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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: 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: School Patronage (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has prioritised a more pluralist system of patronage for our schools. In this regard, new arrangements were put in place in 2011 for the establishment of new primary and post-primary schools. These arrangements give parents an opportunity to express their preference for the type of new school to be established. Thirty-six new schools have opened under this new process since...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provided a purpose built building for the school in question in 2008. My Department, therefore, has no plans to replace this building. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools, in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking places. In this regard, my Department is aware that there is existing capacity in primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The teacher in question completed her Higher Diploma in Education in 2014 and became eligible to register as a qualified teacher. As her first appointment as a qualified teacher was after 2012 the pay scale that applies in this case is the 2012 pay scales. Any service the teacher had prior to completing the Higher Diploma in Education was unqualified and therefore not considered when...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that a major building project for the school to which he refers was included on the six-year Construction Plan announced last November and is expected to proceed to construction in 2019-2021. The Design Team has been appointed and my Department will continue its engagement with the school in the context of progressing the project.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Furniture Provision (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that my Department has approved funding for furniture to the school referred to by the Deputy. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding in respect of furniture and fittings is included in the overall grant amount allocated for all new school accommodation. An additional grant is also approved in respect of loose furniture for each school in receipt of additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has made arrangements for the controlled pedestrian crossings to be installed as per the planning permission conditions. The specification for the pedestrian crossing has been finalised and suitable specialist subcontractors have been engaged. Preparations are at an advanced stage and work will commence on the ground shortly.

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application to my Department for additional school accommodation. I am pleased to announce that an approval letter issued recently to the school in question in respect of this application.

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Staff (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy refers to the change in payment arrangements for the Home Tuition scheme administered by my Department. First, I want to clarify that under the Home Tuition Scheme, home tutors have always been engaged by the parents/guardian of the child who is to receive tuition. The change in payment arrangements has not altered this. Home tutors do not have a contractual relationship with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that additional teaching supports for pupils with special education needs is provided in two ways. In primary schools, under the General Allocation Model (GAM) of teaching supports, schools are resourced to cater for pupils whose educational psychological assessment places them in the high incidence, or less complex, disability category. All mainstream primary...

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: Departmental Funding (6 Apr 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland (SAVI) Report, launched in 2002 was funded by Atlantic Philanthropies with additional funding from the Department of Health and Children and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. While recognising the importance of this valuable study unfortunately my Department is not in a position to fund the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre to conduct a...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Scoil na bhForbacha is at an advanced stage of the tender process for the provision of a new 8 Classroom School and demolition of the existing building. The tender report for the project was recently submitted to the Department and is currently being assessed. When the assessment is complete the Department will be in contact with the school authorities in relation to the further progression...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Mar 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 433 and 501 together. I am not aware of any issues with the tendering process for the new post-primary school campus for Maynooth. The project has been tendered. The Tender Report was recently received and is currently being examined in my Department. Due to commercial sensitivities, I am not in a position to provide details of the tenders. The local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (22 Mar 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: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Mar 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department uses a Geographical Information System to identify the areas under increased demographic pressure nationwide. The system uses data from the Central Statistics Office, Ordnance Survey Ireland, the Department of Social Protection and information from the Department's own databases. With this information, my Department carries out nationwide demographic exercises to determine...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (22 Mar 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...