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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that the current status of large-scale projects being delivered under project Ireland 2040 may be viewed on my Department's website, www.education.ieand this information is updated regularly. In addition, a list of large-scale projects completed from 2010 to date may also be viewed on the website. I wish to advise the Deputy that building projects are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under project Ireland 2040, the Department continues to make progress to increase the infrastructural capacity in the schools sector, in order to meet demographic and other demands. In 2019, the capital allocation for the school sector amounts to €622 m. Construction activity in 2018 and 2019 will deliver approx. 40,000 additional and replacement school places, the replacement of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 410 and 420 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Government recently announced plans for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next four years (2019 to 2022) including three new primary schools to be established in Kildare, as follows: - 8-classroom primary schools to be established in September 2019 to serve the Leixlip school planning area -...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding was allocated to Newtown NS, Enfield under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme in 2018 for the provision of 4 Mainstream Classrooms with en-suite toilets, 2 SET Rooms and an Assisted Users WC. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority so it is now a matter for the Board of Management to advance the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: A grant for the school, to which the Deputy refers, was approved in 2015 under my Department's Additional School Accommodation Scheme. This grant was provided to enable the Board of Management to provide a mainstream classroom, three resource rooms and a WC for assisted users. The project went to construction in 2017 and was completed in 2018. The full grant has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no record of receiving an application, for capital funding, from the school in question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under project Ireland 2040, the Department continues to make progress to increase the infrastructural capacity in the schools sector, in order to meet demographic and other demands throughout the country including north Co. Kildare and this is kept under on-going review and in particular will have regard for the increased roll-out of housing provision as outlined in Project Ireland 2040. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 415, 417 and 418 together. As the Deputy is aware, my Department's School Building Programme continues to address the challenges posed by the significant bulge in pupil enrolments going through our schools. This has seen a significant expansion in the rate of provision of new school places. The School Building Programme details the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that the current status of large-scale projects being delivered under project Ireland 2040 may be viewed on my Department's website, www.education.ieand this information is updated regularly. In addition, a list of large-scale projects completed from 2010 to date may also be viewed on the website. In particular, the Deputy will be aware that a Major project...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware, a building project for the school to which he refers is included in my Department's school building programme to be delivered as part of the National Development Plan. In the context of progressing the building project, my Department undertook a technical site visit to the school. My Department has advised the school authority that it is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under project Ireland 2040, the Department continues to make progress to increase the infrastructural capacity in the schools sector, in order to meet demographic and other demands. In 2019, capital allocation for the school sector amounts to €622 m. Construction activity in 2018 and 2019 will deliver approx. 40,000 additional and replacement school places, the replacement of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: Budget 2019 marks the third year of a major reinvestment in the education. In 2019, the budget for the Department of Education and Skills will increase by €674 million, a 6.7% increase on last year. In total, the Education budget will have increased by €1.7 billion compared to 2016. Budget 2019 will see numbers employed in our schools reach the highest ever level. Over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with a range of issues. This is mainly done through the Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) programme. SPHE is currently mandatory in all primary schools and in junior cycle. It also forms part of the mandatory 'Well-being' area of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware, my Department announced plans in April 2018 for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next four years (2019 to 2022), including a new 600-pupil post-primary school to serve the Laytown & Drogheda area as a regional solution.  It is intended that the school will open in suitable interim accommodation in the Mill...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (8 May 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. Schemes were initiated in 1978 and 1979 for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget Measures (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: I cannot comment, or pre-empt any decisions to be taken by Government as part of Budget 2020 at this stage, other than to assure the Deputy that funding for the higher education sector will continue to be a key focus for me and my Department.   The Student Contribution, which currently stands at €3,000, was introduced with effect from the 2011/12...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school to which he refers is included in my Department's school building programme to be delivered as part of the National Development Plan (NDP). My Department has recently advised the patron that the project brief will be finalised shortly. At that point, my Department will be in further contact with the patron who has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Deputy will be aware that a major building project, for the school to which he refers, is included in my Department's school building programme to be delivered as part of the National Development Plan (NDP). My Department has recently advised the patron that the project brief will be finalised shortly. At that point, my Department will be in further contact with the patron who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Deputy will be aware that a demonstration project to provide in-school and pre-school therapy services has been introduced for the 2018/19 school year. The demonstration project has been developed by a Working Group which includes representatives from the Departments of Education, Children and Youth Affairs, Health, and the Health Service Executive (HSE). The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (18 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 105, 107 and 108 together. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for fulfilling the functions of the NCSE Council within a designated area in relation to the identification of and delivery and co-ordination of education services to children with disabilities....