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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 658 and 742 together. Since 2011 new schools are established where the current and projected future demographics of an area require it. In identifying the requirement for additional school places, my Department uses a Geographical Information System to identify the areas under increased demographic pressure nationwide. The system uses data from the Central...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As a consequence of the financial crisis, there was a need to enact a number of measures to reduce public expenditure so as to stabilise the country's public finances. The previous Government decided to reduce the salaries and allowances payable to all new entrants to public service recruitment grades (including teachers) by 10% with effect from 1 January 2011. This decision also required...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The cost of increasing the capitation grant from €170 to €180 per pupil in primary schools would be €5.7million. I have previously indicated that education should be prioritised for investment in the coming years, and I believe that increasing the staffing and funding of our schools should be priorities for such investment.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's policy is to promote a child-centred approach to education of all children with special educational needs including those with autism. This policy is based on research and evidence outlined in the report of the Irish Task Force on Autism (2001) and the Evaluation of Educational Provision for Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (2006), both of which are available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that a project for the school to which he refers was included in my Department's 6 Year Capital Programme which I announced last November. The project will be progressed with a view to proceeding to tender and construction stages in 2018, as outlined in the programme. In that regard, I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department met with the school authority in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: With regard to the Deputy's specific query, I can confirm that persons in receipt of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) are not precluded from qualifying for the "Student Universal Support Ireland Maintenance Grant", provided they meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. HAP was introduced as an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 664 and 704 together. The policy of my Department is that children with special educational needs 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 also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department. Officials of my Department have requested the Higher Education Authority to collate this information and it will be forwarded to the Deputy when available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Currently there are a range of supports available to learners accessing educational opportunities in County Kildare. Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB), as the largest education and training provider in the area, supports learners across a range of life long learning programmes through ETB Community National Schools, Second Level Schools, Post Leaving Certificate Courses...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on the Department's website. 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 process includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (14 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 Accommodation Provision (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, the school concerned submitted a proposal through its Patron to relocate the school within the Portlaoise area to meet its long term accommodation needs. In that regard, my Department has undertaken a technical site visit to examine the proposed alternative location. In addition, my Department has met with the NCSE (National Council for Special Education) to discuss...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent and CID holding teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The published redeployment arrangements, available on the Department website, sets out that where a school is due to have a teaching post suppressed, it is the most junior permanent/CID holding teacher in the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 671, 682 and 706 together. In order to qualify for tuition fee funding, students must be first-time undergraduates, hold inter alia EU/EEA/Swiss nationality in their own right, and have been ordinarily resident in an EU/EEA/Swiss state for at least three of the five years preceding their entry to an approved third level course. Where students do not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has received a request from the Patron body of the school in question to operate an additional junior infant stream. The request is currently being considered and my Department will convey a decision to the Patron when this process has been concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The State Examinations Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the Certificate Examinations. Full details of the scheme are available from their website: www.examinations.ie/candidates/reasonableaccommodations In view of this I have forwarded...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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 post primary schools. The Strategy is focused on realising the potential of digital technologies to transform the learning experiences of students by helping them become...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Proposed Legislation (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998. This enrolment policy must be non-discriminatory and must be applied fairly in respect of all applicants. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021 programme, which was announced on 29 September 2015, provides for an investment of €4 billion in the Education sector through direct exchequer provision and the PPP programme. In excess of €3 billion of this investment is in respect of the school sector with in the order of 75% of this amount will be spent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff Appeals Mechanism (14 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on the Department's website. 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 process includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit an...