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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Secondment (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Professional development courses for teachers are designed and delivered by teachers who are seconded to a number of support services in accordance with published policies and procedures. A limited alleviation of the application of the five year limit has been agreed to allow secondees to serve for a further limited period in my Department's support services. It is Department policy to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The data requested by the Deputy are not readily available within my Department. The budgets allocated to professional development support services include provision for the training and upskilling of teachers who work in the services. Support services are based in Education Centres which also hold the budgets for the services. I can however confirm that the typical cost to my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 498 and 499 together. The planning application for the school in question is expected to be lodged shortly. The tender process will also commence shortly so that construction can begin as soon as the statutory consents are in place, assuming no issues arise. This urgently needed school building project is being delivered under the Departments "Rapid"...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The Rules for National Schools were published in 1965 and over the course of the intervening period they have been updated, amended and supplemented mainly by circular letters but also by certain provisions of both primary and secondary legislation that have since been enacted. Given the many other more pressing work priorities and also the on-going changes in the primary education sector,...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that I have recently begun a process to review the DEIS Programme. This work will be ongoing during the current school year. Pending the outcome of this review I have decided to pause the offsetting of legacy posts arising from pre-Deis disadvantage programmes in a small number of schools for the current (2015/16) school year. The number of schools in question is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: While my Department does not directly provide courses for parents with teenagers who have autism, the Deputy may be aware of the Middletown Centre for Autism which is an initiative jointly funded between my Department and the Department of Education in Northern Ireland. The Centre is aimed at supporting the promotion of excellence in the development and harmonisation of education and allied...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The position in the case of the person to whom the Deputy refers is that she was first employed as a teacher after 1 January 2013. Any person employed in a pensionable capacity in the public service after the 1st January 2013 has their employment governed by the terms of the Public Service Pension (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 unless certain exceptions applied. These...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The 2011 Budget provided for the introduction of a €200 annual Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) programme participant contribution. This was introduced at the start of the 2011/2012 academic year and the same charge has applied each year since then. Full medical card holders, in their own right as well as their dependent children, those eligible under the student grant scheme and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Council is obliged under the terms of EU Directive 2005/36/EC to grant registration to teachers who have completed 'regulated education and training' and are deemed fully qualified as a teacher under the terms of the Directive in another EU/EEA Member State. The Council published requirements in this area in a notice of compliance with the Directive in May 2010. The processing time...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Student Assistance Fund is managed on behalf of my Department by the Higher Education Authority (HEA). Some €6.34 million has been allocated to the Fund for the 2015/16 academic year. The HEA have commissioned an independent review of policy, guidelines and practice in relation to the Student Assistance Fund and any changes to the administration of the Fund will be considered...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Qualifications Recognition (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will appreciate that in the absence of all of the relevant details regarding the course it would not be possible for me to say whether or not the course meets the definition of an approved course. This is a matter for the Awarding Authority to determine. To do this the Awarding Authority will have regard to whether or not the student is attending an approved course as defined under...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 509 and 544 together. The funding allocated from 2008/2009 to 2015/2016 is attached for the Deputy's convenience. The Student Assistance Fund is managed on behalf of my Department by the Higher Education Authority (HEA). €6.34m has been allocated to the Fund for the 2015/16 academic year. The HEA have commissioned an independent review of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 11 of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 provides for the membership of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (Caranua) and related matters. Section 11(3) provides that the Minister shall, in so far as is possible, ensure an equitable balance between men and women in the composition of the Board. The Board is currently made up of 5 men and 4 women. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Appointments to the Board of Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund, are made in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 and with the Government's procedures for the making of appointments to State boards. Section 11(1) of the 2012 Act provides for the appointment of a 9 member Board, of whom 4 are persons who were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 513 and 514 together. I am advised that in 2013 Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, confirmed that the anonymised preliminary analysis of data received from the Residential Institutions Redress Board under the provisions of section 24 of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 was destroyed and that it would only use...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 515 and 516 together. Section 8 of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act, 2012 sets out the classes of services from which approved services can be determined by Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board. In accordance with section 8(3), I can prescribe additional classes of service following a recommendation of the Board of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to PQs 1254, 1255, 1256, 1268 and 1312 of 22 September 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (29 Sep 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. Administrative issues such as those raised in the Deputy's question are day to day matters that are the responsibility of Caranua itself. Caranua commenced accepting applications in January 2014 and I am advised that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (29 Sep 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. It is a matter for the Board to regulate its own procedures subject to the provisions of the 2012 Act and I have no role in the process.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (29 Sep 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 to oversee the use of the cash contributions of up to €110 million, pledged by the religious congregations, to support the needs of survivors of institutional child abuse. The legislation sets out the Board's...