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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister of State needs to leave. Might he answer the science question now while I answer the others?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will announce the specifics of the schools capital budget in a couple of weeks' time. That will be in the lifetime of the current Government unless there is an election called between now and then. Do I have time to answer more questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: In terms of the Chairman's questions, we are very conscious of the pressures that are on the IT sector. We gave back €25 million last year and the HEA has engaged with the sector on the issues. We will give assistance when we get to the capital budget. For example, the PPP model will probably be of assistance to it as well. We have the report by Peter Cassells to come as well. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The transition issue that Senator Moran raised is very important. We have made a lot of progress. There were real difficulties a few years ago in terms of not having places.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: We are conscious of that issue as well. I hope that I have covered everything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: We do not fund preschools.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (30 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: No, that would be a different sector. Prefabs are funded by a different sector.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme (30 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Funded by the Momentum programme, the Ignite Academy offers a 6 month full-time start your own business training programme for people who have been unemployed for 12 months or more. Two separate training programmes have been provided. There were 134 applications for the programme entitled 'Sounding Board - Training Network for Start Ups for Self Employment' 90 of whom enrolled on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Funding (30 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The 2012 Budget provided for the reduction in allowances paid to participants in Youthreach under 18 years of age. Figures for the period since 2011, indicate that participation levels by learners aged under 18 years, on Youthreach training have remained at similar levels. In 2011, 912 learners in that age category attended Youthreach training and in 2014, 832 learners in the same category...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (30 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can inform the Deputy that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychology service to all primary and post primary schools through an assigned NEPS psychologist and in some cases through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA), full details of which are on the Department's website. Under this scheme schools can have an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (30 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: A number of sections of the EPSEN Act have been commenced, including those establishing the National Council for Special Education and those promoting an inclusive approach to education of children. The Sections of the EPSEN Act which have not been implemented are those which would have conferred a statutory entitlement to an educational assessment for all children with special educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (30 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that a major extension to provide additional classrooms and resource rooms has been approved in respect of the school referred to by the Deputy. Responsibility for the project has been devolved to the school authorities, and the relevant Education and Training Board is providing assistance to the school in this regard. I understand that the Design Team has been appointed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (30 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's computerised records which date back to 1972 showed no record of Linden Convalescent Home. An extensive trawl through manual records showed that Linden Convalescent Home was open from 12th March 1945 to 8th September 1969 and that it was established to cater for children suffering from rheumatic heart ailments. At the time of closure, there were 3 teachers in the school. I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (30 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the decision making authority for school amalgamations belongs to the Patron/Trustees of a school, and this is subject to the approval of the Minister for Education and Skills. Any proposed changes involves extensive negotiations at local level and must be well planned and managed in a manner that accommodates the interests of students, parents, teachers,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (30 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's records show that less than 10 families or their legal representatives have come forward where the victim died prior to the State's apology. As you are aware, on the 11th May 1999, the then Taoiseach Bertie Ahern acknowledged, in his apology that 'On behalf of the State and of all citizens of the State, the Government wishes to make a sincere and long overdue apology to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (30 Sep 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. All State-funded primary and post primary schools have been allocated additional resources to provide for children with special educational needs enrolled in school....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: English language teaching 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 are being made by the relevant ETBs in co-ordination with other services in the areas where programme refugees are being located.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government has not made a decision on the Christmas Bonus for this year. However, I can confirm that if a bonus was to be paid then it would not negatively impact on current Student Universal Support Ireland applicants who at present meet the relevant criteria for grant purposes such as nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) briefs publishers three or four times a year on curriculum developments that they may wish, as companies operating in a free market in publishing, to respond to. Textbooks produced by the educational publishers are generally aligned to standard English, and the question of Hiberno-English has never been raised in the course of these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the context of the necessary but difficult expenditure reduction measures announced in Budget 2012, new students entering postgraduate courses from the 2012/13 academic year onwards are not entitled to maintenance payments under the Student Grant Scheme. Those who do meet the qualifying conditions for the special rate of grant under the Student Grant Scheme are eligible to have their...