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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (21 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 105 to 107, inclusive, together. 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 local authorities in addition to the Department's own school enrolment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The major building project for the school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of architectural planning – Stage 2b, which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Cert, Disability Access Cert and the preparation of Tender Documents. The school are currently awaiting the completion of the transfer of land from a third party which is required for access...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no record of receiving a recent application for additional accommodation from the school in question. My Department's last contact with the school was in 2014 when the school indicated that it was to make a decision on whether it intended proceeding with an application for additional accommodation.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data (21 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: This information is held by SOLAS who manage the apprenticeship programme. SOLAS are compiling the information and will forward it to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (21 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: A dedicated continuing professional development (CPD) service for schools, Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT), was established by my Department in 2013 to provide effective support to schools in the context of their implementation of the Framework for Junior Cycle. Support is available from JCT to all post-primary schools, special schools and centres for education offering the Junior Cycle. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (21 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department's student grant scheme, eligible candidates may receive funding provided they are attending an approved course at an approved institution as defined in the scheme. The definition of an approved institution is set out in Section 7 of the Student Support Act 2011 and Regulation 3 of the Student Support Regulations 2016. There are no plans to amend the definition of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (21 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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 exercises, based on the GIS, is that on 17th November 2015, I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has a statutory role under the Education of Persons with Special Educational Needs Act to provide me with policy advice in relation to matters concerning the education of persons with special educational needs. The NCSE published policy advice in 2013 which identified that the current model for allocating resource...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The project to which the Deputy refers has been tendered. An assessment of the Tender Report is at an advanced stage in the Department. The project has been devolved for delivery to the Kildare and Wicklow Education Training Board and contact will be made with it directly with regard to the next steps in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has made an application to my Department for significant capital funding for the provision of additional classroom and ancillary school accommodation. As the Deputy will appreciate, due to the competing demands on my Department's capital budget, my Department's focus at this time is on the need to prioritise available funding towards the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has made an application to my Department for funding for capital works. Further details relevant to the application were requested from the school. On receipt of that information the application can be considered further with a decision conveyed to the school authority in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Furniture Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: There is currently no specific programme funding that schools can draw down for ICT upgrades. Schools may however choose to spend Capitation funding on ICT equipment. The new Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020 (Enhancing Teaching, Learning & Assessment), launched in October 2015, sets out a clear vision for the role of ICT in teaching, learning and assessment in primary and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oibreacha Feabhsúcháin do Scoileanna (20 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I gcomhréir leis an leibhéal maoinithe atá ar fáil don Scéim Oibreacha Samhraidh, déantar iarratais a mheas ar bhonn ó bharr anuas de réir na gcritéar um beartú tosaíochta a leagtar amach i gCiorclán Rialaithe na Scéime. Tá an Ciorclán seo (0055/2015) ar fáil ar shuíomh gréasáin mo Roinne...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (20 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that my Department has received correspondence from the club referred to by the Deputy. This correspondence is under consideration and a response will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing arrangements for the 2016/17 school year (Circular 0007/2016) is available on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (20 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: For student grants purposes, students are categorised according to their circumstances either as students dependent on parents or a legal guardian, or as independent mature students. A student may be assessed as an independent student if he/she has attained the age of 23 on the 1st of January of the year of first entry to an approved course or on re-entry to an approved course following a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The emergency works grant application from the school to which the Deputy refers is under consideration. As soon as a decision is taken the school authorities will be notified directly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to confirm that my Department is currently collating the information requested by the Deputy and this will be forwarded to him as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school annually taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support enrolled in the school. Where children have significant care needs whereby they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, I announced details in November 2015, of the major school building projects that are scheduled to proceed to construction over the next six years, as part of the Government's €2.8 billion capital investment programme. A new post primary school for the area to which the Deputy refers was included in this announcement. My Department has commenced the process of...