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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Facilities (28 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The needs of the College will be considered in the context of budgetary resources and having regard to competing demands.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (28 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Teachers and Retired personnel whose salaries and pensions are paid directly by my Department are paid on a fortnightly basis with salaries/pensions lodged to individual accounts on a Thursday. Therefore, the closure of the Single European Payments Area settlement system on Friday 1st May 2015 has no implications for these individuals. Education Training Boards (ETBs) employ and pay their own...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (23 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: In February, 2014 the school referred to by the Deputy was sanctioned a devolved grant under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme to provide 3 new mainstream classrooms and an assisted user's toilet. As a contract to have these works carried out has not been awarded, the amount of funding provided is commercially sensitive and cannot be disclosed yet. An application for additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (23 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 149 and 150 together. The Educational Welfare Service of the Child and Family Agency (EWS) is the statutory agency which can assist parents who are experiencing difficulty in securing a school place for their child. My officials understand from the EWS that they are liaising with the family in question and that they have outlined the educational options...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (23 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Educational Welfare Service of the Child and Family Agency (EWS) is the statutory agency which can assist parents who are experiencing difficulty in securing a school place for their child. The EWS may be able to offer assistance and advice on securing a school placement within the pupil's area. The contact details for the EWS is Educational Welfare Service of the Child and Family Agency,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (23 Apr 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 determination of criteria and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (23 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's policy in this area is underpinned by the Action Plan on Bullying. Guidelines to assist schools in developing an Anti-Bullying Policy were issued to all schools in 2013. Schools may choose from a number of programmes available to them in order to deal with the particular issues they have identified and my Department does not endorse any one particular programme. Therefore, I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Eligibility (23 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provided emergency grant funding to the second named school in September 2014 to undertake repairs to its heating system. I understand that these repair works have commenced. The first named school also applied for grant aid under the Emergency Works Scheme to undertake works to its heating system. The school was requested to provide additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (23 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department feels that the question used to collect data on ethnic or cultural background should be harmonized across all the education partners and other bodies who collect this type of information. As the CSO is the National Statistical Office, we are taking our lead from them and we have used the categories that they used for Ethnic or cultural background on the 2011 Census of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (23 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As previously advised in a reply to the Deputy in February 2015, the building referred to by the Deputy is not in my ownership. In March 2010 the property was extensively damaged by fire. At that time, the property was subject to a 60 year lease between the Minister and the property owner. This lease was due to expire in March 2014. In late 2013 the Department reached an agreement with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (23 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My focus in Budget 2015 was on obtaining the additional funding that was necessary to provide for demographic growth. The last Budget included an increase in spending on education for the first time in recent years, amounting to additional funding of €60m during 2015.This funding will be used to provide 1,700 additional teachers and SNAs for our schools, as well as to fund prioritised...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (23 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The last Budget included an increase in spending on education for the first time in recent years, amounting to additional funding of €60m during 2015. As I have mentioned in response to earlier questions, that increase has provided funding for 1,700 additional teachers and SNAs to be recruited for our schools, as well as funding important reforms. However, it was not possible to secure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (23 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: When the moratorium on the filling of posts of responsibility was introduced in 2009, the Government exempted Principal and Deputy Principal posts in all primary and post-primary schools. These posts continue to be replaced in the normal manner. The impact of the moratorium was therefore limited to the Assistant Principal and Special Duties posts of responsibility.The alleviation arrangements...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Expenditure (23 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The details requested by the Deputy are set out in the following tabular statement. Governing body members of Waterford Institute of Technology were paid a total of €255,739 for the period covering 1 January 2005 to date. These payments include travel expenses associated governing body duties and fees associated with sitting on interview panels on behalf of the Institute. Year 2005...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Expenditure (23 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The details requested by the Deputy are set out in the following tabular statement. It should be noted that 38% of all costs associated with outside consultants relate specifically to funded research/self-financing activities. The services associated with the amounts expended ranges from Audit, Student Supports to Architecture/Design Fees and so on. Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (23 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the Schools Broadband Access programme the Department provides for the supply of internet connectivity for all recognised primary schools. A new framework was put in place in 2012 for the provision of this service, as a result of this the number of service providers has been expanded from 6 to 13 with the aim of ensuring that satisfactory solutions would be awarded to all schools. Where...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Playgrounds (23 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that in November 2014, I announced the allocation of more than €28 million to primary schools under the Minor Works Grant Scheme. This will allow schools to carry out improvement works to school buildings and grounds. It is open to schools to prioritise the works they wish to undertake within the terms of the scheme. The works to which the Deputy refers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (23 Apr 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: Student Grant Scheme Applications (23 Apr 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: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (23 Apr 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: For student grants purposes, students are categorised according to their circumstances either as students dependent on parents or a legal guardian, or as independent mature students. A student may be asked as an independent mature student if he or she has attained the age of 23 on the 1st of January of the year of first entry to an approved course or of re-entry following a break in studies...