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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Data (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Following publication of Circular 0013/2018, a further Circular 0062/2018 was published by my Department to remove any ambiguity about how religious education and religious instruction are delivered in those schools. Students should only be provided with a place in a religious instruction class where there has been a parental request for admission to that class. Where a parent has made a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Chaplaincy Services Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department allocates chaplain posts to Education and Training Boards (ETB) and Community and Comprehensive schools and colleges. There are currently 156 whole time equivalent chaplain posts allocated to these schools. The annual cost is approximately €9.8m. The appointment of chaplains to these schools flows from the original agreements concluded when the schools concerned were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Teachers at primary and post primary level have access to a range of continuing professional development programmes and support (CPD) through the teacher support services funded by my Department. This support encompasses human and cultural diversity. The overall remit of the Health and Wellbeing team within the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) is to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System, using data from a range of sources, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. With this information, my Department carries out nationwide demographic exercises to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no current record of receiving an application for additional accommodation from the school in question.  It is open to the school authority to make an application for additional accommodation through the 'Additional School Accommodation scheme (ASA)' which is available at www.education.ie.  I also wish to advise...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department’s Construction Programme which is being delivered under the National Development Plan. The major building project will deliver a new part single storey, part two storey and part three storey post-primary school of 6,786sqm to provide general classrooms, specialised classrooms, PE...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I fully recognise the need to improve capitation funding for schools. I am pleased to have been able to provide for a 5% increase in capitation funding for primary and post primary schools that will apply from the start of the 2019/20 school year.  The first and full year costs of this increase is €4 million and €10 million respectively. The estimated cost of restoring...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I fully recognise the need to improve capitation funding for schools. I am pleased to have been able to provide for a 5% increase in capitation funding for primary and post primary schools that will apply from the start of the 2019/20 school year.  The first and full year costs of this increase is €4 million and €10 million respectively. The estimated cost of restoring...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 295 and 296 together. Budget 2019 marks the third year of a major reinvestment in the education. In 2019, the budget for the Department of Education and Skills will increase by €674 million, a 6.7% increase on last year.  In total, the Education budget will have increased by €1.7 billion compared to 2016. Budget 2019 will see numbers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 297, 300 and 301 together. Since 2015, measures have been introduced to improve the staffing of small schools which has seen improvements in the appointment and retention thresholds for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th classroom teacher and more favourable enrolment thresholds for one teacher schools situated 8km or more from the nearest school of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that Budget 2019 marks the third year of a major reinvestment in education.  In 2019, the budget for the Department of Education and Skills will increase by €674 million, a 6.7% increase on last year.  In total, the Education budget will have increased by €1.7 billion compared to 2016. For the current school year, the staffing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I understand that there is no net saving involved in using newly qualified teachers for substitution work rather than retired teachers.  Both newly qualified teachers and retired teachers who return to work in a substitute capacity are paid the same rate of pay for substitute work. The salary scales and the substitution payment rates applicable to qualified and unqualified teachers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy is in the following table. The data given refers to class teachers only. No. of Teachers Sum of Totals 1-7 1932 8-11 553 12-13 137 14-16 242 17-19 108 20-23 57 24-26 49 27-30 15 31-35 10 36 1 37+ 2 Grand Total 3106

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: At the end of the 2018/19 school year there were approximately 15,030 SNA posts allocated to schools. I announced on 27thMay that 792 additional SNA posts will be allocated to schools for the beginning of the 2019/20 school year, with almost 130 additional posts expected to be allocated by December 2019. By the end of this year, there will be up to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Approximately 30 posts were allocated from the Budget 2019 provision for January to June of the 2018/19 school year. I announced on 27thMay that 792 additional SNA posts will be allocated to schools for the beginning of the 2019/20 school year, with almost 130 additional posts expected to be allocated by December 2019. By the end of this year,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 307 together. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for allocating a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school annually taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support enrolled in the school. The NCSE is also responsible for managing the appeals process. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for allocating a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school annually taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support enrolled in the school.   The NCSE allocates SNA support to schools in accordance with the criteria set out in Department Circular 0030/2014,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Ensuring that every child has a suitable placement available to them is a key priority for me and the Government. I am deeply conscious of the stress and anxiety facing parents and their children where difficulties are encountered in securing a school place. As Minister I have a power under Section 37A of the Education Act 1998 to direct a school to provide additional provision where all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Teaching Council is the body with statutory responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession including the registration of teachers in Ireland. The Teaching Council's (Registration) Regulations 2016 set out the requirements to be registered as a teacher in Ireland. Under these regulations there are four defined routes to registration, namely Route 1 Primary; Route 2...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: From September 2017, a new model for allocating special education teachers was introduced. This model allocates special education teachers to schools based on the profiled needs of schools, as opposed to the assessed needs of individual children. The revised allocation process replaced the generalised allocation process at primary and post primary school level for learning support and high...