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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Teachers' Common Basic Scale and allowances available to newly employed teachers from 2010 onwards are set out in the attached table and include the pay restoration measures due to take effect from 1 January 2016, which were agreed as part of the Lansdowne Road Agreement and enacted under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (FEMPI 2015). Not all of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually on the website of the Department of Education and Skills. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing schedule operates in a clear...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Freedom of Information Fees (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department received €1,959.16 in fees from Freedom of Information requests in 2014 and €480 in fees to date in 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The scope of works to which the Deputy refers is appropriate for consideration under the Summer Works Scheme and the school in question has applied for these works under the Summer Works Scheme 2016/2017. It is my intention to published a list of successful applicants at the end of February/early March 2016. With the exception of the 2012/13 school year, this school, as with all primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Staff (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: In accordance with the Guidelines for Ministerial Appointments as published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform 2 Special Advisers, 1 Personal Assistant, 1 Personal Secretary and 2 Civilian Drivers have been engaged at my Department to assist me in carrying out my official functions. In relation to the Minister of State at my Department 1 Personal Assistant, 1 Personal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I understand that this particular case is in respect of independent living. The decision on eligibility for new student grant applications is a matter for the centralised grant awarding authority, SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland). When considering whether a student meets the conditions to be assessed independently of his or her parents, grant awarding authorities are obliged to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Process RIA (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has published 9 bills since 9 March 2011. Six of those bills included a regulatory impact assessment (RIA). The titles of those bills are as follows: 1. Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 – A RIA was published with the Bill and is available on my Department's Website; 2. Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 – A RIA was completed in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department is working with Cork County Council under the Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of school sites, towards the acquisition of a permanent site to meet the needs of the school to which he refers. A site acquisition process is underway at present. When the site acquisition has been completed, the project will be progressed to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department is working with Cork County Council under the Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of school sites, towards the acquisition of a permanent site to meet the needs of the school to which he refers. A site acquisition process is underway at present. When the site acquisition has been completed, the project will be progressed to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application for the provision of a sports hall for the school in question. Due to the competing demands on my Department's capital budget imposed by the need to prioritise available funding towards the provision of essential school classroom accommodation, it is not possible at this point to provide an indicative timeframe for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify where the pressure for school places will arise. The outcome of the latest demographic exercises, based on the GIS, is that on 17th November last, I announced the establishment of 4 primary schools and 9 post-primary schools to open in 2017 and 2018. I also indicated that a number of areas experiencing increased...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school in question was approved funding in 2015 under the Additional Accommodation Scheme to provide two new classrooms and some conversion works to the existing building. The school authority submitted an application for additional funding in respect of an increased scope of works. While additional funding was made available for the original project at that time, an increase in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the property referred to by the Deputy is not in the ownership of the Minister for Education and Skills. As the Deputy maybe aware, the primary school referred to has ceased to exist since the 1960's.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2015)

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. Further details relevant to the application were requested from the school. On receipt of that information the application can be considered further with a decision conveyed to the school authority in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that commensurate with the level of funding available for the Summer Works Scheme, applications including that from the school referred to by the Deputy will be assessed on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the governing Circular Letter for the Scheme. This Circular Letter (0055/2015), is available on my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that commensurate with the level of funding available for the Summer Works Scheme, applications including that from the school referred to by the Deputy will be assessed on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the governing Circular Letter for the Scheme. This Circular Letter (0055/2015), is available on my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for this issue. 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: Summer Works Scheme Applications (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that commensurate with the level of funding available for the Summer Works Scheme, applications including that from the school referred to by the Deputy will be assessed on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the governing Circular Letter for the Scheme. This Circular Letter (0055/2015), is available on my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on the Department's website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing process also includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (17 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware, in order to qualify for tuition fee funding, students must be first-time undergraduates, hold inter alia EU/EEA/Swiss nationality in their own right, and have been ordinarily resident in an EU/EEA/Swiss state for at least three of the five years preceding their entry to an approved third level course. Where students do not qualify for free fees funding they must...