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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: ASD Early intervention classes are available for children aged 3-5 with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Early intervention classes are intended to provide early support for children with ASD before they start school. Following early intervention most children will attend a mainstream class, but will some require the environment of a special class. Special classes enable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 183 and 184 together. My Department recently decided in order to meet future capacity needs across the area, that the school to which the Deputy refers should be replaced and expanded with a new 1,000 pupil school building. A new site will be required for the school and the Department will be liaising with KWETB with a view to the process for identifying...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 186, 188 and 189 together. The tables outline on a county basis the number of new primary and post primary schools completed from 2011 to 2018. A further table details the number of additional and replacement places provided from 2011 to 2017 through the delivery of new school buildings and large scale extensions. Over the same period a total of 53,722...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The table outlines, each year from 2011 to 2018 on a county basis, the capital expenditure incurred under Subhead D.3 - the building, equipment and furnishing of primary and post-primary schools.  - 2011 2012 2013 2014 Carlow 7,307,294.17 9,222,650.89 8,556,150.90 7,745,688.48 Cavan 9,637,295.67 8,805,051.46 4,598,344.95 7,340,508.37 Clare 4,768,765.89...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. In general, the Board has the responsibility to ensure that the school operates efficiently and effectively. My Department does not issue specific guidelines on rules for the particular situation outlined by the Deputy, it is therefore a matter for each...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Island Communities (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department recognises the very important role played by the island schools in maintaining the communities and culture of the islands, and is therefore strongly committed to the maintenance of the schools on the islands. For this reason and in recognition of the unique challenges faced by island schools my Department has provided additional supports to such schools. Following the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Deputy will be aware that the project to which he refers has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). My Department has given approval to KWETB to proceed with the appointment of a Design Team for the project. That process is currently underway.  At this early stage it is not possible to provide a timeline for completion...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: A written response was issued by the State Examinations Commission to the Deputy's Dáil Eireann office on 26th October 2018 in compliance with Standing Order 42A(1)(a), which requires replies to be provided within ten days after the Question has been answered, not reckoning a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm that officials from my Department have been in contact with the school authority of the school to which the Deputy refers regarding its application for additional funding. Additional information has been requested from the school in respect of this application. When this information is submitted, the request for additional funding will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department recently decided in order to meet future capacity needs across the area, that the school to which the Deputy refers should be replaced and expanded with a new 1,000 pupil school building. A new site will be required for the school and the Department will be liaising with KWETB with a view to the process for identifying a suitable site . At this early stage in the process,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Meetings (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: At this time I have not had a dedicated meeting with a formal agenda with the person referred to by the Deputy.  However, I met the person referred to when I informally met the CEOs of SOLAS and the Education and Training Boards prior to one of their scheduled meetings with my Department on 20th November 2018. I have met formally with a range of key education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The matters raised by the protected disclosure are still under consideration by my Department. This process has not yet fully concluded.   My Department will write to the Discloser when its consideration of the protective disclosure has been concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Government is fully committed to supporting diversity of patronage in our education system to provide greater choice for parents. Tuam ETNS was established by the Department in September 2015 under the Patronage Divesting process, which is a process to provide a new choice of school patronage in a number of areas with stable population. This school was established as a 4-classroom...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: Both Ireland and the UK regulate access to a substantial number of professions by requiring professionals to hold relevant qualifications.  Prior to joining the EU, there were formal, informal and administrative bilateral mechanisms between UK and Irish regulatory bodies to facilitate the recognition of professional qualifications, which facilitated the movement of persons between both...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, was signed into law by the President on the 18th July 2018. This Act is an important piece of legislation which will introduce a more parent-friendly, equitable and consistent approach to how school admissions policy operates for the almost 4,000 primary and post-primary schools in this country and a fair and balanced school admission...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Framework for Junior Cycle presents a dual approach to assessment that supports student learning over the three years of junior cycle and also measures achievement at the end of those three years. This dual approach reduces the focus on one externally assessed examination as a means of assessing students and increases the prominence given to classroom-based assessment and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: The Schools Bundle 5 Public Private Partnership (PPP) programme comprises of 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204, 205 and 212 to 223, inclusive, together. The Deputy will be aware that my 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 2019 Primary and Post Primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Joe McHugh: Funding for special education provision in 2018 amounted to some €1.75 billion, up 43% since 2011 and equivalent to 18.7% of the gross overall allocation for education and training. My Department's policy is to provide for the inclusive education of children with special educational needs in mainstream school settings, unless such a placement would not be in the best interests of the...