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Topical Issue Debate: Educational Disadvantage (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: We have to decide on the criteria. Totally new schools that were founded since 2009 did not get in either. Therefore, there is a problem. I am addressing it but it will take time to identify exactly which schools should be included and which should not. We need to ensure we provide the funding that is necessary. Inevitably, there will be more schools coming in. I do not want to cut...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 25th September, 2014, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence:Minister for Finance Tánaiste...

Membership of Committee: Motion (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move:That Deputies Charlie Flanagan (Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade), Helen McEntee, Patrick O’Donovan and Noel Harrington be discharged from the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions and that Deputies Pat Deering, Paul J. Connaughton, Anthony Lawlor and Mary Mitchell O’Connor be appointed in substitution for them.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Appointments to State Boards (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Senator Mac Conghail for raising this issue, which is very important for students and staff of the National College of Art and Design. As Members know the new guidelines for appointments to State boards were approved by Government in November 2014 and provided for the new State boards website to be put in place. The State boards website was launched earlier this year and is now...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Appointments to State Boards (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I would very much like the opportunity to visit. My predecessor attended the exhibition last week. Unfortunately, I myself was unable to go. I would hope that this board will be up and running quickly. I regret the delay. There was that process of setting up PAS and then trying to identify what was in PAS and what was not. However, the process is a lot more transparent than it would...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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: Employment Support Services (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Irish European Social Fund Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020 contains a total budget of €1.153 billion. The ESF will contribute almost €611 million and the Exchequer will contribute €542.43 million. The Programme is focused on Promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting labour mobility; Promoting social inclusion,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The staffing appeal process at primary level includes the provision whereby schools with a high concentration of pupils requiring English as an additional language (EAL) can apply for further additional temporary language support posts. The appeal criteria are set out in Circular 0005/2015. The school referred to by the Deputy submitted an appeal under the EAL criterion to the Primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: While the study of Irish is compulsory at both primary and post-primary there are a limited number of specific circumstances whereby an exemption from this requirement may be granted. The granting of exemptions is governed by Departmental circulars, 12/96 for primary and M10/94 at post-primary. Under these circulars the authority to grant exemptions within the terms of the circulars has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: There have been no meetings with the individual referred to by the Deputy, nor have there been any meetings with senior executives of the media companies referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Secondment (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: A limited alleviation of the application of the five year limit has been agreed to allow secondees to serve for a further limited period in my Department's support services. It is Department policy to apply alleviations to meet the business needs of each of the services, for example, to provide for continuity in management, planning and leadership and retention of expertise. Alleviations only...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no record of receiving an application from the school to which he refers. It is open to the school authorities to submit an application to my Department for consideration. Any application received will be considered in the context of competing demands on my Department's capital budget and other competing priority projects.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating resource teaching and Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support to schools to support children with special educational needs and additional care needs, respectively. The NCSE operates within my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating resource teaching and Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support to schools to support children with special educational needs and additional care needs, respectively. The NCSE operates within my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Data on the number of pupils enrolled in each school is available on the Statistics Section of my Department's website at . The most recent published information is provisional data for the 2014/2015 school year. Final data in relation to the 2014/15 school year will be published later in the current school year.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The detailed information sought by the Deputy is not available in my Department. The recruitment and appointment of teachers are the responsibility of Boards of Management of recognised schools. The policy of my Department is to ensure, as far as possible, that the Managerial Authorities of Primary and Post Primary schools give priority to unemployed registered teachers who are fully...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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: State Examinations Commission (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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: School Staffing (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that, under the Education Act 1998, legally, all schools are managed by the school Board of Management, on behalf of the schools patrons or trustees or Education and Training Board (known as the management authority). It is the management authority that employs the school principal, teachers and other staff members. In ETB schools, the ETB is the employer....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (16 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The policy of my Department is to ensure, as far as possible, that the Managerial Authorities of Primary and Post Primary schools give priority to unemployed registered teachers who are fully qualified when filling vacant teaching posts. It is schools that employ teachers and not my Department. However, my Department has issued a number of Circulars addressing this issue in recent years....