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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: If the rate of employer PRSI was increased from 11.05% Class A rate to 15.75% for the portion of salaries over €100,000 the estimated increase in pay related costs for the Department of Education and Skills is approximately €1.7 million.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: My Department provides a book grant to all recognised primary and post primary schools within the Free Education Scheme in order to provide assistance for books including Book Rental Schemes. Under this scheme, the Department provided funding of €16.9 million in 2019 to all of these schools. I also announced additional funding of €1million which is being allocated to 102 Primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: This government has increased the capitation grant in each of the last two budgets. I understand the need for improved capitation funding and I am pleased to have been able to provide for a further 2.5% increase in standard capitation funding for primary and post-primary schools that will apply from the start of the 2020/21 school year. This builds on last years 5% increase in capitation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Under the Department’s free fees schemes, the Exchequer provides funding toward the tuition fee costs of eligible full-time undergraduate students with students paying the student contribution which currently stands at €3,000. Outright abolition of 3rd level fees for the student is understood to mean the abolition of the Student Contribution of €3,000. The Student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Private Schools (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: My Department pays a range of grants to schools in the Free Education Scheme based on a school’s enrolment. These schools may also apply for funding towards the cost of capital works. These grants are not payable to Fee Charging schools. Furthermore, schools in the Free Education Scheme are allocated teaching posts on a pupil teacher ratio (PTR) of 19:1. Posts are allocated to those...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: In the current school year there are 720 posts allocated in respect of Guidance Provision. The Guidance allocation is shown separately and transparently on the schools' staffing schedules. These posts have been ring-fenced so they can only be used for guidance activities and to meet the guidance needs of the school. The average cost of employing a post primary teacher is € 48,235....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Representation was received in my Department from this student and a response has issued directly. For your record, please see below copy of response that issued: Leaving Certificate Computer Science (LCCS) was introduced on a phased basis from September 2018 in 40 schools. The 40 schools involved in the phase 1 rollout of this new subject were selected following an open call to all schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that capital funding has been approved for the school in question to expand essential mainstream classroom accommodation, the project is currently devolved to the school authority. I can also confirm that my Department received an application in December 2019, to increase the size of an existing GP Hall, in the school. The immediate priority of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Leaving Certificate Computer Science (LCCS) was introduced on a phased basis from September 2018 in 40 schools. The 40 schools involved in the phase 1 rollout of this new subject were selected following an open call to all schools inviting them to express their interest in providing LCCS. Access to LCCS during phase 1 of the subject’s implementation is limited to students attending...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: It is currently anticipated that the project to which the Deputy refers will progress to tender stage later this year, with construction commencing early in 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The Department of Education and Skills and the Higher Education Authority have regular engagement with WIT in relation to its campus development plans. Due to commercial sensitivities associated with site acquisitions generally, I am unable to elaborate further on the issue raised.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 243 and 245 together. My Department is in the final stages of refinement of the new DEIS identification model, based on school enrolment data and the latest data available from Census 2016 under the HP Deprivation Index. Variables used in the compilation of the HP Index include those related to demographic growth, dependency ratios, education levels,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: My Department is in the final stages of refinement of the new DEIS identification model, based on school enrolment data and the latest data available from Census 2016 using the HP Deprivation Index. A detailed quality analysis of the data has been carried out by members of the DEIS Technical Group which contains representatives of the Department’s Statistics and Social Inclusion Units,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The school in question applied for roof works under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme and was approved funding in that respect. As this is a devolved scheme project, it is the school's responsibility to progress it. The Department does not have any record of receiving an Emergency Works Application in relation to the heating system at the school.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: It is the policy of my Department that all children with Special Educational Needs 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 interventions, delivered by fully...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department received an application, from the school in question, for capital funding for a PE Hall. The application was assessed and the school authority was informed that funding could not be approved, at this time, under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme. Under the National Development Plan (NDP), increased funding has been provided for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The Planning application to which the deputy refers was lodged with Dublin City Council on March 30th. The Department is aware of the need for temporary accommodation for this coming 2020/2021 academic school year and as such is working continually to provide same.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Visas Eligibility (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The main support available to students in third level education is the statutory based SUSI grant scheme. Under the terms of the student grant scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students who meet the prescribed conditions of funding including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. With regard to residency, in order to be eligible for a grant, a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD) provides financial support to higher education institutions to ensure that they are adequately resourced to offer supports and services to eligible students with disabilities so that they can access, fully participate in and successfully complete their chosen course of study. This includes students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department has commenced a review under the EU Commission's DG Reform Programme to look at increased sustainability in higher and further education, including an economic assessment of the funding options outlined in the Cassell's report. Pending the completion of this review my Department is not planning to amend the qualifying criteria of the Free Fees...