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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is Department policy to apply alleviations to meet the business needs of each of the support services, for example, to provide for continuity in management, planning and leadership and retention of expertise. The nature of the CPD provision and the phase of delivery in respect of each individual support service have been taken into account. This policy has been applied to PDST and while...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grants Data (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. The information will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is collated.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Appeals (9 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: Teacher Data (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that approximately 50 schools are currently being invited to participate in a pilot project for the new model for allocating resource teachers to schools. Following an invitation to participate in this pilot, schools have been asked indicate their willingness to participate on a voluntary basis by 12th June, 2015. Therefore, until it is known which schools wish...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Grants for the purchase of ICT equipment were provided to all schools in 2009 and in 2010. Details of the grants paid to fee paying schools in 2010 and grants for Design and Communications Graphics in 2015 are included in the table. Roll Number School Name 2010 (ICT Infrastructure Grants) 2015 (DCG Grants) 60030V Blackrock College €67,131.47 €9,775.00 60040B Willow Park...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: If an individual applicant considers that she/he has been unjustly refused a student grant, or that the rate of grant awarded is not the correct one, she/he may appeal, in the first instance, to SUSI. Where an individual applicant has had an appeal turned down in writing by SUSI and remains of the view that the scheme has not been interpreted correctly in his/her case, an appeal form...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 to oversee the use of the cash contributions of up to €110 million, pledged by the religious congregations, to support the needs of survivors of institutional child abuse. The processing of individual applications is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 981 to 983, inclusive, together. My Department, through the teacher support services and education centres, engages teachers on a full time basis annually for the provision of continuing professional development (CPD) through secondment from their schools. These secondments are subject to annual review. The arrangements provide flexibility and ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Facilities (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Data gathered for the report referred to by the Deputy is being validated by the HEA in consultation with my Department and other stakeholders. I expect the report to be finalised in the coming weeks. As I have previously stated, some institutions provide a range of accommodation, and all colleges have an obligation to work with students' unions and other groups, to provide students with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school referred to by the Deputy has been allocated funding under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme to provide one new mainstream classroom and two resource rooms. The school management authority has recently submitted a request of additional funding to carry out extra works. My Department's Planning and Building Unit has sought further information from the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Munster consortium consisting of Cork IT and IT Tralee submitted a plan towards merger to the HEA in 2014. This was assessed by an international expert panel appointed by the HEA and found to be on a clear trajectory to meet the very robust performance and quality criteria that have been set down for merging institutes who wish to apply for the new technological university status. This...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) for allocating resource teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. The criteria by which SNA support is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 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: Education and Training Boards (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I take it that the Deputy is referring to cases where a school which is under the patronage of an Education and Training Board amalgamates with a local voluntary secondary school which is under the patronage of a religious order in order to form a new community school. In such cases, under the terms of the agreed Deed of Trust for a Community School, the patron duties are undertaken jointly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The "Joint Statement on Principles and Implementation" provides that, in the case of a small number of subjects (Art, Music, Home Economics and the Technology subjects), the second Classroom Based Assessment (CBA) will involve the creation of an artifact or a performance. The formative assessment related to the production of these artefacts and performance will be reported upon by the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: You will be aware that the leadership of the two post primary teacher unions, the ASTI and TUI, reached an agreement with me on Junior Cycle reform. Our agreement was set out in our joint document "Junior Cycle Reform: Joint Statement on Principles and Implementation" published on the 22nd of May 2015. In section 2 the document outlines a dual approach, with the introduction of two...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: You will be aware that the leadership of the two post primary teacher unions, the ASTI and TUI, reached an agreement with me on Junior Cycle reform. Our agreement was set out in our joint document "Junior Cycle Reform: Joint Statement on Principles and Implementation" published on the 22nd of May 2015. Under this agreement section 4.9 and 4.10 sets out the answer to the Deputy's question....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The student contribution, which currently stands at €2,750, applies to all students who benefit under my Department's Free Fees Initiative (details of which are published on www.studentfinance.ie). Under the scheme, free fees funding is not available for students undertaking a repeat period of study. Third level institutions are autonomous institutions and my Department does not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department, through the teacher support services and education centres, engages teachers on a full time basis annually for the provision of continuing professional development (CPD) through secondment from their schools. These secondments are subject to annual review. The arrangements provide flexibility and ensure that the in-service needs of teachers and other support priorities of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Jun 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Design Team on the project for the school referred to by the Deputy has recently completed stage 2(a) and has been authorised to progress to Stage 2(b), which includes the application for planning permission and other statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents. Following the completion of stage 2(b) the project will then be authorised to proceed to tender and...