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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Disputes (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: It is important to note that there are four separate industrial actions being carried out by ASTI currently - two of which are directly at play in the current dispute: - Firstly, a series of one-day strikes by ASTI members on the issue of new entrant pay, which started on 27 October and continues on six additional days from 8 November; and - Secondly, the withdrawal of ASTI...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 to oversee the use of the cash contributions of up to €110 million, pledged by the religious congregations, to support the needs of survivors of institutional child abuse. The classes of services from which the Board...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 to oversee the use of the cash contributions of up to €110 million, pledged by the religious congregations, to support the needs of survivors of institutional child abuse. The processing of individual applications is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: As I have explained to the Deputy in reply to previous Parliamentary Questions, Caranua - the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund - is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 to oversee the use of the cash contributions of up to €110 million, pledged by the religious congregations, to support the needs of survivors...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, a project for the school referred is included in my Department’s 6 Year Capital Programme and is scheduled to proceed to tender and construction in 2018. Officials from my Department recently advised the school’s Board of Management and the Patron’s representative that following a technical examination of an alternative site being made...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Extra Curricular Activities (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Department of Education and Skills is responsible for providing schools with the State curriculum.  It is a matter for schools to determine what materials and resources they will use in order to implement the curriculum.  This includes external resources and staffing.  Therefore, it is expected that schools will carry out all necessary checking of the qualifications of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The purpose of the Home Tuition Scheme is to provide a compensatory educational service for children, with a significant medical condition which has caused, and is likely to continue to cause major disruption to school attendance. Eligibility for Home Tuition for children with a significant medical condition is assessed having regard to, in the main, the pupil’s attendance levels...

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

Richard Bruton: In relation to the situation of the schools referred to by the Deputy more generally, the Patron has at all times indicated its commitment to the school community to ensure an orderly wind-down during the school’s phased closure. The Patron has recently announced that the Junior school will continue operating until the end of the current academic year in June 2017 and will then close....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the school in question applied for funding for mechanical works, a category 3 project, under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) (2016-17). The Circular (0055/2015) which accompanied the scheme and which may be accessed on my Department's website, states that schools should prioritise and identify the most urgent project for which funding is being sought. As the...

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

Richard Bruton: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and the staffing circulars in respect of the 2017/18 school year will be available on the Department website next January. Budget 2017 sets out the...

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

Richard Bruton: The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides assistance to all schools that experience critical incidents such as a sudden bereavement. I can confirm that a NEPS psychologist visited the school referred to by the Deputy to offer advice and support and this service remains available to the school. In addition I can advise the Deputy that the school in question sought an...

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

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers currently has a number of applications for capital funding with my Department including an Emergency Works Scheme application. My Department is liaising with the school to composite its applications to enable a decision on how best to comprehensively meet its needs over a period of time. Given the extent of the work required and the cost involved, an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: Officials from my Department have worked closely with officials from Cork City Council to procure a permanent site for the school referred to by the Deputy. This acquisition is currently at an advanced stage and is expected to complete shortly, subject to no issues arising.

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

Richard Bruton: The application from the school to which the Deputy refers was made under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme. The application is under consideration and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (2 Nov 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. Subject to funding, the Minor Works Grant issues to primary schools without the need for primary schools to submit an application. 

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

Richard Bruton: Funding for the substantial proportion of access to electronic-journals is coordinated through IReL, a highly successful shared service.  IReL is an essential element in Ireland’s research and education infrastructure delivering access for students and staff of all seven universities and the RCSI to over 30,000 journals as well as databases and e-books. It also underpins key...

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

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that the total costs for external legal advice incurred by my Department during the years in question are as follows: - 2013 - €47843.07 - 2014 - €19312.94 - 2015 - €13591.50 The external bodies providing the advice were as follows: - Conor Feeney, BL - Peter Ward, BL - Patrick Donaghy and Co. State Claims Agency

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

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has submitted an application to my Department for additional school accommodation. The application will be assessed and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as the assessment process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The major building project for the school in question is included in my Departments six year construction programme 2016-21 and is scheduled therein to commence construction in 2017. The project is at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2(b), which includes the applications for the Fire Certificate and Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of Tender Documents....