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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: There follows, as requested in the Deputy's question, a list of schools by county currently housed in prefabricated buildings with no permanent structures. Roll Number Official Name Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 Address 4 County 20086B ENNIS EDUCATE TOGETHER NS GORT ROAD ENNIS CO CLARE Clare 20313J Mol an Oige Ennistoymon Clare Clare 09872J CLOGHOOLA MIXED N S MILLSTREET CO CORK ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The report, Student Accommodation: Demand & Supply, which I published recently sets out clearly that the demand for student accommodation outstrips supply in certain areas and will continue to do so in the coming years. There are 13 useful recommendations in this report some of which include capital financing, tax considerations and planning issues, as well as support for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department provides capitation funding to all recognised primary schools and second level schools within the free education scheme. My Department provides capitation funding to mainstream primary schools by way of per capita grants, subject to a minimum grant equivalent to 60 pupils. Enhanced rates are payable to Special Schools and Special Classes attached to mainstream schools. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The following post primary schools in County Louth have a 100Mbit/s broadband connection: 63840C St. Joseph's C.B.S. 63841E St Mary's Diocesan School 63850F Our Ladys College 63860I Sacred Heart Secondary School 63870L Drogheda Grammar School 63880O Colaiste Rís 63890R St Mary's College 63891T De La Salle College 63900R St Vincent's Secondary School 63910U St Louis Secondary School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts is published annually on the Department website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing arrangements for primary schools for the 2015/16 school year are set out...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: An application for a Higher Education Grant from the student referred to by the Deputy is currently under review with SUSI and additional documentation has been requested. Once this documentation has been submitted to SUSI, a decision will be made on the case and the student informed of the outcome.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The policy of my Department is that children with special educational needs should be included where possible and appropriate in mainstream placements with additional supports provided. In circumstances where children with special educational need require more specialised interventions, special school or special class places are also available. All State-funded Post Primary schools have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (24 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. The Statistics Section of my Department's website contains extensive data relating to schools, including teacher...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Principal duties in medium to large sized schools are carried out by administrative principals. Principal duties in small to medium sized schools are carried out by teaching principals. Circular 25/02 which is available on the Department website outlines the number of days that teaching principals may take as release time in a school year in order to assist them fulfilling their principal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are now more Resource Teachers available for allocation than ever before. As part of Budget 2015, I announced provision for an additional 480 Resource Teaching posts, to take into account increased demand and demographic growth and to ensure that children can continue to have access to additional supports in school. The total number of posts...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (23 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy may be aware that I signed a Memorandum of Understanding between my Department and the County and City Managers' Association (CCMA) in 2012. This Memorandum of Understanding fosters increased levels of cooperation and formalises the Local Authorities' part in identifying and securing sites for educational use. In that context, my Department has worked closely with Cork County...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (23 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that some €1.37 billion will be spent in support of children with Special Educational Needs this year, which represents approximately 15% of my Department's budget. The investment which is being made to support children with special educational needs is an area of spending which has been prioritised above most other areas by this Government. We now have the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (23 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has a number of strategies and initiatives in place to ensure that education and training meets the skills requirements of the workplace. SOLAS, with the assistance of relevant experts such as the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), employers and local and national organisations, have published a five year strategy for the further education and training sector which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (23 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The eligibility criteria for student grants including the income thresholds is reviewed annually in my Department and approved by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. No changes to the thresholds were included in Budget 2015. As the Deputy will be aware, all proposals made in relation to education expenditure, including changes to income thresholds, will be considered in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Expenditure (23 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The current qualifying distance for the higher non-adjacent rate of student grant, at 45 km, takes into account a reasonable radius within which students may commute on a daily basis. There are no plans at present to revise the distance criteria.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (23 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (23 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 125 and 126 together. The Student Assistance Fund is a component of the Third Level Access Measure which is managed on behalf of my Department by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and comprises two sub-priorities: the Student Assistance Fund and the Fund for Students with Disabilities. The determination of the allocation of this fund between the two...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (23 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware the Student Contribution stands at €3,000 for the current academic year, 2015/16. It should be noted that some 50% of students who qualify for free fees funding have the Student Contribution paid on their behalf by the Exchequer under my Department's Student Grant Scheme. An Expert Working Group chaired by Peter Cassells is currently preparing a report on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (23 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: On the 11th of May 1999, the Taoiseach, on behalf of the State, apologised to the victims of childhood abuse and announced a range of measures the Government intended to introduce to assist victims. In 2002, the Oireachtas enacted the Residential Institutions Redress Act in order to provide a means for making financial awards to assist people who as children were abused while resident in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (23 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that my officials engage in ongoing consultations with key stakeholders such as the Department of Social Protection. These consultations with the Department of Social Protection subsequently informed decisions I made in terms of including a number of new income disregards in the 2015 Scheme. These new income disregards are no longer assessed as part of the reckonable...