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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school to which the Deputy refers applied for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme (EWG) for the removal and replacement of a boundary fence. As the scope of works is outside the terms of this scheme, the application cannot be considered for funding. To be eligible for EWG funding, the works must be sudden, unforeseen and, if not addressed, would cause the school to...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that I have made provision in Budget 2016 for some 2,260 additional teaching posts for our primary and post primary schools next year. At primary level there will be a one point improvement to the primary staffing schedule to be implemented for the 2016/17 school year. This will see the primary staffing schedule operate on the basis of a general average of 1 classroom...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: A building project is a complex arrangement of contractual relationships between the client, the main contractor, specialist sub-contractors, domestic sub-contractors, suppliers of materials, suppliers of plant etc. In general all sub-contractors employed on education sector building projects are employed directly by the Main Contractor or indirectly by the Main Contractor through other...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: A new more mainstreamed approach, to that set out in the 20 Year Strategy on the Irish language, is being adopted by the Department in relation to language teaching and the embedding of language skills in our primary schools. In fact, a new language curriculum has been prepared by the NCCA for junior infants to second classes. It will include both English and Irish. It will be introduced to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought is currently being compiled, and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

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

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, the model schools have their origin in the set of instructions drawn up by Chief Secretary Stanley in 1831 and they initially operated as schools for the purpose of training teachers. From about 1883 onwards this role ended and the schools have functioned as ordinary schools since that time. While I am patron by virtue of the 1998 Education Act, the schools have...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has approved funding to the school in question for additional accommodation. This decision was conveyed to the school in November 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Fee Refund Scheme (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Since 2006, under the Teaching Council Act, the Teaching Council is the independent self regulator of the teaching profession in Ireland. In accordance with Section 23 of that Act, the Council charges a fee for registration. The fee for renewal of registration, which was already low in comparison with that for registration as a member of other professions, was reduced to €65 per annum...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Fee Refund Scheme (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Since 2006, under the Teaching Council Act, the Teaching Council is the independent self regulator of the teaching profession in Ireland. In accordance with Section 23 of that Act, the Council charges a fee for registration. The fee for renewal of registration, which was already low in comparison with that for registration as a member of other professions, was reduced to €65 per...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Generally my Department does not hold prefabs that are no longer required as a result of a permanent building being provided under the School Building Programme. Under the Prefab Replacement Initiative rented prefabs are returned to the rental companies from whom they were rented. In the case of purchased prefabs, these are relocated to schools requiring additional accommodation, if in...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24(3) of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). The deployment of teaching staff in the school, the range of subjects offered and ultimately the quality of teaching and learning are in the first...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The announcement on 29 September 2015 of the Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital investment 2016-2021 specifies an investment of €4 billion to the Education sector through direct exchequer provision and the PPP programme. In excess of €3 billion of the investment is in respect of the School sector and in the order of 75% of this amount will be expended on the...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department provides funding to the school referred to by the Deputy on a budget basis that is based on pupil numbers, but also take into account additional factors which vary from school to school such as condition of buildings, size of school etc. The amount of funding provided by my Department to the school was €608,843 in 2014 and €1,440,005 in 2015. The increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Tender Report for the Campus to which the Deputy refers has very recently been received in my Department and it is currently being examined. The local Education and Training Board is delivering the project and my Department will be in contact with it when the examination of the Tender Report has been completed.

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

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legal Costs (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: University College Dublin is a party to ongoing litigation arising from and in connection with these named proceedings. Accordingly it is not appropriate to make any comment on these proceedings at present.

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Officials in my Department, along with officials in SOLAS, are considering the business case submitted by Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). This consideration will include engagement with KWETB to clarify a range of issues around the business case. This is a proposal for substantial investment where additional information will be required to evaluate it on its merits and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Administration (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Department of Education and Skills is not involved in the acquisition of payroll and administration facilities for Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board at Maynooth, County Kildare. As part of the Departments Shared Services plan for 2014-6, the Department is implementing payroll shared services for the ETB sector and work is ongoing on that project at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (13 Jan 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Capital funding provided to Gaelscoileanna (primary sector) in the period 2011 to 2015 is as follows: 2011 - €23.6m 2012 - €22.6m 2013 - €19.9m 2014 - €30.9m 2015 - €33.6m I refer the Deputy to the announcement last September of the Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021. Over the next six years some €3.8bn in...