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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: A major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department’s 6 year Construction Programme.  A project brief has been finalised and the project will be delivered via the ADAPT programme which is an innovative delivery programme first introduced by my Department in 2016.  It uses a professional external Project Manager to coordinate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System, using data from a range of sources, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. With this information, my Department carries out nationwide demographic exercises to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System, using data from a range of sources, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. With this information, my Department carries out nationwide demographic exercises to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: The school managerial bodies are the direct employers of school staff and my Department acts as paymaster for over 4000 schools.My Department will pay the school staff within the terms of the Payment of Wages Act 1991 and government pay agreements once it receives instructions from the schools to do so. I understand that the contract for the person referred to by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department is implementing new plans aimed at accelerating the provision of multi-denominational and non-denominational schools across the country, in line with the choices of parents, families and school communities and the Programme for Government commitment to reach 400 such schools by 2030.  The previous model of patronage divestment yielded...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 103 and 104 together. The information is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Recognition (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has received correspondence from the school in question and a response will be issued shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Exemptions (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The Commission in this regard operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in 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: National Educational Psychological Service Data (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: By way of background I might inform you that my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides guidelines and resource materials for schools to enable them to deal with certain traumatic events which can adversely affect pupils and school staff. This publication 'Responding to Critical Incidents: NEPS Guidelines and Resource Materials for Schools' also outlines...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that the cost of the use of prefabricated units in primary and post-primary schools in counties Tipperary, Cork, Laois and Offaly since 2011 is €8.3m.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to inform the Deputy since the second half of 2018 when a school is being approved additional classroom(s) to meet a long-term need and that school also has prefabs (rented or purchased) these prefabs will also be replaced as part of the additional accommodation project if there is a long-term needs for the classrooms currently housed in those prefabs. The following table outlines the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelcholáistí Issues (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: There are currently 49 Irish-medium post-primary schools, 21 of which are inside the Gaeltacht and 28 of which are outside the Gaeltacht. There are 13,055 pupils attending these schools, 3,065 of which are in Gaeltacht schools and 9,990 are in non-Gaeltacht schools. A full list of post-primary schools, including information on their medium of instruction, can be found on the Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelcholáistí Issues (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions 111 to 113, inclusive, together. As part of the 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030, my Department has committed to creating opportunities for expanding Irish-medium education outside the Gaeltacht in the context of the establishment of 42 new schools from 2019 to 2022, which will afford particular consideration to the establishment of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: I recognise the very important work done by school secretaries, and indeed by other support staff, in the running of our schools and I am grateful to them for the contribution they make to our education system.  I have spoken to a number of school secretaries about their employment conditions. Schemes were initiated in 1978 and 1979 for the employment of Clerical Officers and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department is implementing new plans aimed at accelerating the provision of multi-denominational and non-denominational schools across the country, in line with the choices of parents, families and school communities and the Programme for Government commitment to reach 400 such schools by 2030.  The previous model of patronage divestment yielded...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that DES Circular 0013/2017 for primary schools and 0014/2017 for post primary schools set out the details of the new model for allocating special education teachers to schools.  DES Circulars 007 and 008 of 2019 set out how the allocations for schools are being updated from September 2019. The Special Education Teacher allocation process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 118, 119, 123 to 127, inclusive, 129 and 130 together. My Department's Capital Programme continues to address the challenges nationally posed by the significant bulge in pupil enrolments going through our schools. This has seen a significant expansion in the rate of provision of new school places. The Capital Programme details the school projects...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: The 2018/19 school year saw an increase of over 6,000 teaching posts in our schools compared to the 2015/16 school year.   The Statistic's Section of my Department's website contains extensive data in relation to our schools including pupil teacher ratios and teacher numbers. The latest figures in relation to pupil teacher ratios show an improved ratio...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Schools Bundle 5 Public Private Partnership (PPP) programme comprises five school buildings and one further education college across four sites in Bray, Wexford, Carlow and Kells.  Completion of these projects was delayed due to the liquidation of Carillion Construction Ltd in January 2018 and the examinership and subsequent liquidation of Carillion’s sub-contractor,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelcholáistí Issues (6 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: I am pleased to confirm to the Deputy that Gaelcholáiste Maigh Nuad will be established in September 2019 as a multi-denominational Irish-medium Community College under the patronage of Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB).  KWETB are working through the necessary practical arrangements in this regard, including appointing a Principal, the recruitment process for...