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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is assessing an application, for capital funding for additional accommodation, from the school in question. A decision will be relayed to the school authority shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is in the process of being devolved to Waterford & Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB) for delivery. The acquisition of a site to facilitate the construction of permanent accommodation for the school is at an advanced stage of the conveyancing process. Due to commercial and legal sensitivities relating to site...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy, firstly, that in relation to the provision of additional teaching support for the child referred to in this question, that DES Circular 007/2019 for primary schools and 008/2019 for post primary schools, set out the details of the model for allocating special education teachers to schools. The Special Education Teaching allocation provides a single unified...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: In April 2018, the Government announced plans for the establishment of 42 new schools over the four years from 2019 to 2022, including a new 800 pupil post-primary school to be established in 2020 to serve the Goatstown_Stillorgan_DLR school planning area as a regional solution . The successful patrons of the six new post-primary schools to be established in 2020, including the new school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The permanent buildings for the schools referred to by the Deputy are being delivered under my Department's Design & Build Programme. Architectural planning for these schools is at an early stage. Following design development the next stage in the process is an application to the relevant Local Authority for planning permission. The planning permission process will be a key factor...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Review (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The DEIS programme allows for a reduced class size in Urban Band 1 primary schools with the application of a preferential staffing schedule to these schools of 20:1 at junior classes and 24:1 at senior classes to support those students at the highest risk of educational disadvantage. As the Deputy may be aware, DEIS Plan acknowledges the allocation of teaching resources to DEIS primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: Students with disabilities are one of the target groups identified in the National Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education (NAP). Various access supports are available to students with disabilities such as: - The Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD) allocates funding to further and higher education colleges for the provision of services and supports to students with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Recruitment (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the deputy is attached in tabular format.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department has been in contact with the school authority in question. The school has been requested to provide further information and the matter can be considered further when this has been received.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: A building project for the school referred to by the deputy is included in the Department of Education & Skills’ Construction Programme which is being delivered under the National Development Plan. This building project will provide a 16-classroom school on the existing school site. A new Design Team had to be appointed in 2018, as the brief was increased from 8 classrooms due...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Migrant Integration (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: In terms of specific project funding, €370,000 for a Migrant Integration project, run by City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB), was approved by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in the 2016 Dormant Accounts Action Plan, at the request of my Department. This year, in its submission to the Department for Rural and Community Development, my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The permanent project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design & Build Programme. Key factors that can impact on the timeline for any new school project are the availability of a site and the planning permission process for the new school building. A site was identified and will be available for this new school. This has enabled the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Co-operation (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: This cross-border pilot project was funded from the Reconciliation Fund, which is managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. If this project was extended to 100 similar projects, I would estimate the cost to that Department would amount approximately to €2.1 million.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising Data (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Department of Education Skills has not used advertising as a method of communicating in respect of the UK’s exit from the European Union. The Department has kept its stakeholders and partners informed of education-related matters in this regard through its regular communications channels with stakeholders and partners. These include electronic mail, mailings to schools,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: As requested, please see table below outlining the funding both current and capital provided to higher education in each of the years 2017 to 2020. - 2017 2018 2019 2020 Outturn Outturn Post Supplementary revised estimate Provisional Revised Estimate €'000 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: In 2019 my Department will spend in the region of €125 million on the 891 schools participating in the programme and serving in excess of 185,000 children. The full list of supports available to DEIS schools is available on my Department's website at the following link . It is not possible to definitively provide the total cost of expanding the DEIS programme in order to cover 50% more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home School Community Liaison Scheme (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: All DEIS Urban Primary and DEIS Post Primary schools are included in the Home School Community Liaison Scheme (HSCL). The scheme is delivered by 415 full-time HSCL Coordinators who are teachers in these schools and assigned to HSCL duties either in individual schools or clusters of schools, catering for approximately 156,000 pupils. The estimated staffing costs of the HSCL scheme for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: I understand the importance of small schools and I hosted a Small Schools Symposium in June attended by the relevant Education Partners to discuss issues of concern to small schools. Securing the future of small schools is a priority for me as Minister for Education and Skills. Budget 2020 has provided for improved teacher staffing levels for small schools. This measure will see a more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Excellence Fund (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The School Excellence Fund (SEF) is an innovation of my Department which enables schools to participate in innovative programmes which are context-specific and aimed at improving learning outcomes for young people. Projects associated with the School Excellence Fund already established include ; School Excellence Fund DEIS SEF DEIS is designed to ensure that innovative approaches and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (18 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: There are 124 special schools providing specialist education for approximately 7,500 pupils annually with over 1,400 teachers. Budget 2020 provides for an additional 23 teaching posts for special schools, designed to meet expected increases in enrolments in 2020, providing over 8,000 pupil places in special schools. It also provides for the continued provision of administrative deputy...