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

Joe McHugh: A building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department’s Construction Programme which is being delivered under the National Development Plan. A tender exercise to establish a Project Manager framework was concluded on 10th April 2019. A tender competition to the newly established framework to appoint a Project Manager for the programme through...

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

Joe McHugh: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that my Department approved capital funding for the provision of additional accommodation at the school in question. A further application for increased accommodation was submitted and the school authority was advised that my Department's current priority is the provision of essential classroom accommodation where an additional teaching post has been...

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: State Pension (Contributory) (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: An official of my Department has written to the person referred to by the Deputy in relation to the PRSI records requested. The data that is available on the Department database system in relation to the request has been forwarded to her. I understand that the person referred to has indicated in her correspondence that she had other teaching service. Officials of my Department will...

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

Joe McHugh: The purpose of my Department’s July Provision Grant Scheme is to provide funding towards an extended school year for children with a severe or profound general learning disability or children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) enrolled in recognised schools. The eligibility criteria for the July Provision Grant Scheme 2019 is set out in the Department's Information Note on the...

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

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that under the National Development Plan (NDP), increased funding has been provided for the school sector capital investment programme. This funding allows for a continued focus on the provision of new permanent school places to keep pace with demographic demand and also provides for an additional focus on refurbishment of existing school buildings to include the...

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: Freedom of Information Data (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: The following table gives a breakdown of the number of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests submitted to my Department in 2018, granted, part-granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or handled outside of FOI. Department of Education and Skills - FOI Requests 2018 Requests Granted Requests Part-Granted Requests Refused Requests Transferred Requests Withdrawn...

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

Joe McHugh: I recognise the very important work done by school secretaries, and indeed by other support staff, in the running of our schools and I am grateful to them for the contribution they make to our education system. I have spoken to a number of school secretaries about their employment conditions and understand the issues they have raised. I have recently relaxed the moratorium for those...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department understands that it is the Patron's intention to amalgamate the schools concerned on completion of the building project. In that regard, the major building project is currently at stage 3 of the architectural planning process and as this is a live tender process, it would not be appropriate to give a timeline for the completion of the project until the tenders have been...

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

Joe McHugh: My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service 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 capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist for responses to queries arising, and...

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

Joe McHugh: I recognise the very important work done by school secretaries, and indeed by other support staff, in the running of our schools and I am grateful to them for the contribution they make to our education system. I have spoken to a number of school secretaries about their employment conditions and understand the issues they have raised. I have recently relaxed the moratorium for those...

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

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 201, 202 and 205 together. Ensuring that every child has a suitable placement available to them from September is a key priority for this Government. It is open to any school board of management to make an application to the NCSE to open a special class. The enrolment of a child to a school is a matter, in the first instance, for the parents of the child and...

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

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government announced plans in April 2018 for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next four years (2019 to 2022) including a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school to be established in September 2020 to serve the Tallaght & Newcastle_Rathcoole (Citywest/Saggart) school planning areas as a regional solution. This announcement follows nationwide,...

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

Joe McHugh: Parents have the right to choose which school to apply to and where the school has places available the pupil should be admitted. In schools where there are more applicants than places available, as in the case of Kingswood Community College, a selection process may be necessary. It is a matter for the Board of Management which selection criteria are included in their enrolment policy and in...

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

Joe McHugh: Contributions from the 18 religious congregations involved in the management of most of the residential institutions in which child abuse took place, towards the costs incurred by the State in responding to abuse is being made under two rounds: the legally binding 2002 Indemnity Agreement and the voluntary offers made in 2009 in the aftermath of the publication of the report of the Commission...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: In December 2014, the Government approved proposals to offer out-of-court settlements to those bringing cases of school child sexual abuse where the cases come within the terms of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights: Cases involving sexual abuse of a school child by a primary or post primary school employee [i.e., not simply teachers]; and in respect of whom there was a prior...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: As part of the State’s response to the ECtHR Judgment in the Louise O'Keeffe case, the position of historical cases which had been discontinued by plaintiffs was reviewed. As these cases had been discontinued by the Plaintiffs, the proceedings were no longer before the domestic courts and therefore there was no litigation in existence which could be settled. Accordingly, it was...

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

Joe McHugh: In recent years third level institutions have established sexual consent programmes and workshops for their students. On 5th April 2019 my colleague the Minister of State for Higher Education launched the Framework for Consent in Higher Education Institutions, “Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive – Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in Irish Higher Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sexual Offences Data (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: On 5th April 2019 my colleague the Minister of State for Higher Education launched the Framework for Consent in Higher Education Institutions, “Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive – Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in Irish Higher Education Institutions”. This Framework outlines specific aims and outcomes for students, staff, third level institutions, as well...