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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelcholáistí Issues (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: Maynooth Community College opened in 2014 with an Irish-medium Aonad and it was stated that should the Aonad demonstrate sufficient viability after four years from its date of establishment, a Gaelcholáiste would be established, in a partnership patronage model between Kildare and Wicklow ETB and An Foras Pátrúnachta.  The new schools which will open in 2017 and 2018 to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy Refers was sanctioned a devolved grant under my Departments Additional Accommodation Scheme 2015 to provide 1 mainstream classroom, 1 WC for assisted users and 3 resource rooms. Following a request for additional funding in September, 2016, my Department increased the grant allocation for the approved works in line with current building costs. A further request...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to be able to inform the Deputy that all aspects of the tendering process for the project to which he refers have been satisfactorily completed. The local Education and Training Board (ETB) is delivering the project and my Department gave approval to it on 27 February last to issue a Letter of Intent to award a contract to the preferred bidder. Assuming that the preferred...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: DEIS is my Department's main policy initiative to tackle educational disadvantage. The DEIS Plan 2017 sets out our vision for future intervention in the critical area of social inclusion in education policy. I wish to advise the Deputy that details of all schools included in the list published on 13 February can be found on my Department's website at the following link: Schools were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that I have recently received representations on behalf of the school in question. A reply will issue in the coming days. DEIS is my Department's main policy initiative to tackle educational disadvantage. The DEIS Plan for 2017 sets out our vision for future intervention in the critical area of social inclusion in education policy. A key element of DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of a Category 10 application, external environment project, under the Summer Works Scheme (2016-2017) from the school to which he refers. Nearly 50% of schools have applied for inclusion under the scheme which reflects a very high demand. Details of successful school applicants in respect of Categories 1 and 2...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the school to which he refers has not been in contact with my Department to advise of any issue arising in respect of school places in September 2017. It is open to any school to submit an application to my Department if they have identified a deficit of classroom accommodation to meet increasing enrolments or to accommodate an additional teacher...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Catchment Areas (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: For planning purposes the area referred to by the Deputy is located in the Department’s Finglas East/Ballymun Dublin 11 school planning area.  There are currently 9 primary schools serving this area.   My Department uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify where the pressure for school places will arise. The GIS uses data from a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Catchment Areas (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the school referred to in PQ 10055/17 is the primary school which my Department understands is currently undersubscribed. The school in question confirmed that it had offered junior infant places, prioritising children from within the schools catchment area. The school also confirmed that following receipt of responses from parents, the school will be in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Feb 2017)

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 SNA support and additional teaching resources to support individual pupils with special educational needs. On 18...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The policy of my Department is that children with special educational needs should be included, where possible and appropriate, in mainstream school placements with additional supports provided.  In circumstances where children with special educational needs require more specialised interventions, special school or special class places are also available.  My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: DEIS is my Department's main policy initiative to tackle educational disadvantage. The DEIS Plan 2017 sets out our vision for future intervention in the critical area of social inclusion in education policy.  A key element of DEIS Plan 2017 Plan is the availability of a new identification process for the assessment of schools for inclusion in DEIS using centrally held CSO and DES...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Living Wage (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The data requested by the Deputy is not collected or collated by my Department.  There are over 3,700 individual employers in the education and training sector.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides an educational psychological 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 in the NEPS section of my Department's website. Under this scheme schools can...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The School to which Deputy refers is included on my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme for the provision of a school extension. Officials from my Department met with representatives of the school in October last to discuss the schools accommodation requirements.  A Department Inspector subsequently visited the school to review the schools existing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Feb 2017)

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: Third Level Participation (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: A number of measures are supporting increased rates of transition to further and higher education by students in disadvantaged second level schools. These include the actions that are being progressed as part of the implementation of the National Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education 2015-2019 and the new DEIS Plan. The new DEIS Plan identifies more than 100 actions targeted at our...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Remuneration (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: Following enquiries from my officials, I understand that discussions are taking place locally and under the auspices of the Workplace Relations Commission between Trinity College Dublin and the unions that are addressing the concerns of staff. Accordingly, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on these issues while these discussions are ongoing. In May 2016 I welcomed the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of the tender process. The School was authorised to issue a Letter of Intent to the preferred tenderer on 31 January 2017. When the completed supplementary tender report is received and considered and assuming that no issues arise my Department will then revert directly to the school regarding progression of the project to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The major building project to which the Deputy refers is currently at an advanced Stage of Architectural Planning, Stage 2(b) which includes applications for Planning Permission, Fire Safety Certificate, Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of tender documents.  All statutory approvals have been obtained. Following the appointment of a replacement Mechanical &...