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

Richard Bruton: The new DEIS Plan provides for a verification process and any school wishing to seek verification of the information used to assess the level of disadvantage of its pupil cohort may submit an application for same to . It is important to note that the school details published on 13th February represent a first step in the application of the assessment process to support pupils in schools with...

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 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: Schools Building Projects Status (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that a project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included on my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme.  It is my Department's intention to arrange a site visit to the school in the context of initiating the architectural planning process for the project. My Department will be in contact with the school in due course in that regard. In the interim an...

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

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is open to school authorities to submit applications for additional accommodation under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme www.education.ie. All applications for additional accommodation are considered in the context of the very significant challenges facing my Department in prioritising available capital funding for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. Information will be sent directly to the Deputy as soon as it is compiled.

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

Richard Bruton: On 17 November 2015 the establishment of three new primary schools in 2017 and one new primary school in 2018 was announced by my Department. The new primary school for Pelletstown, Dublin 7 (also known as Scribblestown or Ashtown) was part of this announcement.  In relation to the demographic analyses, my Department uses a Geographical Information System...

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

Richard Bruton: Post-Primary schools are required to provide Physical Education for all students. The recommended time currently is two hours of Physical Education per week at all class levels.

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

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to be able to inform the Deputy that all aspects of the tendering process for the Maynooth Education campus project have been satisfactorily completed and my Department gave approval to the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board on 27th February last to issue a Letter of Intent to award a contract to the preferred bidder.  The conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Mar 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 17thJanuary 2017. The completed supplementary tender report is expected in my Department in early March and subject to no issues arising it is anticipated that construction will commence in the second quarter of 2017. The...

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

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application for major capital works to my Department. Applications for major capital works are considered in the context of the very significant challenge facing my Department in prioritising available capital funding for essential mainstream classrooms to meet the demand for extra school places and where an...

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

Richard Bruton: The school and its design team have not yet submitted the report to my Department. Upon receipt and review of the Stage 2b submission my Department will revert to the Board of Management with regard to the further progression of the project at that time.  

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128 and 129 together. My Department allocates the recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to the HEA designated higher education institutions, including the Institutes of Technology (IoTs) such as Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT). The HEA allocates this funding to the institutions and the internal...

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

Richard Bruton: I understand that the student referred to by the Deputy, appealed the decision of the awarding authority to the SUSI appeals officer and a decision letter issued from the appeals officer on the 21st of July 2016.  The student was advised that if she was not satisfied with the decision of the appeals officer, she could appeal the decision to the Student Grants...

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

Richard Bruton: Officials from my Department have again liaised with the Higher Education Authority in relation to this matter and have been advised that University College Cork (UCC) has to date not received any income from the Irish Management Institute (IMI) for the validation of degrees. However, UCC receives funding related to joint programmes based on credit input that UCC has...

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

Richard Bruton: It is widely accepted that the quality of school leadership is a key determinant of school effectiveness and the achievement of good learning outcomes. Indeed international research indicates that school leadership is second only to classroom teaching as an influence on pupil learning. Budget 2016 provided 250 posts to second level schools to enable Deputy Principals to be more fully...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133, 150 and 152 together. Budget 2016 provided for an improvement in the staffing schedule in primary schools by 1 point, from 1 teacher for every 28 pupils to 1 teacher for every 27 pupils for the 2016/17 school year and it should be noted that the current staffing schedule of 27:1 for primary schools has restored it to the position it was at prior to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commencement of Legislation (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The only remaining section of the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 to be commenced is Section 39, which deals with continuing education and training and professional development of teachers.  I am advised by the Teaching Council that Cosán, the national framework for teacher’s learning (CPD) has entered a development phase which is due to conclude in 2020. This will then...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Proposed Legislation (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: On 5 December 2016, I published the General Scheme of an Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016. The Government have approved the draft outline of a new law, which will require every school to consult with parents and students, and publish and operate a Parent and Student Charter. The publication of this draft legislation will fulfil a key commitment in the Action Plan for...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department is investing in a significant programme of student supports in the 2017/18 academic year in order to assist students from under-represented groups to participate in and complete higher education. In total, my Department will provide almost €450m on access measures in 2017. This encompasses the student grant scheme which is expected to assist...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: As a consequence of the financial crisis, there was a need to enact a number of measures to reduce public expenditure so as to stabilise the country's public finances. These included pay reductions and also reductions to the pay of new entrant public servants, including teachers, since 2011. Collective agreements reached between the Government and the public service unions provided vital...