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Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: We are absolutely committed to ensuring the project goes ahead. I assure Deputy Keating - I think he is aware of how the capital programmes work in education - that when something is announced, it is announced on the basis that the capital is provided. That was the case for schools announced in 2013 and it is the case for the schools I announced towards the end of 2015 for the next capital...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Keating for raising the matter as it provides me with the opportunity to clarify the current position on the major school building project for Scoil Mhuire girls' national school in Lucan. The Deputy will be aware of the demographic challenge facing the education system in the coming years. Primary enrolments, which have already risen substantially in recent years, are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The College for Every Student (CFES) scheme is run by Trinity College Dublin (TCD) through its Trinity Access 21 (TA21) initiative. The aim of the scheme is to address educational disadvantage and to develop and disseminate innovative education models. TA21 was established in 2014 with support from Google Ireland. The scheme mainly focuses on students in second level schools that are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Qualifications Data (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: ICT graduate output from the higher education sector has doubled since the first ICT action plan was published in 2011.In 2012, 31% of demand was met by graduates from mainstream Level 8, 9 and 10 courses in ICT from Universities and Institutes of Technology. The total number of graduates from ICT courses has doubled since 2011.The 2014 ICT Action Plan contains a range of measures to seek to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Labour Court Recommendations (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department gives support and funding to a number of Education and Training Boards to operate Outdoor Education Centres. There are 12 centres in all. The Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI) lodged a claim with my Department for a substantial pay increase on behalf of the Directors of each of these Centres. Following protracted negotiations, my Department consented to an ad-hoc referral of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The position is that the extension of the grace period (during which a teacher who retires will have their superannuation entitlements calculated by reference to the pay scales and pensionable allowances applying to him/her on 30 June 2013) to 1 April 2019 applies to all teachers who are members of a public service pension scheme, regardless of which sector the teacher is working in or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 406 and 416 together. The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent and CID holding teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to my Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget and ceiling on teacher numbers. The criteria...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 407 and 440 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy recently submitted an application to my Department for capital funding for additional school accommodation. The application will be considered and a decision conveyed to the school authority when this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has no record of receiving an application for additional accommodation from the school to which the Deputy refers. It is open to the school authorities to make an application should an additional mainstream class teacher be approved and subject to no accommodation being available within the school currently for this purpose.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that the Student Grant Scheme is reviewed annually. The review of the Student Grant Scheme 2016 is ongoing. As such, all aspects of the Scheme remain under review at this point.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought is provided in the table. End of Year Live Population by Sector and Trade 2010 - 2015 - (numbers of apprentices recorded as in employment at 31 December each year). - 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Construction Total 3808 2761 1693 1197 1437 1735 Brick and Stonelaying 202 147 85 54 53 54 Cabinet Making 150 101 34 10 4 5 Carpentry and Joinery 1745 1169 718 406 471...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I understand that the Apprenticeship Council has provided feedback to category 2 and 3 consortia in relation to their proposals. The Council intends to engage more fully with those consortia as work on progressing category 1 proposals reaches a more advanced stage. Consortia engaged with the call for proposals on the basis that details would only be published of proposals approved for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The HEA estimate that it would cost an additional €172,000 per year to extend the Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD) to students participating part-time in higher education.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grants Data (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: There were 196 students in the 2014/15 academic year and 278 students in the 2015/16 academic year (to date). The statistics requested are not available for 2013/14.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Presently, the HEA can only analyse non-progression rates by county for the academic year 2012/13 to 2013/14. The following table shows the rate of non-progression by level between 2012/13 and 2013/14, for students from county Galway and Mayo attending NUIG and GMIT.The progression of students into, and through, higher education is supported at national level through a range of initiatives,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is an operational matter for Cork Educational Training Board (CETB). I have asked the ETB to contact the Deputy directly to clarify the position.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provides funding to all recognised schools. Significant resources are allocated to ensure that pupils with special educational needs can participate fully in education. Some €1.37 billion, which represents approximately 15% of my Department's budget, will be spent this year to ensure that such children can have access to an education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 419 and 422 together. I can confirm that my Department has received an application for the provision of a General Purpose Room from the school in question. I wish to advise the Deputy that due to the competing demands on my Department's capital budget imposed by the need to prioritise available funding towards the provision of essential classroom...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (19 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Caranua is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 to oversee the use of the cash contributions of up to €110 million, pledged by the religious congregations, to support the needs of survivors of institutional child abuse. Caranua provides regular updates on its website (www.caranua.ie) in regard to the number of...