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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to the local Education and Training Board (ETB). Under this arrangement, the ETB has appointed a Design Team for the project to design the buildings, obtain the necessary statutory planning permissions and move the project forward to construction in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Secondment (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: I understand the Deputy’s question refers to Teachers seconded to education centres or associates of professional development services including the Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT). I wish to advise the Deputy that travel and subsistence payments apply to secondees to the Department’s support services including secondees to the JCT, in accordance with the regulations and at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Expulsions (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under Section 23 of the Education Welfare Act, 2000 the board of management of a school is required to prepare a Code of Behaviour in accordance with the Tusla (formerly the NEWB) 'Developing a Code of Behaviour: Guidelines for Schools'. The Code of Behaviour must specify the procedures to be followed before a student may be expelled from school. Any decisions in relation to expulsion are a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design, which includes the application for statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents. All statutory approvals have been secured. Following the appointment of a replacement consultant architect, the Design Team has reviewed the previous Stage 2(b)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: Officials at my Department are aware of the accommodation requirements of the school to which the Deputy refers and work is ongoing to ensure that there will be sufficient suitable additional accommodation available to the school for September 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Playgrounds (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The school to which the Deputy refers has submitted additional information in support of its application for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme. This information is currently being assessed and a decision will issue directly to the school authority in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The policy of my Department is to ensure that all children with special educational needs can be provided with an education appropriate to their needs. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is an independent statutory body whose functions include planning and co-ordinating the provision of education and support services to children with special educational needs in conjunction...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts is published annually on the Department 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 schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has a statutory function to plan and co-ordinate the provision of education and support services to children with special educational needs including Autism, in consultation with the relevant education partners and the Health Service Executive (HSE). This includes the establishment of special class and special school placements in various...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: Through the Schools Broadband Access Programme the Department provides for the supply of internet connectivity for all recognised primary and post primary schools, and some 98% of schools are included in this scheme. All post-primary schools and some special schools are now included in the 100Mbps programme. The policy of my Department is to offer the best quality connectivity to all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: As part of the implementation of ECtHR Judgement in the Louise O'Keeffe case Mr Justice Iarfhlaith O’Neill, a retired High Court Judge, was appointed in November 2017 as an independent assessor to assess cases where an individual has had an application to the ex-gratia scheme declined by the State Claims Agency - the administrators of the scheme. Mr Justice O’Neill invited...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: An amendment has been proposed at the Committee Stage in the Seanad to the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Amendment Bill 2018 which would allow the college referred to in the details supplied to the Deputy’s question to use the title of university in the State. The Department has sought legal advice from the Office of the Attorney General on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question has recently submitted additional information in support of its application for additional school accommodation. This information is currently being considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority when this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for allocating a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school annually taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support enrolled in the school. The NCSE allocates SNA support to schools in accordance with the criteria set out in Department Circular 0030/2014, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question has recently submitted additional information in support of its application for additional school accommodation. This information is currently being considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority when this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has a statutory function to plan and co-ordinate the provision of education and support services to children with special educational needs including Autism, in consultation with the relevant education partners and the Health Service Executive (HSE). This includes the establishment of special class and special school placements in various...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: I am aware of the demand for additional special class and special school placements in the North Dublin area. I have asked the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) to provide my Department with a report on current and future identified need in the area so that evidence based decisions may be made on the development of the necessary placements in the area for the short, medium and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: Officials at my Department are aware of the accommodation requirements of the school to which the Deputy refers and work is ongoing to ensure that there will be sufficient suitable additional accommodation available to the school for September 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: In November 2018, I announced a plan to have one oral Irish examination for students seeking to gain entry to the primary post graduate programmes run in the four state funded providers DCU, Maynooth University, Marino Institute of Education and Mary Immaculate College. Until now, to apply under the post graduate entry route to primary teaching, applicants who had already satisfied the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The State Examinations Commission (SEC) is the statutory body with responsibility for the operation of the State Certificate Examinations. The SEC has been working on plans to move from a paper-based to an on-line marking system for the examinations. On-line marking involves examiners viewing scanned images of candidate scripts on screen, (instead of looking at the original paper version)....