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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Breaks Standardisation (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: While standardised arrangements for the breaks to be taken by schools at Christmas, Easter and midterm apply to all schools, it is not a requirement of these agreed arrangements that the commencement or end of the school year either at primary or post-primary level should be standardised. Individual schools may therefore determine the precise start and end of the school year subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Design Team for the project referred to by the Deputy is currently finalizing the tender documentation and the prequalification of contractors list with a view to proceeding to re-tender shortly. The project remains on the Department's Construction Programme and will be progressed through a new tender process over the coming months. The new tender process will provide both the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Designation (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 460 and 461 together. I have not removed the rural category of school from the DEIS programme. Accordingly the matter of its reinstatement does not arise. The Deputy may wish to note my recent announcement in relation to the DEIS programme in the context of the publication of the ESRI "Learning from DEIS" report. Details of same are available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has been liaising with Cork Education and Training Board and the School Patron with a view to agreeing an accommodation solution for the gaelscoil referred to by the Deputy. I am pleased to confirm a suitable site (subject to planning permission) has been identified by Cork Education and Training Board in respect of the development of a permanent building for the school in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Personal Public Service Numbers (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The PPS number will be used as the unique pupil identifier on the Departments Primary Online Database POD and on the Departments Post Primary Online Database (P-POD). This will allow for a child's educational history to be maintained accurately as they move school, as well as ensuring that there are no duplicate enrolments in the system. The PPS number will be obtained from the school and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department is currently carrying out a nationwide demographic exercise to determine where additional post-primary school places might be needed from 2017 onwards. This includes an examination of the area in County Meath referred to by the Deputy. On foot of this review, arrangements will be made to provide additional post-primary accommodation where this is needed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The total gross allocations for the Education & Skills Vote for the years 2010 - 2015 and the Office of the Minister for Education and Science as it was known in 2009 are set out in the table. Year Total Allocation €000 2009 €9,491,702 2010 €9,295,100 2011 €8,888,352 2012 €8,671,643 2013 €8,507,333 2014 €8,505,877 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The table provides details of the projected yield from current expenditure savings measures announced for my Department in respect of each of the Budgets 2010 to 2015, excluding savings measures resulting from central pay policy decisions. The net amount of adjustment year on year in my Department's expenditure allocation is determined by the impact of any savings measures announced and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Administration (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can inform the Deputy that psychologists employed by my Department in the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) have been recruited on the basis that they hold the relevant qualification as educational psychologists, currently demanded at masters level. NEPS psychologists undergo CPD (Continual Professional Development) to ensure that their competency in the field is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (6 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: School Accommodation (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has made an application to my Department for capital funding to replace classroom accommodation. The application is currently being considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Community (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Current policy in relation to Traveller education is underpinned by the Report and Recommendations for a Traveller Education Strategy which was developed following wide ranging consultation with relevant stakeholders including Traveller representative groups. The principle of inclusion is at the core of the Strategy and, accordingly, the focus of current provision is on the development of a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the recently completed census conducted at the end of 2013 the use of online tools and/or applications to support teaching and learning was the ICT use most frequently reported to be used regularly. Over half of post-primary principals and over one third of primary and special school principals reported that their schools regularly used content and resources on the local school server to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My officials met with the publishing industry in October to consult with them on the forthcoming Digital Strategy. It was agreed that further engagement with the Department and the publishers will take place over the lifetime of the Digital Strategy. A number of the publishers contributed to the public consultation process for Strategy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department's Prefab Replacement Initiatives 2012 and 2013 approval was given to 217 schools (209 primary and 8 post-primary) to replace 614 prefab units with permanent accommodation. In excess of €57m has been allocated to these initiatives, of which €46.5m has been paid to date. Of the total 217 approved school projects, 168 projects have been completed and a further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has clarified with the Deputies office the details of the school in question. Officials from my Department have been working very closely with Galway County Council under the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department and the County and City Managers' Association to acquire a suitable site for the school referred to by the Deputy. I can confirm that a suitable site...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Statistics Section of my Department's website contains extensive data relating to schools at primary and post-primary level. The most recent published information relates to the 2013/2014 school year. Data in relation to the 2014/15 school year will be published later in the current school year.Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Statistics Section of my Department's website contains extensive data relating to schools at primary and post-primary level. The most recent published information relates to the 2013/2014 school year. Data in relation to the 2014/15 school year will be published later in the current school year.My focus in Budget 2015 was on obtaining the additional funding that was necessary to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department provides capitation funding to all recognised primary schools and second level schools within the free education scheme. My Department provides capitation funding to mainstream primary schools by way of per capita grants, subject to a minimum grant equivalent to 60 pupils. Enhanced rates are payable to Special Schools and Special Classes attached to mainstream schools. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (6 May 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested by the Deputy is not available. One of the many benefits of the introduction of the Primary Online Database is that it will enable the progress of children through the education system to be accurately monitored. From 2015/2016 onwards the Primary Online Database will provide the Department with the capacity to compile this vital information on children that do...