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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The project to provide permanent accommodation for Holy Family School, Cootehill, Cavan is currently at Stage 2(a) (Developed Design stage) of the architectural planning process. My Department officials recently 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (16 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: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that a suitable permanent site for the school to which he refers has been identified and the acquisition process is underway. Given the commercial sensitivities associated with land acquisitions generally I am not in a position to provide further details at this time. I can, however, assure the Deputy that the acquisition of a new site for the school is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 161 to 163, inclusive, together. The school building project referred to by the Deputy is included on the current 5 year construction programme announced in 2012. It is listed on the programme to proceed to tender and construction in 2015/16. The project is at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning. Stage 2(B) Detailed Design Stage which includes the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Supervision and Substitution Scheme Allowance (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the Haddington Road Agreement (HRA), the supervision and substitution (S&S) allowance was discontinued with effect from the commencement of the 2013/14 school year. Since that date, participation in the S&S scheme is compulsory and all teachers are required to provide 43 hours of S&S duties per annum. A limited opt out facility was made available to post-primary teachers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The correspondence to which the Deputy refers relates to a Freedom of Information request which is currently being processed by my Department. A response to this request will be issued within the timeframe as set out under the Freedom of Information Act 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 511 and 520 together. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support, which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school in question was established on 1st September 2011 following the amalgamation of a DEIS post-primary school and non-DEIS post-primary school. In accordance with the approach adopted in relation to all such amalgamations, additional non-teaching resources are provided by my Department in respect of eligible pupils from the former DEIS school by way of continued support for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the Teaching Council Act, the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority for the registration of teachers. Teachers are registered under The Teaching Council [Registration] Regulations 2009. These are currently being reviewed. I note the reference in the attached correspondence to Regulation 3. As the statutory professional standards body for teaching in Ireland, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Míbhuntáiste san Oideachas (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Rinneadh suirbhé ar an scoil a bhfuil an Teachta ag déanamh tagairt di in 2005 agus measadh nach raibh dóthain comhchruinnithe de dhaltaí faoi mhíbhuntáiste le bheith curtha san áireamh in DEIS. Tar éis achomharc a bheith déanta ag an scoil chuig an bhforas athbhreithnithe neamhspleách in 2006, deimhníodh leis an leibhéal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As previously outlined to the Deputy, my Department is seeking to ensure that Castlethorn Construction will honour the provisions of the original agreement with regard to the delivery of a community centre. Discussions with Castlethorn Construction are ongoing with a view to reaching an acceptable outcome. Officials from my Department have recently reverted to representatives of Castlethorn...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware officials from my Department are engaged in discussions with Castlethorn Construction with a view to ensuring that the community facilities are delivered. The Deputy will appreciate that given the sensitivities attached to the ongoing discussions between officials from my Department and Castlethorn Construction it would not be appropriate for me to disclose any further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The majority of primary and voluntary secondary schools in the Free Education Scheme receive grant assistance to provide for secretarial and/or caretaking services. Within the grant schemes, it is a matter for each individual school to decide how best to apply the grant funding to suit its particular needs and the Department does not stipulate how these services are to be obtained. Where a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: In accordance with the Superannuation scheme a Special Needs Assistant (SNA) who is not "a new entrant" under the terms of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004, must retire at the end of the school year in which he/she reaches age 65. The abolition of the compulsory retirement age under the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy may be aware that 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department takes the decision to establish new schools (primary and post-primary) in order to meet demographic need. When the demographics of an area require the establishment of a new school, a separate process is then conducted to allow for patrons, patron bodies and prospective patrons to be considered as patron of the new school. Parental preferences are central to this process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Officials in my Department have been working closely with Wicklow County Council in relation to the identification and acquisition of a site to accommodate both the school referred to by the Deputy as well as a Gaelcholáiste. A site has been identified and the acquisition process is currently being progressed. Whilst I am aware that the school in question has raised some concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating Resource Teaching hours or Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support, which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 525 and 526 together. The criteria for the award of incremental credit to recognised teachers under Circulars 29/2007 and 29/2010 was agreed in the first instance, by the Teacher Conciliation Council. This Council is comprised of representatives of the teacher unions, school management bodies, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (15 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of ground rents paid to date by my Department in 2015 is contained in the following table. Information with regard to ground rents payable in 2016 is currently not available. With regard to payment by agencies under my remit, the matters raised by the Deputy are dealt with at local level by the agencies rather than centrally within my...