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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has considered a proposal made by Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board to provide Irish-medium education at second level through establishing an Aonad in an existing school in County Sligo. My Department has advised that the proposal needs to be re-examined by the ETB to address a number of issues that could assist in facilitating delivery of Irish-medium...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: This Department provides capitation to schools which can be used for a number of purposes. It is normally used for mainstream education whether at primary or post primary. Schools would have discretion in relation to the funds. If a school chooses to become involved in the Foroige Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, it could allocate some of its capitation funding to this initiative. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Land Transfers (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Officials in my Department have recently forwarded to Meath County Council a valuation report in respect of the portion of land to which the Deputy refers. Department officials will liaise further with officials in Meath County Council in respect of the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the board of management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. Schools are required to take all reasonable precautions to provide training for teachers to ensure the safety and welfare of their pupils. In recognition of the responsibility which the Education Act has imposed on Boards of Management and the increasingly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department will respond to her directly in the coming days with the details of the schools concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school, referred to, submitted a Major Capital Application in 1998 which was not progressed however at that time. It is open to the school in question to submit a revised Major Capital Application, which is available on my Departments website at www.education.ie., for consideration by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 387, 395, 408 and 419 together. I can confirm to the Deputy that in 2014 my Department acquired 10 acres of land in the Claregalway area to provide for educational purposes. This is in addition to lands acquired in the area by the GRETB (Galway Roscommon Education & Training Board). A project for the school referred to is included in the 6 year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are recruited specifically to assist in the care of pupils with disabilities, in an educational context. They may be appointed to a special school or a mainstream national school to assist school authorities in making suitable provision for a pupil or pupils with special care needs arising from a disability. The first priority is that the care needs of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012. Administrative and operational issues such as those raised in the Deputy's question are day to day matters that are the responsibility of Caranua itself and I have no role in those matters. I have arranged to have the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 392 and 414 together. Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012. Administrative and operational issues such as those raised in the Deputies' questions are day to day matters that are the statutory responsibility of Caranua itself...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 393 and 394 together. My Department uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify where the pressure for school places will arise. The GIS uses data from the Central Statistics Office, Ordnance Survey Ireland, the Department of Social Protection and information from my Department's own databases. The outcome of the latest demographic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that applications are currently being assessed, commensurate with the level of funding available for the Summer Works Scheme, on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the governing Circular Letter for the Scheme. This Circular Letter (0055/2015), is available on my Department's website www.education.ie.It is my intention to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the policy of my Department is that children with special educational needs, including children with ASD, should be included where possible and appropriate in mainstream placements with additional supports provided. In circumstances where children with special educational needs require more specialised interventions, special school or special class places are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: A site option has been identified by my Department for the school referred to by the Deputy. Officials from my Department are liaising with officials from Fingal County Council in order to fully assess the technical feasibility of this site. Due to commercial sensitivities attaching to site acquisitions generally, I am unfortunately not in a position to provide further details at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The major building project for the School referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2(b),which includes the applications for the Fire Certificate and Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of Tender Documents. Planning permission has been secured. The school building project for this school was included on the 2012/16 five year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is estimated that 2 schools on the islands, where they are the only school on an island, would benefit from such a measure at a cost in order of €120,000 in a full year. Where it is feasible, schools with low enrolments on islands where there is more than one school of the same patronage should be encouraged to amalgamate. As I outlined in my previous reply, resources were limited...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Substance Abuse Prevention Education (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) is particularly important in regard to educating our young people about substance misuse both at primary at post-primary level. Through the SPHE curriculum the issue is dealt with in a sensitive, spiral and developmental manner. The Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) provides support for schools with all aspects of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating resource teaching hours to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support, which is set out in Spec Ed Circular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Administration (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that commensurate with the level of funding available for the Summer Works Scheme, applications are currently being assessed on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the governing Circular Letter for the Scheme. This Circular Letter (0055/2015), is available on my Department's website www.education.ie. It is my intention to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (26 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm to the Deputy that in 2014 my Department acquired 10 acres of land in the Claregalway area to provide for educational purposes. This is in addition to lands acquired in the area by the GRETB (Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board). A project for the school referred to is included in the 6 year construction programme that I announced last November. I can confirm that...