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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 May 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 Examinations Commission (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy may be aware, I met with members of the Glenroe school Working Group earlier in the year. Following this meeting, my Department received supporting documentation from the Group which is currently under review. A response will issue in due course once the information has been evaluated.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 2(b) – Detailed Design. The pre-qualification process to select a shortlist of suitable contractors has been completed and the Design Team is currently carrying out a final review of tender documentation. Once this work is complete, my Department will be in contact with the Board of Management...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: Individual school boards of management are responsible for the establishment of special classes. It is open to any school to make application to the National Council for Special education (NCSE) to establish a special class. The NCSE, an independent agency of my Department, is responsible for planning, coordinating and advising on education provision for children with special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: The selection and enrolment of pupils in schools is the responsibility of the authorities of the individual school. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in an area. However, this may result in some pupils' not obtaining a place in the school of their first choice. As schools may not have a place...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Deputy will be aware that last October and November my Department carried out initial structural assessments into 42 schools constructed by a particular contractor. In 22 of these schools precautionary measures were implemented to enable continued safe occupation and part of the school to which the Deputy refers was closed following the identification of significant structural issues. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Special education (NCSE), an independent agency of my Department, is responsible for planning, coordinating and advising on education provision for children with special educational needs. This includes taking account of the flow of students from primary into post primary. The NCSE ensures that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all children who have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: Speech and Language Therapy Services are under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Health and the service is provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE). Questions in relation to the provision of speech and language therapy services should therefore be referred to the Department of Health and the HSE. The Deputy will be aware that a demonstration project to provide in-school and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Supply (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: It is the policy of my Department that only qualified personnel should be employed by schools as teachers. Unqualified personnel should not be appointed except in exceptional circumstances and only when all avenues for recruiting qualified personnel have been exhausted and only for quite limited time periods. Circular 0031/2011 issued by my Department details a cascade of measures for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department has no plans to provide additional accommodation for special classes at the school in question and has not received an application for same. As the Deputy will be aware there are currently 2 ASD Early Intervention Class groups in the school.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department is actively engaged in trying to acquire a site in order to provide a permanent building for the school to which the Deputy refers. Kildare County Council are assisting my Department in this regard and have proposed a site option which is being examined in technical detail at present. Due to the commercially sensitive nature of site acquisitions generally, it is not possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 May 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: Summer Works Scheme Applications (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I am delighted to confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers was successful in obtaining grant funding under the 2019 Summer Works Scheme. This project has been devolved to the school authority for delivery. I can also confirm that my Department does not currently have any outstanding applications for building works from the school in question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: School Placement is a critical part of initial teacher education (ITE) as it enables the student teacher to experience teaching and learning in a variety of contexts, and to participate in school life in a way that is structured and supported. As you are aware, the Teaching Council is the statutory body that sets and upholds the standards for entry to the profession and reviews and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise that my Department has no record of receiving an application for capital funding at the school referred to by the Deputy. It is open to the school authorities to make an application for additional accommodation through the 'Additional School Accommodation' (ASA) scheme where an accommodation deficit is identified. I also wish to advise the Deputy that the Summer Works...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: The major 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 the application for statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents. All Statutory approvals have been secured. In the context of reviewing the revised Stage 2(b) report submitted to the Department it was noted...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 May 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 (28 May 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 (28 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware, the project to which he refers is devolved for delivery to Westmeath County Council (WCC). The Deputy will be aware that the latest timeline for completion of the project that was provided by the contractor indicated a completion date of July 2019. WCC has raised a number of concerns with respect to progress on site since that timeline was provided. WCC has...