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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Foirne Scoile (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Foilsítear na critéir a úsáidtear chun múinteoirí a leithdháileadh ar scoileanna ar shuíomh idirlín na Roinne Oideachais agus Scileanna gach bliain. Is é an príomhchritéar lena gcinntear an leibhéal acmhainní foirnithe a sholáthraítear ag leibhéal na scoile aonair ná an sceideal foirnithe don...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department provides capitation funding to all recognised primary schools. Where a school uses the grant funding to employ a secretary or caretaker, such staff are employees of individual schools. My Department therefore does not have any role in determining the pay and conditions under which they are engaged. These are matters to be agreed between the staff concerned and the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has submitted an application for additional funding in respect of its building project to provide a mainstream classroom and two resource rooms. The application is currently being examined and when a decision has been made the school will be notified accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has no record of receiving an application from the school to which he refers under the Summer Works Scheme 2016/2017. It is open to the school to make an application under the Emergency Works Grant Scheme for the works outlined. Any such application will be considered in the context of the terms and conditions of that Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 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 autism, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that a site acquisition process for Shellybanks Educate Together National School is underway. However, due to commercial sensitivities associated with site acquisitions generally, I am not in a position to provide further details, but I can assure you that the patron body, Educate Together, will be informed of the location for the school as soon as it is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application from the school in question under the Summer Works Scheme. Commensurate with the level of funding available for the Scheme, applications including that from the school concerned, will be assessed on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the governing Circular Letter for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (6 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application from the school in question under the Summer Works Scheme. Commensurate with the level of funding available for the Scheme, applications including that from the school concerned, will be assessed on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the governing Circular Letter for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 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 resource teaching support to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. The NCSE has published details of the resource teaching allocations...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (6 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: Summer Works Scheme Applications (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application from the school in question under the Summer Works Scheme. Commensurate with the level of funding available for the Scheme, applications including that from the school concerned, will be assessed on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the governing Circular Letter for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (6 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The matters to which the Deputy refers are currently under consideration in my Department. The project is being delivered by the local authority and as soon as a decision has been taken the local authority will be notified directly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The contract for the development of the school to which the Deputy refers has been awarded to JJ Rhatigan and Co., Wolfe Tone House, Fr Griffin Road, Galway.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Scoil Phobail Community School, Clifden, Co Galway is at an advanced stage of the tender process for the provision of a new School and demolition of the existing building. The supplementary tender report for the project was recently submitted to the Department and is currently being reviewed. When the review is complete the Department will be in contact with the school authorities in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Food Allergies (6 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. It is a matter for each individual school to devise its own policies around the types of food that are permissible on the school premises and such policies should be driven by the needs and welfare of the pupils. In that regard, it is important that all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (6 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: Special Educational Needs (6 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 Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. The criteria by which SNA support is allocated to pupils is set...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The mechanism to apply for funding for the type of works to which the Deputy refers is the Summer Works Scheme. My Department has no record of an application from the school in question under the Summer Works Scheme 2016/17. The school may use its minor works grant to carry out the works in full or on a phased basis as that grant permits if the school considers them to be a priority.