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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Rights (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: Break entitlements for employees are set out in Section 12 of the Organisation of Working Time of Working Time Act, 1997: Section 12 (1) - "An employer shall not require an employee to work for a period of more than 4 hours and 30 minutes without allowing him or her a break of at least 15 minutes."Section 12 (2) – "An employer shall not require an employee to work for a period of...

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

Richard Bruton: The building project for the school to which the Deputy refers was recently approved to progress to the advanced stage of the architectural planning process, Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design Stage, which includes the applications for planning permission, fire cert and disability access cert and the preparation of Tender Documents. Once all statutory approvals have been secured, and subject to...

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

Richard Bruton: The building project for the school to which the Deputy refers was recently approved to progress to the advanced stage of the architectural planning process, Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design, which includes the applications for planning permission, fire cert and disability access cert and the preparation of tender documents. The design team, in liaison with officials from the relevant local...

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

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has since liaised with the school in question regarding the matter to which he refers. The school indicated that it expects to be in a position to provide the clarifications sought by the Department shortly.

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department recently approved funding for the construction of one mainstream classroom at the school in question to facilitate a new teacher appointment from September 2016. The school also applied for funding to replace a prefab currently in use. Whilst it is my Department's intention, in accordance with the six year Programme for Government 2016-2021, to...

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

Richard Bruton: All Post Primary schools have been allocated additional teaching resources for pupils with high incidence special educational needs, including Specific Learning Disability (SLD), of which dyslexia is one such SLD. It is a matter for individual schools to use their professional judgment to identify pupils who will receive this support and to use the resources available to the school to...

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

Richard Bruton: The building project for the school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of architectural planning. All statutory approvals have been obtained and the Stage 2b submission has been approved by my Department. Arising from significant changes to the Public Works Contract (PWC) introduced earlier this year, the Board of Management and their Design Team have been advised of the...

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

Richard Bruton: Department Circular 0045/2016 sets out the arrangements for the application of the Lansdowne Road Agreement in respect of post-primary teachers. The Lansdowne Road Agreement as set out in Section 2 of the Circular applies to teachers employed in Education and Training Board schools and centres, apart from Designated Community Colleges. The LRA also applies to teachers in Designated...

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

Richard Bruton: The normal practice is for the Minor Works Grant to be announced late in the year if funding permits. The issue of the Minor Works Grant 2016/2017 will be considered in the context of my Department's overall capital position later this year. Under my Department's Circular Letter 0062/2013 the rate of payment of the Minor Works Grant is a basic grant of €5,500 to all primary...

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

Richard Bruton: I can inform the Deputy that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychology services to all primary and post primary schools through an assigned NEPS psychologist and in some cases through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA), full details of which are on the Department's website. Under this scheme schools can have...

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

Richard Bruton: Under Departmental circular 12/96 at primary school level the authority to grant exemptions from the study of Irish has been delegated to school management. As decisions on Irish exemptions are taken at school level my Department is not aware of a backlog in respect of the processing of these applications. In general as it would be expected that the school is familiar with the student's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Digital Strategy for Schools (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: The new Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020 (Enhancing Teaching, Learning & Assessment), launched in October 2015, sets out a clear vision for the role of ICT in teaching, learning and assessment in primary and post primary schools. The Strategy is focused on realising the potential of digital technologies to transform the learning experiences of students by helping them become...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, a building project for the school to which he refers is included in my Department's 6-year Construction Programme. My Department is currently exploring potential options in relation to the identification of a suitable permanent site for the school. My Department has been in contact with the school and will continue to liaise with them in that regard.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: A consolidated set of comprehensive information in regard to board appointments on the 18 non commercial agencies under the aegis of my Department is available on our website at . The information is current to end August and is updated regularly by the Department. The Deputy's queries are encompassed within this set of information. The Deputy should note that while Board appointments are made...

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

Richard Bruton: The Government has just launched the first Action Plan for Education aimed at making the Irish education and training service the best in Europe by 2026. This plan, which incorporates my Department's Strategy Statement as well as the Action Plan for Education outlines hundreds of actions to be implemented across 2016-2019. Some of the actions as part of the plan are to strengthen the focus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2017 (16 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Programme for Government commits the Government to working with the Oireachtas to increase expenditure on public services in order to meet the rising costs of demographics and to make targeted improvements in public services, including education, having regard to economic growth forecasts and adherence to fiscal rules. The context in which budgetary decisions for 2017 will be made...

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

Richard Bruton: Two subject developments for Physical Education (PE) are now being finalised: 1) A Senior Cycle Framework for PE - non-examinable. 2) Leaving Certificate PE - an examinable subject for Leaving Certificate. The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) intends to have a complete Senior Cycle Physical Education Framework specification in the examinable subject by Q4 2016. Once the...

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

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application to my Department for additional accommodation. A decision will be conveyed to the school as soon as the application has been assessed.

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

Richard Bruton: It is desirable that parents and the public in general have information about schools that is meaningful, fair and fully rounded. Data on school retention and progression to further education in respect of individual schools or local areas are not provided by my Department as these could be used to create statistical comparisons that take account of only one dimension of school performance...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department's approach to reducing school costs for parents is set out in the Action Plan for Education that has just been published. This plan, which incorporates my Department's Strategy Statement as well as the Action Plan for Education outlines hundreds of actions to be implemented across 2016-2019. Some of the actions as part of the plan are to strengthen the focus on reducing...