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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: ...of pay restoration to start. I have used this to negotiate substantial improvements in pay for new teachers. The agreement reached with TUI and INTO in September will see pay rises of between 15-22% (between €4,600 and €6,700) for new entrant teachers.  The agreements also provide for earlier permanency for younger teachers, new promotion opportunities and new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department provides funding of €16 million annually to schools to support the operation of school book rental schemes for students in all recognised primary and post-primary schools within the Free Education Scheme. The arrangements in relation to this scheme are set out in Circular 0046/2013 which is published on my Department's website. In addition, Budget 2014 provided funding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: ...also required that such new entrants would start on the first point of the applicable salary scale, which in the case of teachers had the effect of reducing their starting pay by a further 4-5%. Later in 2011, the Government placed a cap on the overall level of qualification allowances that could be earned by teachers. Subsequently in 2012, following the public service-wide review of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Croke Park Agreement (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: ...more hours than this under the public service agreements. Across the public services – education, health, local authorities, civil service etc. - the additional time being provided represents about 450,000 additional hours per annum or the equivalent of between 12,000 and 13,000 public service posts. That is a serious productivity benefit for the Exchequer. Replacing those hours...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Data (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: In the 2014/15 academic year, there were just over 18,000 core staff across the higher education system (whole-time equivalents. This figure encompasses some 9,800 academic staff and 8,300 non-academic staff. These figures do not include contract research staff. There were just over 190,000 students (whole-time equivalents) enrolled in 2014/15 giving an average academic staff:student ratio...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: ...for 2017 for the higher education institutions under the designation of the Higher Education Authority (HEA), which includes all of the Universities and Institutes of Technology, is €978.533 million. To increase that budget by 5% would cost the Exchequer an additional €48.927m; by 10% would cost an additional €97.853m; by 15% would cost an additional...

Other Questions: Third Level Funding (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: .... In advance of these recommendations, however, I have taken immediate steps to increase funding for higher education, the first such increase in nine years. Increased Exchequer funding of €36.5 million was secured in this budget for the higher education sector. This includes an increase in funding available to students from disadvantaged backgrounds and other under-represented...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: Caranua is an independent statutory body established under the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012. The legislation provides that €110 million in contributions from religious congregations will be made available to Caranua to help meet the needs of persons who, as children, were abused in residential institutions. To date some €97 million, comprising contributions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (5 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: ...contingent student loans in order to inform future funding policy options, including in light of recommendations from the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills. Increased Exchequer funding of €36.5 million was secured in Budget 2017 for the higher education sector.  This includes an increase in the funding available to students from disadvantaged backgrounds and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Disadvantaged Status (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: ..., and on encouraging better inter-agency working in and around DEIS schools. To support the implementation of the actions contained in the plan, I have secured additional funding resources of €5 million under budget 2017 which amounts to €15 million in a full year, bringing the overall DEIS budget from the education sector to €112 million - Deputy Nolan quoted the DCYA...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department provides funding support to the Music Generation programme of €2.5 million annually. This is in respect of the 11 local Music Education Partnerships (MEPs) established under Phase 1 of the programme, which were initially supported through philanthropic funding. In January 2016, a commitment was given by my Department, subject to...

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

Richard Bruton: ...me to address as soon as possible during the lifetime of the Action Plan.  It is important to note that the total allocation to this Department for additional policy measures, after demographics and Industrial Relations commitments, was €130 million and of which all our commitments in higher and further education and primary and secondary schools had to be funded. My...

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

Richard Bruton: ...educational disadvantage or learners with special educational needs 3.3 Help those delivering education services to continuously improve 4.4 Build stronger bridges between education and wider community 5.5 Improve national planning and support services. Focussing on these five areas allows us to adopt a whole-of-system approach to reform. Such an approach will allow us to deliver to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Data (7 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: ...the proposers of these new programmes to develop them into sustainable apprenticeships that can be delivered on a nationwide basis. The funding for planned and forecast expansion in 2017 will see an additional €20 million provided. In 2015 a new Career Traineeship initiative was begun by SOLAS in collaboration with ETBs and enterprise to develop a more effective model of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: ...and Minor Works Grant Schemes. The total value of grants approved under these headings to schools in County Wexford is set out in the table. Project Category Funding Major Projects €38.4 million PPP Projects ** Additional Accommodation €7.6 million Emergency Works Scheme €1.1 million Summer Works Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Centre Network (16 Dec 2016)

Richard Bruton: ...including the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) Circular: 13/2014 Management of and Accountability for Grants from Exchequer Funds. Funding from my Department of circa €18 million goes to Education centres annually through a combination of direct grants and charges levied on Department funded support services. Centres also have other sources of...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: -----was €595 million. Deputy Nolan asked about secretaries and caretakers. I am not an expert on this but some schools have them and there are various thresholds. There are some historical posts, many of which were suppressed during the FEMPI years because it was a discretionary area. They are funded through capitation. The level of capitation is always under scrutiny and we hope...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (16 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: ...system.  Budget 2017, announced last month, represents the first phase in implementing the Action Plan and the start of a major programme of reinvestment in education. Next year, an additional €458 million will be invested in the education system, which represents an increase of over 5% on my Department’s allocation for 2016.  This will allow us to make significant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (3 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: ...also required that such new entrants would start on the first point of the applicable salary scale, which in the case of teachers had the effect of reducing their starting pay by a further 4-5%. Later in 2011, the Government placed a cap on the overall level of qualification allowances that could be earned by teachers. Subsequently in 2012, following the public service-wide review of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (2 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: ...This decision also required that such new entrants would start on the first point of the applicable salary scale, which in the case of teachers had the effect of reducing their starting pay by a further 4-5%. Later in 2011, the Fine Gael/Labour Government placed a cap on the overall level of qualification allowances that could be earned by teachers. Subsequently in 2012,...