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

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: 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: Summer Works Scheme Applications (22 Mar 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 485 and 497 together. 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...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually on the website of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 arrangements for the coming school...

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

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The project at the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of the tender process for the provision of a new School and demolition of the existing building. The 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 relation to the...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware, a project to facilitate the amalgamation of two post primary schools at the location in question, is included in the 6 Year Construction Programme that I announced last November and is scheduled to proceed to tender and construction in 2018. My Department is in ongoing contact with the school authorities in relation to initiating the architectural planning process...

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 the...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the first named school referred to by the Deputy in the details supplied has recently submitted an application to my Department for major capital funding. A decision on the application will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as the application has been considered. In relation to the second named school, a project for this school is included in the 6 Year...

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 a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school annually, taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support. The NCSE operates within my Department's...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department website. The Deputy will be aware that I have made provision in Budget 2016 for some 2,260 additional teaching posts for...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that an extension to the first named school referred to in the details supplied by the Deputy was completed in recent years and I understand that all snags were remedied to the school's satisfaction. My Department has since provided a grant to the school to widen footpaths and install ramps and has no record of funding having been allocated to the school and then being...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department's Emergency Works Grant Scheme, the school in question applied for a range of works including ramps, railings, automatic front doors, a designated wheelchair car parking spot and widened footpaths to enable a special needs pupil to attend the school. Funding was approved for these works last February. In addition to this, funding for an enlarged classroom and a resource...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department officials continue to work closely with the school authorities to ensure sufficient suitable accommodation is in place for Douglas/Rochestown Educate Together National School for the 2016/2017 school year. In this regard, my Department has recently lodged a planning application to provide additional accommodation for the school. It is envisaged that, subject to planning...

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 Douglas Rochestown Educate Together National school is included in the 6 year construction programme that I announced last November. Officials from my Department have worked closely with officials from Cork County Council under the Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of school sites to procure a suitable site for this building...

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...