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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department’s policy is to provide for a range of services and supports to recognised schools to ensure that children with special educational needs can have access to an education appropriate to their needs. These supports include additional teaching and care support, enhanced capitation, specialist school transport arrangements, assistive technology and/or specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (16 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school to which he refers has been granted funding under my Department’s Additional Accommodation Scheme for the delivery of a 2 classroom SEN Base. A letter to that effect was issued to the school last week.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (16 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 203, 204 and 206 together. My Department does not hold information in relation to the number of children with a recommendation for ASD specific placements. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (16 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department does not hold information in relation to the number of children with a recommendation for ASD specific placements. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), an independent agency of my Department, is responsible for planning, co-ordinating and advising on education provision for children with special educational needs in consultation with the relevant education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The policy of this Department is that all children with Special Educational Needs, including those with Autism, can have access to an education appropriate to their needs, preferably in school settings through the primary and post primary school network. Such placements facilitate access to individualised education programmes which may draw from a range of appropriate educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question has submitted an application, to my Department, for capital funding under the 'Additional School Accommodation Scheme'. The application is currently under assessment, as soon as this process has been completed my Department will be in direct contact with the school authority concerned. The school has also applied for funding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: Special Needs Assistants are recruited specifically to assist in the care of pupils with disabilities, who have additional and significant care needs, in an educational context. They may be appointed to a special school or a mainstream school to assist school authorities in making suitable provision for a pupil or pupils with special care needs. In June 2012, my Department, following...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for planning, coordinating and advising on education provision for children with special educational needs. The Council ensures that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all children who have been identified as needing special class placements. The NCSE’s team of locally based Special Education Needs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Apr 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 and 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: Since my appointment as Minister for Education and Skills I have met with a number of Teaching Principals, including at the recent IPPN conference, and I appreciate the pressures they face. In Budget 2019, school leadership is again supported with an additional release day for teaching principals in primary schools and a further four additional release days for teaching principals in schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. We will forward this to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tax Data (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71 and 72 together. My Department makes capital payments to school authorities, including Educational and Training Boards (ETBs), in relation to projects delivered under the School Building Programme and various grants such as the Minor Works Grant Scheme. Under tax law, a school authority is regarded by the Revenue Commissioners as the "Principal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Bodies Code of Conduct (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: It is a central principle that all bodies in receipt of Exchequer funding should be fully compliant with tax regulations and it is a core responsibility of the boards of these bodies to ensure such compliance.  The stipulations of the Code of Practice for Governance of State Bodies in respect of taxation apply in the Department's aegis bodies.  More generally, the provisions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (11 Apr 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 Council ensures that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all children who have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: I have recently met with my colleague The Minister for Communications Climate Action and the Environment, Richard Bruton TD to discuss the Oireachtas Committee Report and the Governments Climate Action Plan. In 2018, the NCCA undertook an audit of the curriculum at primary and post-primary levels to look at the potential for learning and teaching related to education for sustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The assessment of means under the Student Grant Scheme is based on gross income from all sources, with certain social welfare and health service executive payments being exempt. In the assessment of means, a deduction can be made for “Holiday Earnings” earned by the applicant from employment outside of term time but within the reference period for the assessment of income for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government includes a commitment of reaching 400 multi-/non-denominational schools in Ireland by the year 2030. The Schools Reconfiguration for Diversity Process is aimed at assisting in achieving this target by transferring existing schools from denominational to multi-/non-denominational patronage in line with the wishes of the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts Data (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table. County Roll Number School Contract Start Date Current position Cavan 70380I Breifne College, Cootehill Road, Cavan Town 25/04/2016 Completed Galway City 19795A Tirellan Heights N S 05/06/2012 Completed Kildare 15040T Mercy Convent Primary School, Naas 08/05/2017 On-going Longford 20124G Edgeworthstown N.S.....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (11 Apr 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that my officials contacted SUSI regarding this case. SUSI has advised that it has no record of the student in question making an application for a student grant. Under the terms of the Student Grant Scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students attending an approved course in an approved institution who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those...