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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Courses Availability (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Universities and Institutes of Technology are autonomous institutions within the meaning of the Universities Act 1997 and the Institutes of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006. The management of their academic affairs, including the selection and delivery of courses are matters for individual institutions. All universities and institutes of technology receive a block grant from the Higher Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) will be engaging with schools for 2016/17 school year in order to plan for, and to open, new special classes, in order to ensure there are sufficient placements available to meet demand in an area. Although a SENO has been assigned to the school in question the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (28 Jan 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 for the works referred to. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school to which the Deputy refers applied for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme (EWG) for repairs to a retaining wall. As the scope of works was considered to be outside the terms of this scheme, the application was refused. The school submitted an appeal and this is currently under consideration. The Board of Management will be notified as soon as a decision has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Total capital funding expended in County Louth and County Meath in primary and post primary schools for the years 2010 to 2015 are provided in the following table. Details of expenditure on a constituency basis are only available on receipt of school names and roll numbers. 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Louth €20,728,749 €20,490,346 €16,003,027 €12,285,573...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 8th December 2015 my Department officials met with the school authority and their design team to determine what issues, including the decant requirements, remain to be addressed in the design stages and the most effective means of addressing those issues. The BoM and their Design Team are required to revert to the Department with proposals for consideration. This project was included...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an early stage of architectural planning, Stage 2a - Developed Design Stage. The Stage 2a Report has recently been received and is currently being reviewed by my Department. Following this review, and subject to no issues arising, the project will be authorised to progress to Stage 2b – Detailed Design Stage,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 320 and 321 together. Arising from the economic downturn, the number of SNAs available for allocation was capped in September 2011 at 10,575. In December 2013, this cap was revised to 10,745 posts and was revised again in December 2014 to 10,965 posts. In Budget 2015, a further 365 SNA posts were provided to the end of 2015, bringing the total number of SNA...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government is committed to ensure greater diversity of choice in school provision. Since 2013, 8 new primary schools have opened under the patronage divesting process. My officials are continuing to work intensively with the main stakeholders to ensure delivery of choice in the other identified areas for 2016 and beyond. I have stated previously that this process needs to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school to which the Deputy refers recently submitted additional information relating to an application for funding for works at the school. This information is currently being examined and the school will be notified of the outcome as soon as a decision has been made.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Veterinary Qualifications (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Veterinary Council is the relevant Competent Authority in Ireland for Veterinary Surgeons and will be able to advise the person in question on the recognition of their professional qualifications and their ability to practice in the State. Further details are available from the Authority's website .

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Labour Court Recommendations (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware, in the context of measures necessary to restore order to the public finances, Government pay policy has been consistent in its approach to the processing of cost-increasing pay claims. Accordingly, non-binding Labour Court Recommendations which will result in a pay increase, such as those referred to by the Deputy, are precluded from implementation. This was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department does not hold information on the numbers of pupils in individual schools who currently occupy prefabs as this depends on the organisation of class groups by schools within available accommodation and may vary from year to year. As the Deputy will appreciate, the overall policy goal of my Department is to ensure the highest standard of permanent accommodation for all schools....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware in more recent years there has been a greater devolution of autonomy for smaller scale projects to individual schools. The autonomy already given to schools to manage small scale capital works should be continued. However, it does not appear feasible to extend to schools autonomy over the management of large scale capital works. Given the limited budget available,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 328 and 329 together. As the Deputy may be aware, the first full iteration of the ILEP (the Interim List of Eligible Programmes - the list of education programmes considered to justify the granting of permission to students to live and work in Ireland) was published by the Department of Justice and Equality on 20th January 2016. In order to be listed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Total capital funding expended on a county basis in the primary and post-primary sectors from 2011 to 2015 are provided on the following table. I would further advise the Deputy that information on the Large Scale Projects Programme, the Additional Accommodation Scheme, the Prefab Replacement Initiative, the Summer Works Scheme and the Emergency Works Scheme is available on my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Consultancy Contracts Data (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Details of all consultancy payments by the Department for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 are available on my Department's website . Details for the year 2015 are currently being collated and will be published as soon as available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Inquiries (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Details of statutory inquiries for which my Department has been responsible since 1991 are included in the following table. In the time available, it was not possible to include full details to cover the Deputy's question for the time period in question. I will arrange to forward the outstanding information to the Deputy as soon as possible. Name Terms of Reference Cost Completion Date...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Allowances (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tabular statements. Minister's Office 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total Former Minister Ruairi Quinn Mileage KM’S 26850 35681 55999 32269 Amount Paid €9,611.88 €12,125.18 €17,907.68 €11,154.12 Tolls €910.03 €403.51 €389.75 Phone Bills ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (28 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tabular statement. The following tabular statement outlines the expenditure of the Department of Education and Skills on media monitoring services from 2011 to 2015. YEAR AMOUNT 2015 €25,864.44 2014 €24,280.20 2013 €28,617.42 2012 €46,804.15 2011 €42,668.23