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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: Íoctar ráta caighdeánach an deontais chaipitíochta, is é sin  €179 do gach dalta, le gach bunscoil seachas Gaelscoileanna atá lonnaithe lasmuigh de cheantair Ghaeltachta mar a mbíonn €23.00 sa bhreis ar an ngnáthráta deontais ar fáil do gach dalta. Tarlaíonn a leithéid chun spreagadh breise a thabhairt do...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that the current status of building projects being delivered by my Department may be viewed on my Department's website, www.education.ie. Large scale projects, including new schools, being delivered under the school building programme are listed by county along with school name and address. The current status of each school project is also provided and is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that my Department has recently issued approval, in writing, to the school authority in question, to proceed to the design phase of a building project.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application, for grant aid, under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme from the school authority in question.  Once the assessment process has been completed my Department will contact the school authority directly with a decision.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015, the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority and responsibility for the registration of teachers. Teachers whose applications meet all the necessary requirements are registered by the Teaching Council under Section 31 of the Teaching Council Act and the Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations 2016. The person referred to by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The process to secure a location for a higher education campus in Wexford, which is being led by IT Carlow, is ongoing. IT Carlow is a member of the Technological University For South East Ireland (TUSEI) consortium, and it is envisaged that the Wexford campus would form part of the multi-campus TU.  ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The purpose of the Home Tuition Grant Scheme is to provide funding towards the provision of a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of specific reasons, are unable to attend school. Home tuition is not an alternative to a school placement and is provided in very limited a Home Tuition grant funding for the applicant referred to by the Deputy, has been extended to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The provision of education for children with special needs, including those with Autism, is an ongoing priority for Government.  Currently, almost 20% of the total Education Vote or €1.9bn is invested in supporting children with special needs. Since 2011 investment in Special Education supports has increased by 50%, which is significantly above the 7% increase in total student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below.  This Table reflects actual expenditure of Projects under the Summer Works Scheme and not the value of approvals sanctioned by my Department as some of these approved projects have not commenced construction. Year 2016 Expenditure 2017 Expenditure 2018 Expenditure ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: Schemes were initiated in 1978 and 1979 for the employment of clerical officers and caretakers in schools.  The schemes were withdrawn completely in 2008.  These schemes have been superseded by the capitation grant schemes.  The current grant scheme was agreed in the context of the Programme for Economic and Social Progress, published in 1991.  The majority of primary and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Recruitment (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm that neither the Minister of State with special responsibility for Higher Education at my Department, Mary Mitchell O'Connor T.D., nor her officials, have canvassed the President of a higher education institution on behalf of a job applicant. My Department respects the autonomy of the institutions with regard to their day to day operations, including the filling of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions Governance (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: A report setting out a number of alleged shortfalls in governance and oversight in the Institute referred to by the Deputy was submitted to the Department in December 2018. Issues such as those raised in the report are, in the first instance, subject to assessment and examination by the Department, working closely with the Higher Education Authority (HEA). In that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The building project for the school in question is included in my Department’s Construction Programme which is being delivered under the National Development Plan. This project is one of the school building projects on my Department’s ADAPT 2 (Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning & Tendering) Programme. My Department has completed the process of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department received an application for capital funding from the school referred to by the Deputy in 2017 for the provision of four SET rooms.  The application was unsuccessful at that time as it was deemed that the school had sufficient accommodation. My Department will now review the school's long term accommodation requirements and will be in contact with the school authority shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fire Safety (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 199 and 200 together. My Department has recently approved funding for a Fire Safety Assessment to be carried out at the school to which the Deputy refers. My Department will consider the outcome of this assessment as soon as it is received.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school to which he refers is included in my Department's Capital Programme to be delivered as part of the National Development Plan. The school authority has recently advised my Department that the legal elements associated with the site portfolio have now been executed and are ready for lodgement with the Property...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The building project referred to by the deputy is included in my Department’s Construction Programme which is being delivered under the National Development Plan. The project is currently working through the architectural planning process at Stage 2a (Developed Design) where the preferred option design is developed to a stage where the project is fully cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: A building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department's Construction Programme which is being delivered under the National Development Plan. The project is currently out to tender, with tenders due back in mid December. Once the tenders are returned the Design Team will prepare and submit a tender report to my Department for assessment. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The school referred to by the Deputy has been approved funding for a project, under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme 2019, for one special education teaching room.  A separate project, approved under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme, to extend the GP room and allow for roof repairs has been incorporated into this project.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: The major building project for the school referred to by the deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2b (Detailed Design).  The Stage 2(b) submission has been reviewed by my Department and comments have issued to the school and its Design Team. At the end of September the project was authorised to commence the pre-qualification of contractors’...