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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Places (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is an operational matter for SOLAS who manage the apprenticeship programme. I am informed by SOLAS that the apprenticeship management system is designed to automatically call apprentices by location, trade, and training phase on a longest waiting basis on the day of scheduling to the nearest available Education and Training Board and/or Institute of Technology. While every effort is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, the project for the school referred to, is included in the 6 Year Construction Programme that I announced on 17th November last and is scheduled to proceed to tender and construction in 2017. I understand that the arrangements for the acquisition of a site, by the Patron, for the school project concerned are being finalised. Assuming no issues arise, once the site...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (2 Feb 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 prioritization criteria outlined in the governing Circular Letter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Currently, over 90% of students choose history although it is compulsory in only half our schools. Curriculum choice is important in motivating students to learn and to remain in school to completion of senior cycle. Schools across all sectors offer History. History teachers attract students to their subject through their own love and passion for History, and by engaging the natural...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The major building project for the school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of architectural planning – Stage 2b, which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Cert, Disability Access Cert and the preparation of Tender Documents. A shortlist of prequalified contractors has been selected. All relevant statutory approvals have been obtained and the Design...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is due to meet with representatives of the school to which he refers to discuss their accommodation needs.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm to the Deputy that students who are attending an approved undergraduate course in an EU Member State, can apply for a maintenance grant in respect of an approved course which is being pursued in an approved institution. The student grant scheme does not extend to postgraduate courses pursued outside of Ireland. In transferring back to Ireland after year one, a student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Since the beginning of the financial crisis, there has been a need to enact a number of measures to reduce public expenditure. The previous Government reduced the salaries and allowances payable of all new entrants to public service recruitment grades (including teachers) by 10% with effect from 1 January 2011 and required that such new entrants would start on the first point of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: A review has been carried out on the salary and service of the person referred to by the Deputy and an official from my Department will contact her directly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Total capital funding provided to the primary and post-primary sectors from 2013 to 2015 is identified on a county basis in the following table. Capital funding provided to the primary and post-primary sectors Sligo 4,743,524 2,777,777 3,505,182 Tipperary 10,555,075 13,113,050 13,793,015 Waterford 4,657,083 13,771,966 12,602,010 Westmeath 4,507,604 7,837,918 9,255,188...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The State Examinations Commission operates the scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the Certificate Examinations (RACE). In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: All applications for a maintenance grant are means tested based on the reckonable income for the previous tax year. Article 32 of the Student Grant Scheme allows for the review of eligibility during the academic year, if there is a permanent change in circumstance, relating to a number of events including a drop in reckonable income which is likely to obtain for the duration of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in the area. Parents can choose which school to apply to and where the school has places available the pupil...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy is aware that the Teaching Council were asked to examine and advise on entry requirements to programmes of initial teacher education including the Gaeltacht entry scheme to the Bachelor of Education. The existing Gaeltacht entry scheme allows for the reservation of up to 10% of places in the colleges of education are reserved for Gaeltacht applicants. To qualify as a Gaeltacht...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I assume the Deputy is referring to primary schools. The amount of grant paid to an individual primary school for capitation and ancillary services is determined by the school's enrolment, subject to a minimum grant for both capitation and ancillary services in respect of schools with enrolments up to 60, and a maximum ancillary services grant in the case of schools with enrolments of 500...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I assume the Deputy is referring to primary schools. The following table outlines the overall expenditure of capitation and ancillary grants at primary level for the years 2011 to 2015. A more detailed breakdown of this data for each of the circa. 3,300 schools for each of the years in question is a resource intensive process and is therefore not readily available to be provided to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of the tender process. The letter of intent issued to the preferred tenderer in late November 2015. My Department is currently awaiting the return of the completed supplementary tender report and when this is received and considered my Department will revert directly to the school regarding progression of the project to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The State Examinations Commission operates the scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the Certificate Examinations (RACE). In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Since 2006, under the Teaching Council Act 2001 the Teaching Council is the body with statutory responsibility and authority for regulation of the teaching profession including the registration of teachers. Teachers are registered under the Teaching Council [Registration] Regulations 2009. The Teaching Council recognises undergraduate Montessori qualifications (Level 8 on the National...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (2 Feb 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is an operational matter for SOLAS. I am informed by SOLAS that the total number of beneficiaries that participated on Traineeships in 2015, up to the period ending 30th September, is 3,232. SOLAS, in conjunction with the various ETBs, is in the process of preparing its 2016 annual service plan and is not is a position to estimate the number who will participate in a traineeship in 2016...