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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (28 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Since September 2012 guidance provision in schools, including PLCs, must be managed by schools from within their standard staffing allocation. Schools have autonomy on how best to prioritise their available resources to meet their requirements in relation to guidance and the provision of an appropriate range of subjects to students. Decisions on how this is done is taken at school level. For...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Where parents of children who are eligible for Home Tuition under the terms of the scheme seek access to alternative arrangements such as those which are the subject of this question, and where such services are available to the parents and eligible children, my Department has responded and will continue to respond to such requests with consideration and sympathy and with whatever flexibility...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As I have previously advised the House in January of this year, the context of the correspondence referred to by the Deputy is significant in clarifying this issue. The letter was in response to a submission from a private service provider outlining their intention to submit claim forms for funding for four children who were approved for home tuition to assist in their timely processing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that discussions are ongoing between my Department and the Patron of the school, in question, regarding options including that referred to by the Deputy to meet the long term accommodation needs of the school concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (28 May 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 Management (28 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: In accordance with Section 18 of the Education Act 1998, schools (other than those established or maintained by an Education and Training Board) are required to keep all proper and usual accounts and records of all monies received by it or expenditure of such monies incurred by it and must ensure that in each year all such accounts are properly audited or certified in accordance with best...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (28 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Circular Letter 0023/2015 which was issued by my Department in March 2015 sets out the detailed arrangements and procedures for the implementation and procedures for the implementation of the recommendations of the Expert Group on Fixed-Term and Part-Time Employment in Primary and Second Level Education in Ireland. One of the key features of the new procedures is that the qualification...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Secondment (28 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158, 159 and 160 together. My Department, through the teacher support services and education centres, engages teachers on a full time basis annually for the provision of 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (28 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, commenced accepting applications in January 2014 and there is no closing date for receipt of applications. While it is envisaged that Caranua will be dissolved when the moneys at its disposal are expended, the precise timing cannot be predicted and accordingly it was deemed preferable to introduce amending primary legislation to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (28 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: There are no plans currently for the provision of Health (Amendment) Act cards to survivors who have accessed Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board. In this regard I would point out that those applying to Caranua can continue to be assessed under the medical card scheme and any awards made by Caranua are disregarded in the income assessment. Eligible survivors can...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (28 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on the Department's website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing arrangements for the coming school year 2015/16 are set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (28 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the terms of the student grant scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. To satisfy the terms and conditions in relation to progression, a student must be moving from year to year within a course, having successfully completed the previous year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy may be aware home tuition is intended as interim provision only for children with a special educational need for whom a school placement is not available. Eligibility in this regard is determined in consultation with the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). The NCSE has advised that a placement in an existing autism class is available for the child to whom he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (27 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (27 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school referred to by the Deputy closed in 2012. I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department had a vested interest in the property by means of a charging lease which expired in 1970. The future use of the property is a matter for the property owners.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (27 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's Planning and Building Unit has recently received the additional information it sought from the school authority in respect of their application and this information is currently being assessed. The school authority will be notified of the outcome as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Education Review (27 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is at an advanced stage in the preparation of its policy advice on educational provision for students with autism spectrum disorders. I understand that, as requested by my predecessor Minister Quinn, the NCSE has consulted widely with parents, a range of professionals, other stakeholders and interested parties in the preparation of this policy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (27 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on the Department's website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing arrangements for the coming school year 2015/16 are set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are allocated to Special Schools and to mainstream Primary and Post Primary schools to assist children with special educational needs who also have additional and significant care needs. Such support is provided in order to facilitate the attendance of those pupils at school and also to minimise disruption to class or teaching time for the pupils concerned, or...