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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (2 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for allocating a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school annually taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support enrolled in the school. The NCSE allocates SNA support to schools in accordance with the criteria set out in Department Circular 0030/2014, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Overseas Students Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: I thank Deputy O’Dea for asking this question, Ireland had 29 students from New Zealand studying here within the academic year 2017/18; numbers for 2018/19 have not been collated as of yet. While some universities have institutional links with New Zealand, Enterprise Ireland acting as the Education in Ireland promotion agency does not have any active or ongoing activities in New...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The information in respect of the 100% maintenance rates for the years 2008-2019 is set out in tabular form as requested. SUSI MAINTENANCE RATES FROM 2008 TO 2019 100% MAINTENANCE 100% MAINTENANCE YEAR ADJACENT RATE NON ADJACENT 2008 €1,370 €3,420 2009 €1,370 €3,420 2010 €1,300 €3,250 2011 €1,215 €3,025 2012 €1,215...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: A new school building is due to be provided for the school to which the Deputy refers. The current position is that a suitable site has been identified and it is contained within a parcel of land that is currently being acquired by Clare County Council. When Clare County Council has completed its acquisition, arrangements can then be made to transfer the school site to my Department and to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: Officials from my Department are collating the information sought in relation to the school referred to by the Deputy. I will arrange for the information requested to be forwarded directly to the Deputy at the earliest opportunity.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (2 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The patronage divesting process arises from the recommendations of the 2012 report of the Advisory Group to the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector, following which the Department undertook surveys of parental preferences in 43 areas of stable population in 2012 and 2013 to establish the level of parental demand for a wider choice in the patronage of primary schools within...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Deputy will be aware that a major building project for the school to which he refers, is included in my Department’s school building programme to be delivered as part of the National Development Plan. In this regard, a project manager has been appointed to master plan the site to explore the feasibility of whether the accommodation needs of the school in question and an existing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (2 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: In November 2018 I requested the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) to review the optional nature of history under the new Framework for Junior Cycle and, as part of this review, to identify how we can best promote the study of history in our schools. The NCCA Council considered this matter at its June meeting and the NCCA has this week sent its final report to my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (2 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy may be aware, there are currently 896 schools in the DEIS Programme serving over 180,000 pupils. There are 359 rural DEIS primary schools, with approximately 27,000 pupils, and 339 urban DEIS primary schools, with approximately 83,000 pupils, in receipt of supports under the DEIS school support programme. There are 198 Post Primary schools with approximately 74,000 students in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (2 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The location of a schools does not determine whether a school receives DEIS status. However, given educational disadvantage can manifest differently in urban and rural settings, urban DEIS schools receive more supports than rural DEIS schools. The list of supports is available at www.education.ie/en/Publications/Policy-Reports/DEIS-Plan-20 17.pdf. In relation to the criteria for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (2 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department is currently undertaking data analysis in the context of resource allocation to match identified need, including the examination of variables known to be strong predictors of educational disadvantage. All schools at both Primary and Post Primary are being assessed using the new identification model. This analysis is being carried out by members of the DEIS Technical Group...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (2 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: Special Needs Assistants(SNAs) are recruited specifically to assist in the care of pupils with disabilities who have additional and significant care needs in an educational context. They may be appointed to a special school or a mainstream school to assist school authorities in making suitable provision for a pupil or pupils with special care needs. The first priority is that the care needs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Funding (2 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. My Department will reply directly to the Deputy as soon as the information has been compiled.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (2 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department does not have any remit for the provision of accommodation for the school referred to by the Deputy. However, it is open to the school in question to explore with local schools in the area the possibility of using their buildings outside of school hours. As the Deputy may be aware my Department has a general policy of encouraging the use of school facilities by community and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 55 to 57, inclusive, together. My Departments July Provision Scheme provides funding for an extended school year for students with severe or profound intellectual disabilities and students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The scheme was developed to reduce potential regression in learning associated with these specific categories of special education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation (27 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) is responsible for validating education and training programmes which lead to qualifications (QQI awards) listed in the National Framework of Qualifications. There are currently two Disability Awareness Programmes being offered by providers which have been validated by QQI. QQI charges a fee for the validation of programmes. The level of fee...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (27 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm that it is proposed that the new post-primary school for Citywest will be built on the ETB-owned site at Fortunestown Lane, on which two existing primary schools are currently temporarily located.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (27 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm that it is proposed that the new post-primary school for Citywest will be built on an ETB-owned site at Fortunestown Lane, on which two existing primary schools are currently temporarily located. A patronage process for the new post-primary school in Citywest/Saggart, will be run later this year, significantly ahead of its due opening. This patronage process will be open to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: The project referred to by the Deputy is currently in architectural planning. The school will be delivered under the Department's Design & Build Programme. This delivery programme uses a professional external Project Manager to progress the project through the relevant stages of architectural planning, tendering and construction in the shortest possible timeframe. The design is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has a statutory function to plan and co-ordinate the provision of education and support services to children with special educational needs, in consultation with the relevant education partners and the Health Service Executive (HSE). This includes the establishment of special class and special school placements in various geographical...