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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: A grant was approved in March 2015 under the Additional Accommodation Scheme to enable the Board of Management of the school in question to provide three new mainstream classrooms with en-suite toilets and a WC for assisted users. It is understood that planning permission has been received and the project is currently at pre-tender stage.An application for additional funding has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (14 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department administers two separate Home Tuition Schemes. One of the schemes provides a compensatory educational service for children, who for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend to attend school. The scheme also provides a compensatory educational service for children with special educational needs seeking an educational placement. Provision is also made for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (14 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware a process for the review of the DEIS Programme is currently underway in my Department. This process is being undertaken over the course of the current school year and will consider all issues pertaining to educational disadvantage in order to inform future policy direction in this important area. While this process is underway, I do not intend to make any changes to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (14 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise that the works referred to by the Deputy are appropriate to the Summer Works Scheme, the purpose of which is to devolve funding to individual school authorities to facilitate carrying out small and medium scale capital works that will improve and upgrade existing school buildings and the grounds within the school site area. Under the scheme, responsibility for identifying...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted two applications to my Department for capital funding for additional school accommodation. The applications are currently being considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (14 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: Teacher Secondment (14 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department, through the Education Centres and Support Services engages teachers on a full time basis annually for the provision of continuing professional development (CPD) through secondment from their schools. These secondments are subject to annual review. The arrangements provide flexibility and ensure that the in-service needs of teachers and other support priorities of the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (14 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The selection and enrolment of pupils in schools is the responsibility of the authorities of the individual school. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in an area.As schools may not have a place for every applicant, a selection process may be necessary. This selection process and the enrolment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (14 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The government is committed to ensure greater diversity of choice in school provision. This is a stated aim of the programme for government. In this regard, progress continues to be made on a number of fronts. Firstly, the new school establishment procedures put in place since 2011 now provide parental input into the type of new school to be provided. Secondly, a patronage divesting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (14 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department completed demographic analyses at primary and post-primary level late last year, using the Department's Geographical Information System, to identify the areas under increased demographic pressure nationwide. The system uses data from the Central Statistics Office, Ordnance Survey Ireland, the Department of Social Protection and local authorities, in addition to information from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is an operational matter for Solas, who manage the apprenticeship programme. I have asked Solas to contact the Deputy directly to clarify the position.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: In December 2014 the school to which the Deputy refers was sanctioned a devolved grant under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme. The school authority recently submitted an application for additional funding for the project. This application will be reviewed as soon as possible and the school authority will be informed of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 739 and 786 together. As the Deputy may be aware, the primary school referred to by the Deputy has ceased to exist since the 1960's and is not in the ownership of the Minister for Education and Skills. Inquiries are being made regarding the ownership of the property and we will revert to the Deputy in this regard as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is assumed that the Deputy's question refers to attendance at all continuing professional development (CPD) events. Teachers at primary and post primary level can access a range of CPD through the teacher support services funded by my Department. Attached is a table detailing the number of CPD places provided through this mechanism for the period 2008-2014 In addition to this provision...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development Funding (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The services provided by my Department are delivered through a combination of provision by the Department directly and by a number of bodies and agencies operating under the aegis of the Department. Details of expenditure on these services, including the allocations for certain Departmental bodies and agencies, are set out in the Revised Estimates Volume (REV) for Public Services. The REV for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 468 primary and post-primary schools currently rent some level of accommodation of which 54 are Gaelscoileanna.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding has been approved for replacement of a boundary wall at the school in question and the school authority has been notified.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jan 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: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The staffing schedule at primary level operates on the basis of 1 classroom teacher for an average of every 28 pupils. More favourable ratios operate in DEIS Band 1 schools. Under an agreement reached with the Education Partners for the 2010/11 school year my Department provided 50 additional posts to the primary sector and 100 additional posts to the post-primary sector. At primary level as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: In accordance with the Safety Health and Welfare (Construction) Regulation 2013 the Department appointed a Project Supervisor Design Process (PSDP) for this project. The PSDP has confirmed that any risk to workers and/or the general public has been fully considered throughout the design process and that mitigation measures to deal with any risks have been examined in detail and included in...