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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (13 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The person referred to by the Deputy registered with the Teaching Council for the Primary sector  with effect from the 3rd October 2016 and as a result he will be paid at the qualified rate of pay from that date.  The qualified rate of pay and arrears will be paid in the pay issue of 20 April, 2017. Prior to the 3rd October 2016 he was registered with the Teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. The GIS uses data from the Central Statistics Office, Ordnance Survey Ireland, the Department of Social Protection and my Department's own databases. With this information, my Department carries out nationwide demographic exercises at primary and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application to my Department for improved accommodation. The application will be considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as the assessment process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that a major building project for the school to which he refers is included on the 6 year Construction Programme (2019-21). In that regard my Department are working closely with Kerry County Council in relation to the identification and acquisition of a suitable permanent location for the school. I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (13 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The means test arrangements of the Student Grant Scheme are applied nationally on the same basis to all applicants. The reckonable income of an applicant is calculated based on gross income before the deduction of income tax or the universal social charge, and with certain specified social welfare and HSE payments excluded. Nursing home costs are not excluded from the calculation of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The following table sets out the number of publicly funded primary and post-primary schools; and the proportion they represent of the total number of schools. Department Aided Schools* Department Aided Schools as % of Total Primary Schools 3115 98.83% Post-Primary Schools 711 97.93% *Department-Aided Post Primary schools include 52 fee-paying post-primary schools, who receive public...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to 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. Details of successful school applicants in respect of Categories 1 and 2 were announced last April  and are published on my Department's website . Assessment of valid...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (13 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department’s capital expenditure on information and communications technology (ICT)infrastructure is determined on an annual basis, guided by my Department's ICT Strategy and the Public Service ICT Strategy.  Capital expenditure on ICT infrastructure across my Department's offices amounted to €240,000 approx for 2016.  This amount covered capital expenditure on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoil Issues (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I assume that the Deputy is referring to the transition of English-medium schools to Irish-medium schools in the context of the Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme. Under the Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme, which is a key component of my Department’s Policy on Gaeltacht Education 2017-2022, schools located in Gaeltacht language-planning areas can apply to seek recognition as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 294, 372, 387, 388 and 390 together. 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. A previous Government reduced the salaries and allowances payable to all new entrants to public service recruitment grades by 10% with effect from 1...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24(3) of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). Each school Board of Management or Education and Training Board (ETB) has sole responsibility for the appointment of its teachers. The ETB is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: Generally, a Statement of Professional Competence or an Inspection Report on the Work of a Probationary Teacher will issue to the conditionally registered teacher within one month of having completed the required service or following the final inspection visit, whichever is the later. The Inspection Report on the Work of a Probationary Teacher issued to Ms Furlong on 6 April 2017, 12 days...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Croke Park Agreement Implementation (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Croke Park hours are part of wider productivity measures introduced under the Public Service Agreements that require all public servants to work additional time for no additional payment. The Croke Park hours represent a real reform with significant benefits for parents and children. In schools, the Croke Park hours are 36 additional hours a year at primary (33 hours at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: Springboard+, which incorporates the ICT skills conversion programme, is designed to encourage a response by educational institutions to meet the emerging skill needs of enterprise and reflects a commitment in the Programme for Government to deliver a step change in our capacity to educate, develop, deploy and retain talent. It also embodies the core ambition set out Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The core funding figure for higher education of an additional €600 million annually by 2021 is recommended in the report of the Expert Group on Future Funding For Higher Education in order to deliver higher quality outcomes and to provide for  increased demographics.  This will allow for an improvement in student : staff ratios, better engagement with students and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Scholarships (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy on third level scholarships funded by my Department is available on thestudentfinance.ieand education.iewebsites. The link to the relevant pages is as follows: . My Department does not have a list of scholarships managed by the Higher Education Institutions.  They are generally funded through private philanthropy and therefore managed at local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Courses Feedback (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) is an independent statutory body, established by the Pharmacy Act, 2007. It is charged with, and is accountable for, the effective regulation of pharmacy services in Ireland, including responsibility for supervising compliance with the Act. The PSI is responsible for defining and ensuring the standards of education and training for pharmacists...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The major building project for the school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design, which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Certificate and Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of tender documents. The Disability Access Certificate has been secured. The Fire Safety Certificate was granted...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has been in recent contact with the school referred in respect of its request for prefabricated accommodation.  The school was advised to submit cost options to my Department for consideration. Once received, the matter will be considered further by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The position relating to an application for capital funding from the school referred to is as advised to the Deputy in my response to parliamentary question 145 last November. My Department met with the principal and members of the Board of Management of the school in September 2016. The school representatives were advised of my Department's commitments under the 6 Year...