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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The delivery of the new education campus at Ballinrea, Carrigaline has been devolved to the Cork Education & Training Board (CETB). Documentation to pre-qualify Contractors is currently being prepared by the CETB's Design Team. In addition, the Public Spending Code requires that a Cost Benefit Analysis be carried out for projects of the scale involved...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has been informed by the school concerned that it is not now proceeding with its application for the provision of temporary accommodation. I understand further that the school has made arrangements to be accommodated in a nearby school.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school referred to by the Deputy was recently approved additional temporary accommodation to facilitate two additional mainstream class teachers approved for the school for September 2017. The school has been advised accordingly. It is expected that the additional temporary accommodation approved will provide for the long term projected staffing for the school.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (11 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The information requested is being compiled in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (11 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The second level Irish language Aonad planned for the school to which the Deputy refers has been approved to commence in September 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Administration (11 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The new Identification Process under DEIS Plan 2017, which is applied uniformly for all schools in the country across both the Primary and post Primary sectors, assesses the socio-economic background of the pupil cohort in each school using centrally held data.  The Key Data Sources are the DES Primary Online Database (POD) and Post-Primary Online (PPOD) Databases and the CSO Small Area...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (11 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I understand that the Deputy’s question relates to School Admissions. In this regard, I can advise that the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill was published in July 2016. The Bill passed second stage on 17 November 2016 and will shortly progress to Committee Stage. The Bill provides an over-arching framework to ensure that how schools decide on who is enrolled and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (11 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may 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. A number of submissions were received from Protestant and other minority faith schools. In this regard, as I have said throughout, I am mindful of the need to...

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy has referred to three Bills-----

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: First, regarding the QQI Bill, it is important that we have a robust system in place to ensure standards and the reputation of the education system. The Bill is important in that context. As the Deputy knows, we have the ambition to earn €2.1 billion from international students. That would represent a 33% increase in the number of such students and we need to underpin it with...

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Bills must be introduced in such a manner as to ensure their passage through the Dáil.

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: If there are outstanding issues on which the House will not agree, we need to find a way to resolve them before bringing the legislation back before the House. That is what I am seeking to do.

Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (16 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Louise O'Reilly for raising this issue again and I understand the concern. There are 11 schools in the Swords area which enrol junior infants and they run across the spectrum from Catholic schools, one Gaelscoil, Educate Together and a Church of Ireland school. The basic problem here is that the Holy Family junior national school is maxed out and cannot take in additional...

Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (16 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I asked directly this question of my officials, in other words whether Holy Family junior national school can be expanded, and they answered directly it is maxed out in terms of the existing accommodation, permanent and temporary, and the current devolved grant development is to replace existing prefab accommodation. That will leave the site constricted. Also, any development of the junior...

Equal Participation in Schools Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “That” and substitute the following:“Dáil Éireann, while supporting the principle that change is needed in relation to the role of religion in school admissions, declines to give the Equal Participation in Schools Bill 2016 a Second Reading for the following reasons:(a) Dáil Éireann last June agreed that...

Equal Participation in Schools Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The House could then make a decision in a way that is fair and respectful of all the various traditions here. I wish to correct a few things Deputy Coppinger said. The reason the Catholic Church was successful in some of the competitions for new patrons was that it reflected parental choice, which was the criterion used in those selection processes. Where a religious patron was...

Equal Participation in Schools Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: It is also worth reflecting on the mix of those schools. In every case at primary level, it was a non-denominational school under the patronage of either Educate Together, Foras Pátrúnachta, an ETB or other multidenominational patron. Each of the 31 new schools in the last couple of years was non-denominational. As such, there is no big conspiracy to prevent the emergence of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The person refered to by the Deputy has been teaching since 1st July 1975 and has been serving as a Deputy Principal since 1st September, 1987.  The information relating to whether this person is the longest serving Deputy Princpal in the State is not information that is maintained by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Data (16 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The State Examinations Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the Certificate Examinations. Full details of the scheme are available from their website: www.examinations.ie/candidates/reasonableaccommodations In view of this I have forwarded...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (16 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: Up until September 2012, an ex-quota allocation was provided for guidance in addition to the standard teacher allocation to post primary schools. This resource was allocated in accordance with pupil enrolment. 42% of second-level schools at the time were allocated at least 22 hours per week in respect of guidance (22 hours being the equivalent of one teaching post) while the remainder of...