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

Jan O'Sullivan: The project to which the Deputy refers is currently out to tender. The project was included in the 2015 list of projects to proceed to construction this year. However, until tenders are received and assessed, it would not be possible to provide an indicative date for when construction is likely to start. Funding will be drawn down in the normal way once construction starts.

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

Jan O'Sullivan: There were 220 cases where an award changed from Non-Adjacent to Adjacent between the 2014/15 and 2015/16 academic years. In the majority of cases the reclassification occurred as a consequence of new information provided by the student. The current qualifying distance for the higher non-adjacent rate of student grant, at 45km, takes into account a reasonable radius within which students...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The Major Building Project referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. The Stage 2b Submission (Detailed Design) has been approved by the Department, however, as the project was not included in the Department's Five Year Building Programme, the project was not authorised to proceed to tender. The Design Team and Board of Management were informed of...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The majority of primary schools and voluntary secondary schools receive grant assistance to provide for caretaking (and/or secretarial) services. Within the grant schemes, the level and extent of services provided is a matter for school management who, through the discretion afforded under the scheme, apply diverse arrangements for caretaking (and/or secretarial) services as resources...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will appreciate, due diligence must apply in relation to any site acquisition. With regard to the proposed site for the school referred to by the Deputy, issues outside the control of my Department arose during the conveyancing process. These issues have now been addressed which will enable the conveyancing process to be progressed. In the interim period the Department had...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Officials from my Department are currently working closely with officials from Galway County Council in relation to the acquisition of suitable sites to facilitate the provision of a number of school building projects in the area referred to by the Deputy. This acquisition process continues to be progressed. The provision of permanent school accommodation for the school referred to by the...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I can advise that my Department has acknowledged the need for a new school building in respect of the school referred to by the Deputy. In that regard, my Department is satisfied that the site being made available is suitable for the development of a new school building. The project brief has been finalised and agreement was recently reached with the school in that regard. In that...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware, since 2006, under the Teaching Council Act 2001, the Teaching Council is the regulator and standards body for the teaching profession. The Council is also the competent authority for the recognition of qualifications under EU Directive 2005/36/EC. The Council is independent in the exercise of these functions. The issue raised is an operational matter for the...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The major building project for the school is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2b. Stage 2b includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Safety Certificate, Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of tender documents. All statutory approvals have been secured and the tender documents have been finalised. Due to competing demands on the...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The school in question applied to my Department for funding towards the provision of an additional special education teaching room. My Department has advised the school that the space sought can be provided through reconfiguring existing accommodation. My Department considers that the provision of additional accommodation is therefore not required. The National Council for Special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department website. At post primary level teaching posts are allocated on the basis of 19:1 with a ratio of 18.25 applying in DEIS...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: A building project is a complex arrangement of contractual relationships between the client, the main contractor, specialist sub-contractors, domestic sub-contractors, suppliers of materials, suppliers of plant etc. In general all sub-contractors employed on education sector building projects are employed directly by the Main Contractor or indirectly by the Main Contractor through other...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has made an application to my Department for capital funding for the provision of additional accommodation. The application is currently being considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school as soon as the assessment process has been concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department does not currently have a live Emergency Works application for the school to which the Deputy refers.

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The building project referred to by the Deputy is included in the Five Year Construction Programme to proceed to Tender and Construction. The original design team appointed to the project had reached completion of Stage 1 of Architectural Planning. As part of that work and following an assessment of the current accommodation, it was agreed by the Department that extensive additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is a day to day operational matter for the WWETB who manage the Newpark Close Family Resource Centre Locial Training Initiative (LTI). I have asked the ETB to contact the Deputy directly to clarify the position.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the process for the review of the DEIS Programme is underway. This process involves a number of strands including: - a consultation process with the Education Partners to inform the development of appropriate future interventions to tackle educational disadvantage; - the establishment of an inter-Departmental Group to ensure a joined-up approach to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Remuneration (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: No bonus payments have been made to staff at my Department this year and bodies under the aegis of my Department have also confirmed to my officials that no bonuses have been paid to their employees to date this year.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Articles 22(3) and 24(6) of the Student Grant Scheme 2015 provide that gifts or inheritances received in the reference period will be included as reckonable income. If any of the persons whose income is under consideration received a gift or an inheritance in the reference period, these are included in reckonable income, unless in the case of an independent student, the gift or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that Ballyfermot College of Further Education is an approved Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) centre which is managed and funded by City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB) from funding provided by my Department. Post Leaving Certificate Centres provide further education courses up to Level 6 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ). However, my...