are recognised as representing staff in the public service (including teachers). It is normal practice in the public service that the decision of the trade union recognised as holding representative rights for a particular grade or sector will determine the position...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Appeals (16 Sep 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: School Services Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: The general position is that persons employed and paid by the Board of Management of a school are employees of the school and their conditions of employment are a matter for the school. The public service pension-related deduction applies to public servants working in public service bodies who contribute to a pension scheme, or who receive a payment in lieu of such a contribution. Employees...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Major Building Project for Lusk Community College is at an advanced stage of architectural planning Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design, which involves planning permission, fire certificate and disability access certificate and the completion of tender documents. All statutory approvals have been secured. The second phase of the project provides for a new build to cater for an additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Communications (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: A decision on this case has been issued by my Department in recent days.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: The teacher referred to by the Deputy obtained conditional registration for the post primary sector from the 12th July 2016. She will be paid at the qualified rate during the period of her conditional registration. If she obtains full registration for the post primary sector she will continue to be paid at the qualified rate. During the period referred to by the Deputy she was paid at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Sep 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. All statutory approvals have been granted. However, on January 1st 2016 there were 66 major projects under...

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

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), which is an independent statutory agency, is responsible, through its network of Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports, including SNA support. The NCSE allocates SNA support to schools in accordance with the criteria set out in my Department's Circular...

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

Richard Bruton: I regret the delay in providing a response to the Deputy's question regarding the amount of moneys spent by each of the third level universities on legal cases involving staff for each of the past five years. The Higher Education Authority has now collated the information requested which is detailed in the following tables. Name of university: University College Dublin Amount spent on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (16 Sep 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 the university referred to by the Deputy. The HEA allocates this funding to the institutions and the internal disbursement of funding is then a matter for the individual institution. Universities are autonomous bodies as set...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Postal Codes (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: In general, business units in my Department engage with the school community and in this context, Eircodes have been appended to post-primary school addresses on the Department's central database. Work is currently ongoing to add the Eircodes to primary school addresses. My Department was represented on the interdepartmental group established to implement the postcode system and has...

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

Richard Bruton: For student grant purposes, students are categorised according to their circumstances, either as students dependent on parents/legal guardian or as independent mature students. A student may be assessed as an independent student if he/she has attained the age of 23 on the 1st of January of the year of first entry to an approved course or on re-entry to an approved course following a break...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: The school building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning and my Department is fully committed to progressing the project to construction. All statutory approvals have been obtained and the Stage 2b submission has been approved by my Department. However, on January 1st 2016 there were 66 major projects under construction. Since the start of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: In January 2016, my Department had a capital allocation for the school sector of €427 million. The priority within the allocation is for the provision of permanent school places and these are provided through the delivery of Large Scale Projects and the Additional Accommodation Programme. Over 85% of the 2016 allocation has been assigned to Large Scale Projects and the Additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 478 and 485 together. As the Deputy may be aware, all primary and post primary schools may apply for funding to address a range of capital works, including structural repair works under my Department's capital schemes, including the Major Projects scheme, Additional Accommodation scheme, Summer Works scheme and Emergency Works scheme. In view of the...