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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (27 Oct 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 and 79 together. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables. Universities - State Income 2011-2012 Institution Core Grants Academic Fees Research Grants and Contracts Other Total % of Total Income UCD €85,902.00 €66,928.00 €66,985.00 €1,059.00 €220,874.00 53% UCC €58,080.00...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (27 Oct 2016)

Richard Bruton: As set out in my previous reply, the process to review the DEIS Programme, which began last year, is nearing completion and it is my intention to publish a new Action Plan for Educational Inclusion before the end of this year. As part of the review, a new assessment process is being developed using centrally held CSO and DES data to identify schools schools for inclusion in a new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (27 Oct 2016)

Richard Bruton: A process to review DEIS- Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools which began last year is nearing completion and it is my intention to publish a new Plan for Educational Inclusion before the end of this year. The review is looking at all aspects of the DEIS programme, including the development of a new assessment process for the identification of schools.  This work is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (27 Oct 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Primary Online Database (POD) has been rolled out to all primary schools in the country, and all schools have now entered their pupils onto the system. Schools are currently in the process of submitting the 2016/2017 National School Annual Census through POD. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has not expressed any concerns about the current retention period for POD data, or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (27 Oct 2016)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware the decision to close the schools in question and the timeline for the closures was a decision for the schools' Trustees and not my Department. The Trustees had approached my Department at an early stage outlining the situation and requesting if the Department was open to acquiring the property as they were seeking to ensure it would continue to be used for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: As a consequence of the financial crisis, there was a need to enact a number of measures to reduce public expenditure so as to stabilise the country's public finances. A previous Fianna Fáil led Government reduced the salaries and allowances payable to all new entrants to public service recruitment grades by 10% with effect from 1 January 2011. This decision also required that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (2 Nov 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: Student Grant Scheme Applications (2 Nov 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: School Closures (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Trust of the school in question recently made a formal announcement regarding their decision to begin winding down this fee charging junior school. The school will continue operating until the end of the current academic year in June 2017 and will then close. In general, where a school is closing, the onus is on the Patron to assist in ensuring that any...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (2 Nov 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 S support. The NCSE allocates S support to schools in accordance with the criteria set out in my Department's Circular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I can inform the Deputy that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychology service 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 an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: Mainstream National Schools with fewer than 6 classes (refers to Mainstream Classes only) County Name <6 Classes >=6 Classes Total Carlow 21 21 42 Cavan 52 23 75 Clare 85 27 112 Cork 172 172 344 Donegal 130 45 175 Dublin 57 384 441 Galway 152 78 230 Kerry 95 37 132 Kildare 29 72 101 Kilkenny 41 31 72 Laois 40 25 65 Leitrim 29 9 38 Limerick 77 58 135 Longford 23...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: My Department welcomes and values the engagement of providers in supporting all aspects of curriculum delivery, in particular in the important area of healthy lifestyles for young people. The Apprentice Chef Programme is one such initiative. Much is being done already in this area by my Department, both in terms of the curriculum delivery and in resourcing. My Department issued guidance to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Early Start centres funded by my Department are staffed by primary school teachers and a childcare assistant also works with each group. This teacher-led staffing arrangement and comparatively favourable staff to child ratio is intended to support a range of special educational needs associated with concentrated disadvantage. However, no S allocation is provided until the child is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Recruitment (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform announced in Budget 2015 that the public sector recruitment moratorium established in 2009 would end, but that recruitment across the public sector would continue to be managed in a targeted and focused way. In this regard, a Delegated Sanction Agreement (DSA) was put in place for Government Departments and agencies. The specific Employment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually on the website of the Department of Education and Skills. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing arrangements includes a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually on the website of the Department of Education and Skills. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. New measures announced in last...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually on the website of the Department of Education and Skills. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The school referred to by the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: Department of Education and Skills Circular 0007/2016 sets out the criteria for the allocation of teaching posts to primary schools for the 2016/2017 school year. The circular includes the provision whereby schools experiencing rapid increases in enrolment can apply for additional permanent mainstream posts on developing grounds, using projected enrolment for the following September, in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 131 and 143 together. I am aware of the report referred to by the Deputies. I strongly support any measures that can be put in place to reduce costs for parents. All schools must be sensitive to the financial pressures on parents in making decisions, not just about school uniforms or books, but about any matter that has cost implications for parents. The...