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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: Caranua is an independent statutory body and I have no role in relation to its day to day operations. The organisation publishes regular monthly updates on its website (www.caranua.ie) which contain information on the number of applications received, the current status of applications, the expenditure incurred, feedback and complaints, etc. The position as of 2nd August 2018 can be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 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 areas...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school in question is included in my Department's school building programme to be delivered under the National Development Plan (NDP). The accommodation brief for the project is currently being finalised and this process is expected to be completed shortly. My Department has been liaising with the Patron of the school in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System, using data from a range of sources, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. With this information, my Department carries out nationwide demographic exercises to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 161 and 165 together. As the Deputy may be aware my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: Student services and associated activities are an integral part of the whole student experience at third level. Student services support each individual student to achieve his/her intellectual, cultural and social potential while supporting and complementing the formal academic programme. Student services can fall under a number of headings, particularly ‘Welfare and Guidance’...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that DES Circulars 0007/2019 for primary schools and 0008/2019 for post primary schools provide details of how the allocations of Special Education Teachers have been updated for schools from September 2019, based on updated profile data. All schools have now received revised allocations for September 2019. As the re profiling occurred, some schools gained...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. After the redeployment processes have transacted, each school is permitted to fill any remaining vacancies through open recruitment. It is open to any suitably qualified teacher to apply for these advertised teaching positions as they arise. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Qualifications Data (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 and 169 together. Attached for the Deputy's information is data compiled by the Higher Education Authority on the qualifications, including PhDs, awarded annually in science and technology subjects between 1994 - 2017. The data set applies to universities, colleges of education and institutions such as the NCAD and RCSI. Data relating to Institutes of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: As I explained to the Deputy in a reply to his Parliamentary Question on 10 April 2019, Caranua (the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund) is entirely funded by cash contributions offered voluntarily by religious congregations in the aftermath of the publication of the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (the "Ryan Report"). As provided for in the Residential Institutions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: Circular 0072/2011 sets downs the Grievance and Disciplinary procedures to be followed by schools. My Department does not hold information on the number of Special Needs Assistants subject to Grievance and/or Disciplinary procedures, as such staff are the employees of individual schools. My Department retains limited information on Administrative Leave cases, some of which may be related to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 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: Child and Family Agency Services (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy in the first instance that Tusla's Educational Welfare Service, which operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, and is under the remit of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs is available to all schools and not just those which are DEIS schools. In schools participating in my Department’s DEIS initiative (Delivering Equality of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Occupational Therapy Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: An Occupational Health Strategy is in place as a supportive resource for teachers. The aim of this strategy is to promote the health of teachers in the workplace, with a focus primarily on prevention rather than cure. The Occupational Health Strategy comprises of the Employee Assistance & Wellbeing Programme (EAWP) and the Occupational Health Service (OHS) for teachers. The EAWP is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: Since my appointment as Minister for Education and Skills I have met with a number of Teaching Principals, including at this year’s IPPN conference, and I appreciate the pressures they face. In Budget 2019, school leadership is again supported with an additional release day for teaching principals in primary schools and a further four additional release days for teaching principals in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: I fully recognise the need to improve capitation funding for schools. I am pleased to have been able to provide for a 5% increase in capitation funding for primary and post primary schools that will apply from the start of the 2019/20 school year. Over the course of the school year 2019/20, an additional €10 million will be allocated to primary and post primary schools, of which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware, my Department has introduced an objective, statistics based model for assessing which schools merit inclusion in the DEIS Programme, so that all stakeholders can have confidence that we are targeting extra resources at those schools with the highest levels of concentrated disadvantage. This new model involves a calculation of the level of disadvantage in each school,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: The status of the new build for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning (Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design), which includes the application for statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents. The design team is currently working on the Stage 2(b) Report which on completion will be submitted to my Department for review. In completing the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 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: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: The project referred to by the Deputy has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education & Training Board (KWETB). I understand from KWETB that procurement of the Design Team for the project will be completed by the end of July 2019. The Design Team will then take the project through the various stages of architectural planning and onwards through the statutory planning...