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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (4 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Statistics Section of my Department's website contains extensive data relating to schools at primary and post-primary level, including data relating to PTRs. The most recent published information which includes the primary PTR 16.2 and post primary PTR 14:2, relates to the 2014/15 school year. Data for the current school year, including PTRs, will be published when the national school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Digital Strategy for Schools (4 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, I launched the Digital Strategy for Schools on 7 October last. A fund of €210m to support the implementation of this strategy has been announced, beginning with an investment of €30m in the next school year (2016/2017), rising to €50m a year towards the end of the strategy. The Digital Strategy for Schools sets out an ambitious Five Year Plan to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The policy of my Department is that children with special educational needs, including children with autism, should be included where possible and appropriate in mainstream placements with additional supports provided. In circumstances where children with special educational need require more specialised interventions, special school or special class places are also available. The Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (4 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought is being compiled at present and will be forwarded to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (3 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: English language teaching for adults is provided by Education and Training Boards through the funding they receive from SOLAS. This model will also be used to address the needs of new programme refugees and arrangements will be made by the relevant ETBs in co-ordination with other available services and provision in the areas where programme refugees are located.

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

Jan O'Sullivan: It is the intention of Government that staff paid directly by a recognised school or Education and Training Board and whose salaries were adjusted in accordance with the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 will benefit from an increase in salary. The details will be conveyed to the relevant staff by my Department in the normal manner.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (3 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the site in question will continue to be used for educational purposes and is therefore not available for the purpose to which he refers.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (3 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: School Services Staff (3 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 913, 936 and 937 together. My Department provides capitation funding to all recognised primary schools. The amount of grant paid to an individual primary school for capitation and ancillary services is determined by the school's enrolment, subject to a minimum grant for both capitation and ancillary services in respect of schools with enrolments up to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (3 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not received an application from the school in question in relation to its accommodation needs. However, officials from my Department have again been in contact with the school on the matter. The school has been advised to submit the relevant application detailing their accommodation needs. Once the application has been received, the matter...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Designation (3 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I would like to explain that an extensive identification process to select schools for inclusion in DEIS was conducted in 2005.In spite of a number of reminders issued by my Department, a completed survey form was not received at that time from the school in question and therefore it could not be assessed for participation in DEIS.Furthermore the school did not participate in a follow-up...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (3 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The current sick leave scheme for teachers provides for sick leave to be granted to a teacher who is unable to perform his/her duties because of illness or injury. The terms of the sick leave scheme are contained in my Department's Circular 0053/2015 Sick Leave Scheme for Registered Teachers in Recognised Primary and Post-Primary Schools. The circular was agreed under the auspices of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (3 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The terms and conditions of teachers employed in Oireachtas funded teaching posts are negotiated through the Teachers Conciliation Council and are of general application to all teachers appointed to such posts. The Council is composed of teacher representatives, school management, the Department of Education and Skills, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and is chaired by an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (3 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government gives a commitment to move towards a more pluralist system of patronage for our schools. In this context, the government established a Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector. The Forum advised on how the education system can provide a sufficiently diverse number and range of primary schools catering for all religions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (3 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: A full breakdown of my Department's 2015 expenditure allocation is contained in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2015 on pages 102-109.The full version is available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. My Department's Vote is coming under pressure in 2015 and may require a Supplementary Estimate. This is mainly as a result of additional retirements in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (3 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: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's 2016 gross current expenditure allocation of €8,162 million includes €43 million in respect of costs associated with implementation of the Lansdowne Road Agreement. In addition, there will be reduced Appropriations-in-Aid receipts from the Pension Related Deduction in 2016 of the order of €70 million, also in respect of the application of provisions of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (3 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department's student grant scheme, eligible candidates may receive funding provided they are attending an approved course at an approved institution as defined in the scheme. Private colleges such as Griffith College and the Dublin Business School, operated on a for-profit basis are not listed as approved institutions for student grant purposes. However, tax relief on tuition fees...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards (3 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested is outlined in the attached tables. Comprehensive information in regard to the composition of the boards of non-commercial State bodies under the aegis of the Department of Education and Skills, which includes certain of the information sought by the Deputy, is available to be downloaded from my Department's website at . For the Deputy's information, in accordance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (3 Nov 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school to which the Deputy refers applied for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme to remove boundary walls and replace them with a fence. As the scope of works is outside the terms of this scheme, the application cannot be considered for funding. The school authority has been informed of this decision. It is, however, open to the school authority to apply for funding...