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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (26 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 to 204, inclusive, together. The number of teachers who availed of career breaks, resigned or retired in the schools on the payroll of my Department referred to by the Deputy are contained in the table below. Ó Fiaich College Dundalk is an Education and Training Board (ETB) school. ETB's employ and sanction leave for their own staff and, accordingly,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (26 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is the responsibility of the managerial authority of each individual school to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998. There is no requirement on those schools that have more applicants than places available to report to my Department in relation to same. Accordingly the data requested by the Deputy is not available within my Department. However, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (26 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, I announced details on 17th 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. The Deputy will be aware that a project for the school to which he refers was included in this announcement. Information in respect...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (26 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. The supplementary panel...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (26 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: In relation to school admissions, parents can choose which school to apply to and where the school has places available the pupil should be admitted. However, in schools where there are more applicants than places available a selection process may be necessary. This selection process and the enrolment policy on which it is based must be non-discriminatory and must be applied fairly in respect...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equality Issues (25 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware 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 line with all such amalgamations, the new school continues 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Agencies (25 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Educational Research Centre was established as an agency of the Department on 9th September 2015 under the Educational Research Centre Establishment Order, 2015. The Centre carries out independent research on many aspects of education including the conduct of national and international assessments of attainment and achievement, the evaluation of initiatives and programmes and critical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Waiting Times (25 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Officials in my Department have confirmed with Student Universal Support Ireland that the student referred to by the Deputy has had his application assessed and he has been awarded a grant for the 2015-16 academic year. An award letter issued to the student on 11th November 2015. If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant or that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (25 Nov 2015)

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: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (25 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of the Budget 2012 decisions, the number of pupils required to gain and retain a classroom teaching post in small primary schools was gradually increased between September 2012 and September 2014, as set out in the following table. The staffing arrangements for primary schools for the 2015/16 school year are set out in Department Circular 0005/2015 which is available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (25 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The policy on school patronage divesting is to use existing educational infrastructure to enable diversity of provision in an area where there is no demographic imperative to establish a new school. This was the approach recommended in the report of the Advisory Group to the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary School Sector. Arising from the Forum's report, a number of areas...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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 is set out in my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (25 Nov 2015)

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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The expectation is that the current round of the Momentum programme will spend the full allocated budget for the programme. In terms of a further round of Momentum officials in my Department are working with their colleagues in the Department of Social Protection to determine the overall requirement for education and training programmes for 2016. The arrangements for and the timing of any...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: There are no compulsory Irish exams for post primary teachers of foreign languages. Post Primary teachers of Irish are required to meet the Subject Specific Criteria as set down by the Teaching Council. A person who has completed a programme of primary initial teacher education outside of the Republic of Ireland, and who is successful in his/her application for registration with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The property referred to by the Deputy at Harcourt Terrace is currently in the ownership of the Commissioners of Public Works. The Commissioners of Public Works have agreed to make the property available for the purposes of the provision of a school, subject to planning permission being obtained and the development of the school proceeding within an acceptable timeframe.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating resource teachers and 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. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (24 Nov 2015)

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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that my Department has approved funding to the school in question for additional accommodation. This decision has been conveyed to the school.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (24 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, I announced details on Tuesday, 17th 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. I am pleased to advise the Deputy that a project for the school to which he refers was included in this announcement. The...