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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Administration (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy may be aware my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home School Community Liaison Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: The DEIS Rural Coordination Service was discontinued with effect from 31 August 2011.  At that time there were 46 Rural Coordinator Posts at a cost of €2,714,000. Currently, all DEIS Urban Primary and DEIS Post Primary schools are included in the Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) Scheme, which serves 533 schools. The scheme is delivered by 415 full-time HSCL Coordinators who...

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

Joe McHugh: My Department provides a book grant to all recognised primary and post primary schools within the Free Education Scheme in order to provide assistance for books including Book Rental Schemes. Under this scheme, the Department provided funding of €16.9 million in 2019 to all of these schools.  It is a matter for the Board of Management of each individual school to decide on its...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under project Ireland 2040, my Department continues to make progress to increase the infrastructural capacity in the schools sector, in order to meet demographic and other demands. The Capital Programme details the school projects that are being progressed under project Ireland 2040. I wish to advise the Deputy that the current status of large-scale projects being delivered under project...

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

Joe McHugh: Enrolments for 2019/20 are not yet available, below are projected enrolments for 2019/20. Actual enrolment figures will be available in January 2020.  The projected enrolment figures for September 2019 are: Primary Level - 566,220 Post-Primary Level - 369,673 Projections are published by the Department in the report titled ‘Projections of Full-Time Enrolment...

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

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 318 and 319 together. My Department is taking an integrated approach with the Prefab Replacement Programme through the replacement of prefabs as part of large-scale and devolved projects or as part of new projects approved under the Additional Accommodation Scheme. This integrated approach helps to streamline the delivery of projects for schools. In...

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

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 320 and 321 together. Data relating to the number of third-level students registered for 2018/2019 is currently being collated by the HEA and will be transmitted to the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: The cost of reversing the change to the distance criteria for the student grant is estimated to be in the region of €25.9m. The above costing assumes that a change to the distance criterion would result in a similar percentage of students qualifying for the higher non-adjacent grant support, as existed pre Budget 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 324, 325 and 337 together. The Student Contribution, which currently stands at €3,000, was introduced with effect from the 2011/12 academic year. It is important to recognise that there has been no increase in the contribution since 2014/15.  The Deputy may wish to note that family income does not influence eligibility for the free fees scheme...

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

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that in accordance with the methodology used in the published institutional profiles, the current academic staff:student ratio in Universities is recorded at 20:1. This is calculated based on the 2017/18 enrolment figures for full time equivalent (FTE) students (full and part time) to all academic staff as at 31 Dec 2017.  A...

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

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that in accordance with the methodology used in the published institutional profiles, the current academic staff:student ratio in Institutes of Technology is recorded at 15:1. This is calculated based on the 2017/18 enrolment figures for full time equivalent (FTE) students (full and part time) to all academic staff as at 31...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Based on the Higher Education Authority (HEA) statistical data of part-time undergraduate and part-time enrolments in all HEA funded institutions for the 2017/18 academic year, there were 23,794 part-time undergraduate students and 16,307 part-time postgraduate students. If maintenance and fee grants were introduced for part-time undergraduate and postgraduate students along similar...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: If the maintenance grants and eligibility for full fees were reintroduced for postgraduate students, along similar lines to those for undergraduate students, the total estimated cost would be approximately €44m. This costing assumes that the actual number of postgraduate grant holders (2,194 in 2018/19) will increase to the level prior to the introduction...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Every 5% increase in the student maintenance grant would cost circa €8.5m. Therefore, the estimated cost of increasing the student maintenance grant rates by 5%, 10%, 15%, or 20% would cost in the region of €8.5m, €17m, €25.5m, or €34m respectively.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: In 2018/19, there were 21,870 students in receipt of the special rate of maintenance grant. Based on these statistics, the estimated cost of increasing the special rate of maintenance grant by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% would be circa €4.5m, €9m, €13.5m and €18m respectively.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: In 2018/19 there were 21,870 students in receipt of the special rate. Therefore, the cost of paying these students an additional €30 per week based on a 36 week period, would cost approximately €23.6m.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Student Assistance Fund (SAF) is designed to support students in third-level institutions who are experiencing exceptional financial need. This Fund assists students, in a sensitive and compassionate manner, who might otherwise be unable to continue their third level studies due to their financial circumstances. The current allocation for SAF amounts to €9.1m therefore an...

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

Joe McHugh: The numbers of non-EU students enrolled in HEA funded higher education institutions over the five year period 2013/2014 to 2017/2018 is outlined in the following table - Domicile Group 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 Total Non-EU 13,153 14,558 16,315 16,839 18,468 Full-time students 12,555 13,741 15,581 16,196 17,719 Part-time students 598 817 734...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under my Department's free fees schemes, the Exchequer provides funding towards tuition fee costs in respect of eligible students who are pursuing an approved full-time undergraduate courses of study in an approved institution in the State. The main conditions of the scheme are that students must be first-time undergraduates, hold inter alia EU/EEA/Swiss nationality in their own right, and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: Student costs vary considerably across the OECD, from countries such as the United States and England where tuition fees are at the highest levels to a number of EU countries where no tuition fees are payable by students. The OECD Report, “Education at a Glance 2018” provides data on the structure, finances and performance of education systems in the 35 OECD countries, and a...