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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Garda Vetting of Personnel (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: Since the introduction in 2006 of the non-statutory Garda vetting arrangements the Teaching Council has played a central role in the vetting of registered teachers both for the purposes of registration with the Council and as a conduit for school employers for the purposes of the vetting of registered teachers for employment. Under the non-statutory vetting arrangements, vetting of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be  aware, a process to review the DEIS Programme began last year and is now nearing completion.  It is my intention to publish a new Action Plan for Educational Inclusion in the coming weeks. The review process is looking at all aspects of DEIS, including the range and impact of different elements of the School Support Programme, the potential for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department operates a Home Tuition Grant Scheme for children, other than those with special education needs, who do not have a school place, are without the offer of a school place and for whom a school place is being actively sought. The purpose of this Grant Scheme is to provide funding towards provision of a compensatory educational service for children who do not have a school place....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Records (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The costs involved in renting off-site storage for the Department's records is a matter for the Property Management Section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of the Department in relation to the rental of off-site storage. The figures in the following table refer to the cost per year (inclusive of VAT), for the past three years, for archiving the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. Ultimately it is a matter for each individual school to determine which particular measures are most suited to its individual circumstances and to how the school concerned organises teaching and learning. It is also a matter for each school, at local level,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Department has not identified a future education requirement for the building in question. In that regard, as the building is owned by the school's Patron, it is a matter for the Patron to determine the future use of the building in question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department expects to be in a position to convey a decision to the school in question on its application for additional accommodation shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Recruitment (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: Universities and institutes of technology, as autonomous institutions under the terms of the Universities Act 1997 and the Institutes of Technology Acts respectively, are responsible for the day to day management of their own affairs, including matters relating to the recruitment of staff. Therefore the filling of particular posts within institutions is a matter for the institutions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, a process to review the DEIS Programme began last year and is now nearing completion.  It is my intention to publish a new Action Plan for Educational Inclusion in the coming weeks. The review process is looking at all aspects of DEIS, including the range and impact of different elements of the School Support Programme, the potential for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I have set out in tabular format the number of full time equivalent civil service workers in the salary band range requested by the Deputy. The data in the table sets out the number of staff with an active record on my Department's human resource system for each year requested. It includes staff on secondment into my Department but it does not include staff on secondment out of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware the project in respect of the education campus in Buncrana was announced as part of the Six Year Capital Programme in 2015. A preferred site option was identified and officials from Donegal County Council, on behalf of my Department, have engaged with the landowner in question with a view to its acquisition.  These negotiations have not yielded a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department provides a range of resources for pupils with Specific Learning Disabilities, of which Dyslexia is one such SLD. All mainstream schools have been allocated additional teaching resources to cater for children with SLD, either under the General Allocation Model at primary school level, or through High Incidence and learning support allocations for post primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that additional funding has been approved and the school authority have been informed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Teaching Council is the statutory body with responsibility for professional standards at all stages of the teaching career. It has established standards for post-qualification professional practice, as set out in Droichead, the new model of induction and probation for newly qualified primary and post-primary teachers.  The Droichead programme was the subject of a three-year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Teaching Council is the statutory body with responsibility for professional standards at all stages of the teaching career. It has established standards for post-qualification professional practice, as set out in Droichead, the new model of induction and probation for newly qualified primary and post-primary teachers.  The Droichead programme was the subject of a three-year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The organisation referred to by the Deputy has been very generous in supporting a range of projects in the third level sector in this country. It has also made a huge contribution to the development of research funding in the sector. As Minister for Education and Skills I have not had any direct engagement with the organization in relation to such supports.  The Deputy will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is completing Stage 2(a) of the Architectural Planning process. Stage 2(a) is the Developed Design Stage. All school building projects are required to adhere to my Departments Design Team Procedures and to all current statutory building regulations. The school project to which the Deputy refers is no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The longer term options in respect of the provision of improved accommodation for the school, to which the Deputy refers, are currently being considered in the context of other school developments in the area and the reorganisation of existing accommodation. In that context, my Department is currently liaising with the school authorities in the area, including the school in question, with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The recently announced ICT Infrastructure Grant represents the first tranche of funding committed under the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020: Enhancing Teaching Learning and Assessment, launched in October 2015. This outlines the Department's vision to further embed technology and digital learning in primary and post-primary schools, through detailed actions in areas including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Administration (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The purpose of the Home Tuition Grant Scheme is to provide funding towards the provision of 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...