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

Joe McHugh: The question of enrolment in individual schools, including the setting of catchment areas, is the responsibility of the managerial authoritites of those schools and my Department does not seek to intervene in decisions made by schools in such matters. It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act 1998...

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

Joe McHugh: The mechanisms under which a Board of Management member may be removed are as follows: Section 16 of the Education Act, 1998, provides that a patron may, with the consent of the Minister, for good and valid reasons stated in writing to a member of a board of management remove that member from that office, or if satisfied that the functions of a board are not being effectively discharged,...

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

Joe McHugh: My Department funds a number of music education organisations, both directly and through a number of initiatives including the Non-Mainstream Music Education Bursary scheme. The Non-Mainstream Music Education Bursary is a DES funded initiative to provide additional funding to non-mainstream educational initiatives. The purpose of the scheme is to provide support by way of a cash grant,...

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

Joe McHugh: My Department funds a number of music education organisations, both directly and through a number of initiatives including the Non-Mainstream Music Education Bursary scheme. The Non-Mainstream Music Education Bursary is a DES funded initiative to provide additional funding to non-mainstream educational initiatives. The purpose of the scheme is to provide support by way of a cash grant, to...

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

Joe McHugh: The Department's Capital Programme continues to address the challenges 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 that are being progressed through the architectural planning process. The Capital Programme also provides...

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

Joe McHugh: There are supplementary panel arrangements in place to facilitate SNAs made redundant by one employer in filling SNA vacancies that may become available in another school / ETB. These arrangements were agreed between management and staff side representative bodies and are subject to annual reviews by these parties. The current SNA supplementary assignment panel arrangements for the 2018/19...

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: School Accommodation Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department has been in contact with the school in question relating to the application for additional accommodation. The school has agreed to submit additional technical information in support of the application and this is awaited. The application can be considered further when this information has been received.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department has introduced an objective, statistics based model for assessing which schools merit inclusion in the DEIS Programme, so that all stakeholders can have confidence that we are targeting extra resources at those schools with the highest levels of concentrated disadvantage. The key data sources used in the DEIS identification process are the DES Primary Online Database (POD) and...

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

Joe McHugh: In order to build a political consensus regarding a future approach to funding the higher education sector, the then Minister for Education and Skills referred the expert group report on future funding of higher education to the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills for their consideration. The Committee requested that my Department undertake an economic examination of the three policy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The public service agreements have allowed a programme of pay restoration for public servants to start. The starting salary for a new entrant teacher in 2012 was €30,702. As a result of the programme of pay restoration, the starting salary of a teacher is now €36,318 and from 1 October 2020 onwards will be €37,692. A teacher hired in September 2011 will see their salary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (29 Jan 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 Caretakers...

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: Summer Works Scheme Eligibility (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The school to which the Deputy refers may apply for the works in question under any future Summer Works Scheme. In the meantime, the school authority can use its Capitation Grant to address ongoing repairs and maintenance. If health and safety works are identified that require immediate attention, an Emergency Works application for these works only can be submitted to my Department....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Process (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department has not referred any Bills or Heads of Bills to European Institutions in the current Dail term.

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

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy will be aware, the building project referred to has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). A contractor is currently on site on the Maynooth Campus completing the external fabric of both school buildings. Separately, the process of appointing a replacement contractor to complete the works is well underway. A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (29 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The recent launch of Project Ireland 2040 included an announcement of a major package of investment in education for the next decade with the school building budget increasing by 70%. This investment will provide for the continued increase in demographics while also allowing for a greater focus on refurbishment and upgrading of existing school stock. In this regard, I wish to advise the...

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

Joe McHugh: The school building project for the schools referred to by the Deputy will be delivered under the Department’s Design & Build programme. The project involves the delivery of a post primary school and two primary schools on a greenfield site. The project is currently at advanced architectural planning which includes the preparation of the planning application. The Design...

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

Joe McHugh: The school building project for the school campus referred to by the Deputy will be delivered under the Department’s Design & Build programme. The project is currently at advanced architectural planning which includes the preparation of the planning application. The Design & Build Project Management Team is now proceeding to finalise the planning application for...

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

Joe McHugh: I can confirm that my Department has been in contact with the school in question relating to its application for additional accommodation. The school has been advised that it is my Department's intention to undertake a site visit to the school and that my Department will be in further contact with the school in this regard.