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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (19 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: Third-level institutions have autonomy in relation to promotion policies and other human resource policies, subject to the requirement to comply with Government policy in respect of employment numbers.  Employers in the higher education sector are also required to operate in accordance with the provisions of national industrial relations agreements.  My...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2(b), which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Certificate and Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of Tender Documents.  All statutory approvals have been secured.  The Design Team have been requested to review the impact of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions Expenditure (19 Jan 2017)

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 internal disbursement of funding is then a matter for the individual institution. Universities are autonomous bodies as set out in the Universities Act 1997 and are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (19 Jan 2017)

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: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for organising and planning provision for children with Special Educational Needs, including establishing special classes in mainstream primary and post primary schools. Special classes are part of a continuum of educational provision that enables students with more complex special educational needs to be educated, in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The project to which the Deputy refers has reached an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2b, which involves securing the statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents. The design team was appointed in March 2011 and the brief was to provide an extension and refurbishment work on a phased basis with a partial decant of classrooms on the existing site....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Office of Government Procurement (19 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: Under the Government’s Procurement Reform programme, led by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP), the Education Procurement Service (EPS) acts as the Education Sector hub. It is responsible for providing a service which facilitates the sourcing and tendering for Laboratory Equipment, Veterinary & Agriculture and Library for all of the public sector, and other education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that building projects for the two schools referred to by the Deputy were included in my Department's 6 Year Capital Programme. My Department is currently finalising the school project briefs and, in that regard, communications are on-going with the schools Patron in respect of site issues arising.  Once this process is complete, my Department will be in contact...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Exchange Scheme (19 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The provisions of the teacher exchange scheme are set out by my Department in Circular Letter 0017/2015 the contents of which were agreed under the auspices of the Teacher Conciliation Council. The Teacher Conciliation Council is part of the scheme of Conciliation and Arbitration for Teachers and was set up to deal with claims and proposals relating to the Terms and Conditions of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (19 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The purpose of the Home tuition Scheme is to provide a compensatory educational service for children with special educational needs seeking an educational placement with provision also made for early educational intervention for children with autism. The scheme also provides a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: Officials in my Department are currently working to identify a suitable permanent site for the school referred to by the Deputy. Given the commercial sensitivities associated with land acquisitions generally I am not in a position to give further details at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (19 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: An extensive programme of engagement with all other EU Governments and the EU institutions, including the Commission’s Brexit Negotiations Task Force, is under way.  This engagement is being intensified in 2017. The Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton TD has met the following European government ministerial counterparts for discussions on Brexit since the UK...

Topical Issue Debate: Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Connolly for raising this issue. I do not know whether she will be happy with the answer. I will set out the position as I understand it and I believe it to be correct. Third-level institutions are autonomous bodies and they have the responsibility for making decisions of this nature on their own authority, including in particular matters relating to recruitment and...

Topical Issue Debate: Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy complains that I have not heard her when I say I do not agree with her. It is not that I have not heard the Deputy or have not understood her. However, there is room for legitimate difference in this area. NUIG has huge commitment to the Irish language but it has made its decision. I have not repeated what I said before. I went through many of the commitments the university...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Insurance (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: Officials in my Department  forwarded the relevant documentation regarding the misclassification of PRSI to the Department of Social Protection (DSP) on this case. A letter issued to the person referred to by the Deputy on 15 December 2016 setting out the position and explaining that any refund due will issue to her on receipt of the monies in this Department from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht Policy (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: A dedicated Gaeltacht Education Unit has been established in the Department of Education and Skills in January 2017 to oversee the implementation of the Policy on Gaeltacht Education. This Unit will be assisted by the Department of Education and Skills’ Inspectorate and An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG) to support schools in the Gaeltacht that are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, a building project for the school referred to by the Deputy was included in my Department's 6 Year Capital Programme. In the context of progressing the proposed project, my Department recently obtained additional documentation from the school in question. This documentation is currently under review and my Department will be in further contact with the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: In line with the Universities Act, 1997 third-level institutions, including Trinity College Dublin (TCD), have autonomy in relation to promotion policies and other human resource policies, subject to the requirement to comply with Government policy in respect of core-funded employment numbers. Employers in the higher education sector are also required to operate in accordance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: Funding for special education provision in 2016 amounted to some €1.5 billion, which was equivalent to over 17% of the gross overall allocation for education and training and an increase of 10% in spending in the previous two years.  This funding provides for a range of supports and services including additional learning and resource teaching support, access to SNA support,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that a two-classroom ASD Unit is being provided as part of the accommodation for the new 1,000 pupil-post-primary school to which he refers and which is currently under construction.