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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under the National Development Plan, my Department’s total capital allocation for 2019 is €941m of which €622m is allocated to the School Building Programme. As in other years, the Department will proactively manage its capital allocation across the various subheads and budget lines to advance its school building and other capital investment priorities. The specific...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government recently announced plans for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next four years (2019 to 2022) including a new 16-classroom primary school to be established in 2020 to serve the Carrigaline school planning area. This announcement follows nationwide demographic exercises carried out by my Department into the future need for primary and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: I refer the Deputy to the below estimated number of students paying in excess of the student contribution charge since 2015.  The numbers calculated are based on the total number of undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled in publicly funded institutions; less the students eligible for free fees who would be paying the Student Contribution charge.  The figures...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the deputy in relation to capital projects is currently being collated. I will arrange for the information to be forwarded directly to the deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: Major school building completions across my Department regularly reach a yearly total of 40-50 projects. In terms of providing cost details of all capital projects completed since 2010, this requires compilation of precise financial information in respect of 400-500 school building projects. The administrative burden upon my Department to carry out such a task is not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: Attached are the latest rates for Ireland and the EU 28 average for adult participation in lifelong learning (formal and non-formal).  Please note that there is a break in series for 2017, and it is not possible to compare the rates for Ireland in 2017 and 2018 with earlier years. Data for 2019 has not yet been published.   Figure 1.  Annual average lifelong learning rates...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Data (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) programme is one of a number of options made available by my Department for Senior Cycle students which schools can choose from, based on the education needs and interests of their student. Schools that choose to organise the LCA programme are entitled to an additional fixed allocation of 0.5 of a teaching post, over the standard allocation. There is no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under the Employment Equality Acts 1998–2015, employers are obliged to make reasonable accommodation for staff with disabilities.  In the Education sector, the employer is the Education and Training Board (ETB) for those employed in vocational schools/community colleges, community national schools and is the Board of Management/Manager in the case of primary (excluding community...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: It is understood that the question relates to the provision of services provided by the HSE. The provision of health related services including Early Intervention services, for example, Speech and Language Therapy, are under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Health with the services provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE).  Questions in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy has been recently informed, it is premature at this juncture to give a timeline for the delivery of the new building to replace the school to which he refers.  A new site is required for the replacement building and my Department has commenced the site identification process.   When a suitable site is identified and agreed for purchase, architectural...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: In April 2018, the Government announced plans to establish 42 new schools over the 4 year period 2019 to 2022. Twenty-six of these are at primary level and 16 at post-primary level. In addition, following a review of provision at primary school level in Ashbourne, a new 16 classroom primary school was announced to be established from September 2019. For each new school announced,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: 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 employed in our schools reach the highest ever level. Over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: Teacher allocations to all second level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment and are available on the Department's website. A pupil teacher ratio (ptr) of 19:1 is applied to all second-level schools in the Free-Education System.  A ptr of 23:1 is applied to the 52 schools in the fee-charging...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: Budget 2012 increased the appointment and retention ratios for small schools, i.e. schools with four classroom teachers or fewer. Since 2015, measures have been introduced to improve the staffing of these 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Data (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: A total of just under €29m was paid out from my Department under the Minor Works Grant in 2018 for the school year 2018/2019. 

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (11 Jul 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 (11 Jul 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 (11 Jul 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. In addition to the 5% increase above...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: Since my appointment as Minister for Education and Skills I have met with a number of Teaching Principals, including at this year’s IPPN conference, and I appreciate the pressures they face. In Budget 2019, school leadership is again supported with an additional release day for teaching principals in primary schools and a further four additional release days for teaching principals in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (11 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: Measures announced by my Department as part of Budgets 2016, 2017 and 2018 mean that 500 of the 600 guidance posts that were withdrawn in Budget 2012, were restored to schools from September 2018. These 500 posts are allocated separately and transparently on each school's staffing schedule.  These posts have been ring-fenced so they can only be used for guidance activities and to...