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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school in question submitted an application for additional accommodation to extend the school classroom sizes. Given the current financial constraints within which my Department is currently operating, priority is being given to applications for essential mainstream classroom accommodation in areas of significant demographic growth and where additional teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Playgrounds (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy may be aware, a new 8 classroom major capital building project is currently being provided by my Department for the school in question. On completion of the project, the school will have access to a General Purpose room within the new school building and also to an external space that will comprise a ball court and a separate junior play area which is considered adequate....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: A response in this matter will issue to the Deputy in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are allocated to Special Schools and to mainstream Primary and Post Primary schools to assist children with special educational needs who also have additional and significant care needs. Such support is provided in order to facilitate the attendance of those pupils at school and also to minimise disruption to class or teaching time for the pupils concerned, or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) is responsible for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports. SENOs also make recommendations to my Department where assistive technology is required. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provides for a range of placement options and supports for schools which have enrolled pupils with special educational needs in order to ensure that, wherever a child is enrolled, they will have access to an appropriate education. Children with special educational needs may be enrolled in a mainstream school and attend all mainstream classes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has no role in relation to the fees charged by private colleges. Such matters are solely the responsiblity of the management authority of the particular College.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I understand officials in my Department have sought further detail from the Deputy regarding the nature of funding arrangements being addressed in his question. More detailed clarification can be provided to the Deputy following receipt of this information. I can advise the Deputy, however, that my Department provides a range of supports to Special Schools to provide for education for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The July Education Programme is available to all special schools and mainstream schools with special classes catering for children with autism who choose to extend their educational services through the month of July. The programme is also available for pupils with a severe / profound general learning disability.Where a school chooses not to extend their services for July, all eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (22 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 Staffing (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I should firstly point out that the individual working hours of a Special Needs Assistant (SNA) are a matter to be set out by the school/ETB as an employer to all SNAs working in the school/ETB, provided that they are in line with the nationally agreed contracts for SNAs. In this regard, the contractual position in respect of the working hours of SNAs is as outlined in their contracts of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Firstly, I am pleased to inform you that my Department recently received approval for an additional 610 Special Needs Assistant (SNA) SNA posts from September 2015 to reflect the Government's commitment to ensure that every child with an assessed need has access to a SNA. This is an important principle and will continue in the 2015/16 school year. This increase in SNA posts is in addition...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I should firstly point out that the individual working hours of a Special Needs Assistant (SNA) are a matter to be set out by the school/ETB as an employer to all SNAs working in the school/ETB, provided that they are in line with the nationally agreed contracts for SNAs. In this regard, the contractual position in respect of the working hours of SNAs is as outlined in their contracts of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is extremely difficult to make precise comparisons between the levels of grants paid and the actual costs of running schools at primary and post primary levels. However it is self evident that the maintenance and running costs for second level schools are much greater on a unit cost basis than those in primary schools. In general, second level schools are larger than primary schools and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Expenditure (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government's approach to restoring the economy has helped Ireland to return to a position where we are seeing economic growth. It is a continuing improvement in our economic growth over a sustained period that will enable us to move to a point where we can look again at providing for additional teacher resources in schools which could bring about further improvement in PTR, class size and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under current arrangements, reckonable service which is allowable for the purpose of Supplementary Panel access is service as a fully qualified teacher in a post paid for by the Department of Education and Skills, excluding certain service types as listed in Circular 0072/2014. Arrangements for supplementary panel access for fixed term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually on the website of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 schedule operates in a clear...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy, through its Patron, 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: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning (Stage 2(b) – Detailed Design) which includes planning permission, fire safety certificate, disability access certificate. This building project is included in my Department's five year construction programme to proceed to Tender and Construction in 2015/16....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1349 and 1350 together. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating resource teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating...