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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department has received a copy of the report to which the Deputy refers and it is being considered by my officials. The National Centre for Guidance in Education (NCGE), which advises my Department in relation to guidance policy, has also been requested to provide an analysis of the report. I understand that the NCGE has been in contact with the authors to discuss aspects of the report....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) was formally established on 6 November 2012 under the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act, 2012.  The 2012 Act also provided for the dissolution of the Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC), the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC) and the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The building project for an amalgamated school is currently under construction and subject to no issues arising is due to be completed in May/June 2017. The school referred to by the Deputy will then relocate to a new school building on the vacated site.  The building project for this new school is on my Department's Design and Build programme and is currently in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: On 18th January last, I announced that a new model for allocating Special Education Teaching Resources to mainstream primary and post primary schools will be introduced from September 2017. The aim of this new model is to deliver better outcomes for children with special educational needs. Large amounts of research, analysis, consultation with service users and stakeholders,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware of the background to this project from my answer to his earlier question today.  The stage 2(a) report is currently under review in my Department. Stage 2(a) is a critical stage in the progress of any project. It effectively sets the final design of the building to ensure a high quality of accommodation and to facilitate a smooth progression through the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: On 18th January last, I announced that a new model for allocating Special Education Teaching Resources to mainstream primary and post primary schools will be introduced from September 2017. The aim of this new model is to deliver better outcomes for children with special educational needs. Large amounts of research, analysis, consultation with service users and stakeholders,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Reform (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Our Higher Education System is undergoing a programme of unprecedented modernisation and reform. Through implementation of the National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030, the aim is to develop the higher education system to equip people with the knowledge and skills necessary to live fulfilled and rewarding lives, and to meet the social and economic challenges facing Ireland. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board is the owner of the former Dun Ui Neill barracks campus, on which the Cavan Further Education and Training Campus is now based. In February 2013 the sale of the Barracks to County Cavan Vocational Education Committee (now the ETB) was completed. I have had no consultation with An Taoiseach and Minister for Defence with regards to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: On 28 November 2016 applications were invited for the patronage of four new primary schools to be established in 2017 and 2018, including the new primary school to open in Ballincollig, Co. Cork to which the deputy refers. The closing date for receipt of applications for this process was 6 January 2017. Patrons submitted with their application a parental preference template...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: 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 Plan 2017 is the availability of a new identification process for the assessment of schools for inclusion in DEIS using centrally held CSO and DES data. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Lansdowne Road Agreement (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Decisions in respect of union membership are matters for the individual teacher concerned and my Department does not have a position on this issue.  Where teachers have questions as to the benefits of membership of a particular union, those questions should be addressed to the relevant union. The current position is that the Lansdowne Road Agreement as set out in Section 2 of Circular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provides a range of resources for pupils with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD), of which Dyslexia is one such SLD. My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides an educational psychology service to all primary and post primary schools through an assigned NEPS psychologist and in some...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 and 108 together. The statutory based Student Grant Scheme is not available to persons in the asylum protection system. However, an administratively based Pilot Support Scheme was introduced in 2015 for persons who are in the protection system (other than those at the deportation order stage) and who are either asylum applicants, subsidiary protection...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: On 18th January last, I announced that a new model for allocating Special Education Teaching Resources to mainstream primary and post primary schools will be introduced from September 2017. The  aim of this new model is to deliver better outcomes for children with special educational needs. Large amounts of research, analysis, consultation with service users and stakeholders,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Extra Curricular Activities (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The position is that my Department has not issued any guidelines to schools in relation to the organisation of evening study and I have no plans to do so. It is a matter for each individual school to decide at local level whether they wish to organise evening study. If a school wishes to facilitate evening study, in keeping with good practice, this should involve consultation with teachers,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Supervision and Substitution Scheme (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Supervision and substitution duties are core duties for all teachers since the Haddington Road Agreement. A limited group of teachers were allowed to opt-out of the duties in return for a pay reduction. Department Circular 0006/2014 states that with effect from the beginning of the 2013/14 school year, participation in the Supervision and Substitution scheme is compulsory for all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Staff (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tables. LIT - Tipperary Campuses Staffing figures (WTEs) Dec-12 Dec-13 Dec-14 Dec-15 Dec-16 Academic 55.05 55.45 60.49 64.73 66.23 Non Academic 40.94 41.24 40.17 33.99 32.46 Total staff 95.99 96.69 100.66 98.72 98.69 LIT - Tipperary Campuses Student Numbers 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 Full Time Students...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: DEIS is my Department's main policy initiative to tackle educational disadvantage and 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 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: Disadvantaged Status (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: DEIS is my Department's main policy initiative to tackle educational disadvantage and 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 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: Disadvantaged Status (1 Mar 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...