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

Joe McHugh: A project that is being funded under the Department’s Additional Accommodation Scheme has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. This project, which proceeded to site last summer, provides, inter alia,for 8 general classrooms, guidance rooms, special education needs classrooms, computer rooms, a staff room, a general purpose room, a science lab, and ancillary...

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

Joe McHugh: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

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

Joe McHugh: The Maternity Leave Scheme for teachers is contained in Chapter 2 of my Department’s Circular 54/2019 titled ‘Leave Schemes for Registered Teachers employed in Recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools’. The current provisions for breastfeeding breaks are set out in Paragraph 19 of the Maternity Leave Scheme which states:- “19.1 Within a 104 week period after...

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

Joe McHugh: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of surplus permanent and CID teachers to other schools where vacancies exist. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to vacant teaching positions is key to the Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget. Under these redeployment arrangements, teachers that are redeployed retain...

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

Joe McHugh: Supports for childcare, including pre-school education, are provided by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA). The principal vehicle for the delivery of pre-school education is the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Scheme which provides early childhood care and education for children of pre-school age. I would like to advise the Deputy that queries in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disabilities Data (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 306 together. My Department's policy is to ensure that all children with special educational needs can be provided with an education appropriate to their needs. Where possible, provision is made for the inclusive education of children with special educational needs. Department policy is that children with special educational needs should be included...

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

Joe McHugh: I would like to inform the Deputy that the school in question has been approved Emergency Works funding for roof repairs. As this is a devolved project it is a matter for the school authority to progress the works.

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

Joe McHugh: My Department currently spends approximately €1.9 Billion or €1 in every five of its total current educational and training budget annually on making additional provision for children with special educational needs, including those with Autism. This represents an increase of over 50% in total expenditure since 2011, at which point €1.247 Billion per annum was provided....

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

Joe McHugh: My Department provides capitation funding for all recognised primary schools which is dealt with on a per capita basis. The two main grants are the capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance and general up-keep in schools and the ancillary services grant to cater for the cost of employing services staff. Schools are permitted to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: There have been a total of 23 Protected Disclosures made from 2014 to date. This figure relates to Protected Disclosures made under Section 8 of the Act from workers in the Education sector. The attached table gives a breakdown by year of the number of Protected Disclosures made under Section 8 of the Act, the number which have been concluded and the number which are ongoing. Protected...

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

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) published a Report on the Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in primary and post-primary schools in December 2019. The review involved extensive consultation between June 2018 and October 2019. Key recommendations from the review included the following: - in the short term the NCCA would begin work on interim...

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

Joe McHugh: It is understood that the Deputy is referring to a provision in Circular 0030/2014 regarding the allocation of SNA support and the associatic periodic review of student care needs. This provision has been superceded by new arragements for the allocation of SNAs to schools. In this regard, schools have been notified of the arrangements for the allocation of SNA support in respect of...

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

Joe McHugh: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System, using data from a range of sources, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. With this information, my Department carries out nationwide demographic exercises to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: In accordance with section 34(4) of the Technological Universities Act 2018 on 30 September 2019 the Minister for Education and Skills wrote to the applicant institutes Cork IT and IT Tralee confirming his proposed decision to postpone the granting of the institutes’ application seeking the making of an order under section 36 of the Act for the establishment of a technological...

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

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise that my Department is committed to the provision of a new building for the school to which the Deputy refers. A new site is required to faciliate this and my Department is exploring a potential option in this regard. It is therefore not possible, at this point, to indicate a timeline for the construction of a new school building. The school authorities will be kept updated on...

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

Joe McHugh: Ensuring that every child has a suitable school placement is a key objective of my Department. Significant resources are allocated each year to ensure that appropriate supports are available for children with special educational needs. Since 2011, the number of special classes in mainstream schools has increased almost threefold, from 548 to 1,618 for the 2019/2020 school year; with 1,353 of...

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

Joe McHugh: Ensuring that every child has a suitable school placement is a key objective of my Department. Significant resources are allocated each year to ensure that appropriate supports are available for children with special educational needs. Since 2011, the number of special classes in mainstream schools has increased almost threefold, from 548 to 1,618 for the 2019/2020 school year; with 1,353 of...

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

Joe McHugh: The Civil Service Mobility Scheme comes under the remit of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and is administered through HR Shared Services. According to information available to my Department, the person in question applied on 27th August 2018 for a transfer to Zone 16, which includes a number of Departments, of which one is my Department's Athlone office. I further...

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

Joe McHugh: The redeployment arrangements is the first method used to fill vacancies in the primary school system. Permanent teaching vacancies at primary level are filled, in the first instance, by permanent/CID holding teachers that are surplus in their own schools. Any transfer from one panel to another can only be done by agreement of both Patrons.

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

Joe McHugh: My Departments July Provision Scheme provides funding for an extended school year for students with a severe/profound general learning disability and/or students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The scheme was developed to reduce potential regression in learning associated with these specific categories of special education needs over the summer holidays. The National Council for...