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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Secondment (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The teacher secondment scheme is designed to facilitate the temporary assignment of a teacher to a vacant position in a host organisation, where the work to be carried out by the seconded teacher is of clear benefit to the education system.   A secondment must be based on mutual agreement between the teacher, the school authority and the host organisation and is subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I published the General Scheme of a Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Amendment) Bill on 15th May 2017, following approval by Government. The General Scheme provides for the protection of enrolled learners through the establishment of a Learner Protection Fund. This Learner Protection Fund will provide the type of learner protection that was initially envisaged in 2012, when the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Asylum Support Services (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Pilot Support Scheme was introduced by my Department in 2015 for students who are in the Protection System or at the Leave to Remain (but not deportation order) stage. This was one of the recommendations contained in the report by the Working Group on the Protection Process which was chaired by former High Court judge Dr Bryan McMahon. The scheme provides supports to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Creative Ireland Programme (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: 'Creative Ireland' is the Government’s legacy programme following on from the successful 'Ireland 2016' initiative. It is a five-year programme, from 2017 to 2022, which places creativity at the centre of public policy. Devising an integrated implementation plan for Arts-in-Education is a priority under Pillar 1 of the programme, whose aim is to enable the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: Community National Schools are multi-denominational schools which provide for belief nurturing during the school day. There are eleven such schools in existence at present. They aim to accommodate parents who wish to have their children learn about different faiths and beliefs while at the same time nurturing children in their own beliefs. ‘Goodness Me, Goodness...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware the project in respect of the education campus in Buncrana was announced as part of the Six Year Capital Programme. A preferred site option was identified and officials from Donegal County Council, on behalf of my Department, have engaged with the landowner in question with a view to its acquisition. These negotiations have not yielded a positive result to date...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not have any record of receiving an application for capital funding from the school to which he refers. It is open to the school authority to submit an application to my Department and an application form may be accessed on my Department's website www.education.gov.ie.  Any application received will be considered in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The term of office of the outgoing members of the Board of Caranua expired on 24 March last. A process to appoint members to the Board, which was managed on my behalf by the Public Appointments Service (PAS), is now nearing a conclusion and I will be making the necessary appointments in the coming days. The outgoing Chairperson, Mr David O’Callaghan has been reappointed as a member...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. The GIS uses data from a range of sources, including the Central...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy is referring to the consultation process that I have undertaken 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: Schools Building Projects (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, the Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. The GIS uses data from a range of sources, including the Central Statistics Office, Ordnance Survey...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The meeting to which the Deputy refers took place on the 18th of May last.  It was a constructive meeting with the school undertaking to provide additional information for consideration by my Department.  My Department will engage further with the school when this information has been received.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Technological University for the South-East (TUSE) project was initiated in 2011 and consists of a consortium of two Institutes of Technology; Institute of Technology Carlow (ITC) and Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT). The TUSE consortium made good progress initially and submitted a Stage 1 expression of interest in 2012.  However, following this initial promising start, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The current consultation process is specifically in relation to the role of denominational religion in the school admission process. I am the first Minister for Education to state that the system as it currently exists is unfair and the current consultation forum is the first consultation forum on this issue. I believe that it is unfair that preference is given by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: 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 of appropriate educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Gaeltachta (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: Ag an leibhéal bunscoile, déanann an Polasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta 2017-2022 tagairt don soláthar áiteanna le haghaidh 30 múinteoir in aghaidh na bliana ó 2018/19 ar aghaidh i gcomhthéacs an chláir nua um oiliúint tosaigh múinteoirí trí mheán na Gaeilge do mhúinteoirí bunscoile. Tá an phleanáil ar...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Government recognises the importance of the higher education sector to Ireland's future economic and social development. However, the reality of the economic situation and the public expenditure corrections which had to be made in recent years presented challenges across all areas of public expenditure, including higher education. The sector has responded well to these challenges and has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Programmes (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: Reading Recovery is a literacy initiative that was initially made available for DEIS Band 1 and Band 2 schools only as part of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS), the Action Plan for Educational Inclusion, which was launched in May 2005. Each of these schools was given an opportunity to have a teacher trained as a Reading Recovery teacher. In some areas where training took...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 May 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: Schools Building Projects (24 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department's Six-Year Capital Programme priorities building projects for areas of demographic growth. The Capital Programme also provides for devolved funding for additional classrooms for schools where an immediate enrolment need has been identified or where an additional teacher has been appointed.  While my Department is aware that some consideration is been given locally...