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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary 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 arrangements for the 2015/16 school year are set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, I announced details on 17 November last, of the major school building projects that are scheduled to proceed to construction over the next six years, as part of the Government's €2.8 billion capital investment programme. A project for the school in question was included in this announcement. All projects, including the project concerned, will be progressed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I would like to explain to the Deputy that, in cases where a DEIS post-primary school amalgamates with a non DEIS post primary school, the new school will continue to receive the current level of supports in respect of the number of eligible pupils from the former DEIS school until that pupil cohort have left the school. In the case of a post primary school, these supports continue to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The purpose of the Home tuition scheme is to provide a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable 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 early for early intervention for children...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: SOLAS publishes an annual integrated Further Education and Training (FET) Services Plan that provides information on the range of further education and training funded by the Irish Government. It sets out in detail how the State's investment in FET will be used by SOLAS and the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs). The 2015 Service Plan sets out in detail the budget allocation for all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is an operational matter for the Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) who manage the programmes in question. I have asked the ETB to contact the Deputy directly to clarify the position.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Currently, 366 primary and post-primary schools are renting prefab accommodation. Details of these schools by county, together with the current cost and the number of newly rented units since 2014 at each school, is attached for the Deputy's attention. My Department has grant aided the purchase of twenty three prefabs units since 2014. Six of these were previously rented by schools and have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of the tender process. My Department is currently awaiting the submission of the Tender Report. Subject to no issues arising it is envisaged that this project will commence on site in the first quarter of 2016 with a build period of approximately 15 months.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minority Faith Schools (3 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: School Accommodation (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: For planning purposes the Department divides the country into geographic areas each with several primary schools feeding into a post-primary centre, consisting of one or more post-primary schools. These defined areas facilitate the orderly planning of school provision and accommodation needs. My Department uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify where the pressure for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Foirgnimh Scoile (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Tá an tionscadal a ndéanann an Teachta tagairt dó beagnach i gcrích ó thaobh an phróisis tairisceana de. Fuarthas an Tuairisc Tairisceana le déanaí sa Roinn. Mura mbíonn aon cheisteanna ag éirí aisti táthar ag súil go leanfar ar aghaidh leis an tionscadal ar an láthair sa chéad ráithe de 2016. Go dtí go...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Data (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Universities and institutes of technology, as autonomous institutions under the terms of the Universities Act 1997 and the Institutes of Technology Acts respectively, are responsible for the day to day management of their own affairs, including matters relating to sick leave and absenteeism. Accordingly, neither my Department nor the Higher Education Authority holds the specific information...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Schools input details of days worked by substitute Special Needs Assistants (SNA) through my Department's Online Claim System and payment is made in the next payroll run after the claims are submitted. The substitute SNA in question will receive payment on 3rd December. A tax certificate for the person concerned was received from the Revenue Commissioners and will be applied to her payment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Holidays (3 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: While standardised arrangements for the breaks to be taken by schools at Christmas, Easter and midterm apply to all schools, it is not a requirement of these agreed arrangements that the commencement or end of the school year either at primary or post-primary level should be standardised. Individual schools may therefore determine the precise start and end of the school year subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The issue raised by the Deputy is a matter for the employer .i.e. the Board of Management of the school concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provides a range of supports for pupils with special educational needs arising such as Emotional Behavioural Disorder (EBD) or Severe Emotional Behavioural Disorder (SEBD). Where children with such needs have consequential care or learning support needs, additional Resource Teaching and/or care support is provided to schools to support their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Texts for inclusion in the lists of prescribed works for study at Junior Cycle are chosen by a sub-committee of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)'s English Development Group. It is important to note that schools exercise a high degree of discretion in deciding on the texts that students study, and are not compelled to use any particular text from the list. Further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: All Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are paid on the SNA incremental salary scales which are set by the Minister for Education and Skills in conjunction with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and their employment is pensionable. The majority of primary schools receive grant assistance to provide for secretarial and/or caretaking services. Within the grant schemes, the level...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has no record of receiving an application for funding for remediation works from the school referred to by the Deputy. It is not clear from the information provided by the Deputy as to what the issues are at the school and whether these are internal or external to the school site. It would be matter for the Board of Management to address traffic management issues within the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (2 Dec 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The position is that it is not possible to limit any amendments to the free fees schemes which impacts only on Irish citizens as to do so is contrary to EU law. 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...