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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The additional teaching posts referred to by the Deputy will be in place for the 2016/17 school year. At primary level from next September the primary staffing schedule will operate on the basis of a general average of 1 classroom teacher for every 27 pupils. This positive development will require approximately 300 additional teaching posts in primary schools. At post-primary level the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Holidays (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Schools are required to be open for a minimum of 167 days at post-primary level and 183 days at primary level. Subject to meeting this requirement individual schools may determine the precise start and end of the school year. There are no plans at present to make any changes to the minimum number of teaching days. The scheduling of the school holiday periods during the academic year is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that my Department is not in receipt of an application from the school in question in respect of its accommodation. It is open to the school concerned to submit an application for consideration via form ASA (Additional School Accommodation) which is available on my Departments website at www.education.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding under the schools capital programme for the school in question. I wish to advise the Deputy that 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012. I understand from enquiries made by my officials that Caranua does not operate a staff bonus scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that significant additional accommodation comprising 6 general classrooms was approved by my Department under the pre-fab replacement scheme in September 2013. However, following further discussions with the school, the school authority concerned submitted an alternative proposal to my Department in September last. This alternative proposal is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an Additional School Accommodation Application Form for a special needs unit for the above mentioned school. At a recent meeting, officials from my Department met with the Patron to discuss the application further. In this regard, additional information was sought and was received a number of days ago. This application is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing Appeals Mechanism (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school referred to by the Deputy submitted an appeal to the 14th October, 2015 meeting of the Primary Staffing Appeals Board. The school has been informed that its appeal has been upheld.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that I have made provision in Budget 2016 for some 2,260 additional teaching posts for our primary and post primary schools next year. These posts will provide for an improvement in the staffing schedules at primary and post primary levels, enhance the leadership and management roles of deputy principals at post-primary level by reducing their teaching time, an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The person referred to by the Deputy will be paid salary on 22nd October 2015 and all arrears of salary due will be paid on that date.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has made an application to my Department for capital funding for the provision of additional accommodation. The application is currently being considered and my Department will convey a decision to the school authorities concerned as soon as the assessment process has been concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has applied to my Department for large scale capital funding to provide a new school building. My Department continues to liaise with the School Authorities in respect of their proposal and in that regard further clarifications are awaited. Once these clarifications have been received the matter will be considered further.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government fully appreciates the concerns regarding the availability of accommodation for students and the report, Student Accommodation: Demand & Supply, which I published recently sets out clearly that the demand for student accommodation outstrips supply in certain areas and will continue to do so in the coming years. There are 13 useful recommendations in this report some of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought is not readily available to my Department, however one estimate from publishers' sources suggests that the Irish school book market is worth approximately €60 million per annum. There is a School Books Grant Scheme in place that provides assistance for books for students in all recognised primary and post-primary schools within the Free Education Scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Since 2006 the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority for registration of teachers in the State. I have asked the Teaching Council to provide the information requested directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department. The Teaching Council is the body with statutory responsibility for the registration of teachers. According to current Teaching Council data, the number of teachers registered in the Primary Sector is 43,084 and the number in the Post Primary Sector is 42,271. Teachers may be registered in more than one Sector.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department website. The final staffing position for all schools for the current school year will ultimately not be known until later...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 636 and 637 together. The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools are 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts is published annually on the Department 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 schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all similar...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Oct 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that my Department has plans to replace the prefabricated accommodation at the school to which she refers. Officials, including members of my Department's technical staff, recently visited the school for the purposes of preparing a building project brief for delivery by a design team. When the project brief is completed, it will be agreed with the school...