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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Data (23 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 75 to 82, inclusive, together. The Redress Board was set up under the Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002 to make fair and reasonable awards to persons who, as children, were abused while resident in industrial schools, reformatories and other institutions subject to state regulation or inspection. The estimated overall cost of awards made by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (23 Mar 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 (23 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that DES Circular 0013/2017 for primary schools and 0014/2017 for post primary schools were published on 7th March 2017. These Circulars set out the details of the new model for allocating special education teachers to schools. The revised allocation process replaces the generalised allocation process at primary and post primary school level for learning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (23 Mar 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 were announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, the school in question has submitted an application to my Department, for capital funding for additional school accommodation. The application is being considered in the context of the very significant challenges facing my Department in prioritising available capital funding for essential mainstream classrooms to meet the demand for extra school places and in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (23 Mar 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: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (23 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The enrolment of a child to a school is a matter in the first instance for the parents of the child and the Board of Management of a school.  My Department has no role in relation to processing applications for enrolment to schools. Where a parent seeks to enrol their child in a school and that school refuses to enrol a pupil, the school is obliged to inform parents of their right under...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (23 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is monitoring the pupil enrolment position in the area in question, together with all areas nationally, to take account of updated demographic data. In that regard, my Department is aware of the demand for junior infant places in the area referred to and is liaising directly with the relevant schools. There are a total of 13 primary schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (23 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware I ran a public consultation process from 24thJanuary to 20thMarch 2017 on the role of denominational religion in the school admission process and possible approaches for making changes. I have stated that I believe that it is unfair that preference is given by publicly-funded religious schools to children of their own religion who might live some distance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (23 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The details sought by the Deputy are not readily available. Officials in my Department are collating the information and I will arrange to have it forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (23 Mar 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: Languages Programme (23 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department is currently finalising its Foreign Languages in Education Strategy and publication is expected shortly. Some 80 submissions were received during the consultation process, which is informing the Strategy. Submissions, including those from the Polish community, have been considered as part of the evidence base used in informing the development of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (23 Mar 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: State Examinations (23 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The Commission in this regard operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in 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: Third Level Funding (28 Mar 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 Universities. The funding allocated by the HEA is not for a specific purpose but is allocated as a block grant to cover teaching, research and supporting activities. The internal disbursement of that funding is then a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (28 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Measures announced by my Department as part of Budget 2016 and 2017 mean that 400 guidance posts, or two thirds of the guidance allocation that was withdrawn in Budget 2012, will be restored to schools from September 2017.   The restoration of the remaining 200 posts will be considered in future Budgets. I have made it clear that all these 400 posts are...

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

Richard Bruton: The position with regard to employees in a third level college is that in accordance with the terms of their superannuation scheme, it is not possible to remain in pensionable service beyond the age of 65. The person would at that point immediately qualify for pension and lump-sum based on the service they have accrued. With reference to how the vacant post should be subsequently be...

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

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school in question is included in my Department’s 6 Year Construction Programme (2019/21). In line with the Memorandum of Understanding which formalises the local authorities' part in securing sites for educational use, my Department is working with the relevant Local Authority in relation to identifying and acquiring a suitable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments Waiting Times (28 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can inform the Deputy that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychology 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 on the Department's website. Under this scheme schools can...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (28 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware I ran a public consultation process from 24 January to 20 March 2017 on the role of denominational religion in the school admission process and possible approaches for making changes. I have stated that I believe that it is unfair that preference is given by publicly-funded religious schools to children of their own religion who might live some distance...