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

Jan O'Sullivan: The Department has acknowledged the condition of the prefabs at the school in question and in that regard a major project to deliver an extension, including the replacement of all temporary accommodation, and refurbishment of the existing school building is included in the 6-year Construction Programme announced in November 2015. The Deputy will appreciate that it is not possible to...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application to my Department for capital funding for works including the provision of additional school accommodation. The application is currently being considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as the assessment process has been concluded.

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that an application for additional accommodation by the school referred to by the Deputy has been assessed and I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school was approved funding on a devolved basis. This decision has recently been conveyed to the school authority.

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm to the Deputy that under my Department's 6 Year Capital Programme 2016 - 2021, major projects at five schools in County Tipperary are included to go to tender/construction during the lifetime of the Programme. In addition, my Department is currently assessing applications for essential classroom accommodation in a number of schools in County Tipperary. A decision on these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Mar 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tax Code (22 Mar 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy refers to the change in payment arrangements for Home Tuition. 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 the Department of Education and Skills. The...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The project for the School to which the Deputy refers is one of the research strands in the programme for the introduction of Nearly Zero Energy School Buildings. Nearly Zero-energy means a building that has a very high energy performance. The research and design stages for this school are substantially complete and the tender documentation is currently being finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (22 Mar 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy may be aware, the building project for the school to which he refers is included in the 6 year construction programme that I announced last November. Officials from my Department have worked closely with officials from Galway County Council under the Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of school sites towards procuring a suitable site for this building project....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Mar 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: School Enrolments (22 Mar 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board (ETB) has been considering the development of an Aonad at Ballinode College, Sligo. It was noted that there were likely to be capacity issues for a school with a second level enrolment of some 160 pupils in providing adequately for an Aonad, particularly given that the Commission on School Accommodation had recommended that a school should...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (22 Mar 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has no record of an application for funding from the school to which the Deputy refers to repair its lift. It is open to the school to use funding provided by my Department for its day to day running costs for this purpose. Otherwise, the school may apply to my Department for funding under the Emergency Works Grant Scheme. Details of how to apply for funding under this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (22 Mar 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The staffing arrangements for primary schools for the 2016/17 school year are set out in Department Circular 0007/2016 which is available on the Department website. An appeals process is available to small schools losing a classroom post in the event that they can show that their projected enrolments are sufficient to allow them to retain their classroom teacher in the longer term. Details of...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Scoil Phobail Community School, Clifden, County 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 completed the Department will be in contact with the school authorities in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Exemptions (22 Mar 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: Schools Refurbishment (22 Mar 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 455 and 487 together. As the Deputy is aware, a very significant grant was approved in principle for the school in question, in October 2013, for refurbishment works subject to certain conditions being met. In August 2015 my Department was in a position to issue final approval as the school had confirmed the specified conditions were now satisfied. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (22 Mar 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought by the Deputy is being compiled by the Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (22 Mar 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is the responsibility of each individual student to ensure that his/her application is submitted before the deadline. The national student grant awarding body, SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland), opened its online application system for the 2015/2016 academic year on 22 April 2015 with a closing date for receipt of applications of 5 November 2015. Late applications may be...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The project to deliver a new building for the school referred to by the Deputy was included in the list of projects recently announced to go to construction in 2019-2021. As the Deputy will be aware, officials in my Department have been working closely with officials from Meath County Council towards the acquisition of a permanent site to meet the needs of the school to which he refers. A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (22 Mar 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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 mainstream Primary and Post Primary schools and to Special Schools to assist children with special educational needs who also have additional and significant care needs....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (22 Mar 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The government 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. Since 2011, forty-five new schools have been established in areas...