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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta (17 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: An Scéim Scolaireachtaí Triú Leibhéal (Trí Ghaeilge: Teoranta), agus Scéim Scoláireachta Donogh O'Malley. Bronnadh na trí Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta gan aon chritéir socheacnamaíoch a chur i bhfeidhm. Tá na sparántachtaí nua, áfach, deartha go speisialta chun díriú ar mhic léinn atá ag freastal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (17 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Teaching Council was established under the Teaching Council Act 2001 as the regulator and standards body for the teaching profession. Part 5 which will enable the Council to investigate complaints against registered teachers has not yet been commenced. Amendments to the 2001 Act are proposed in the Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill which I presented to the Oireachtas on 21 January to,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that last week I announced that I am not proposing to change the way teachers are allocated to schools for children with Special Educational Needs for the coming school year. Resource Teachers' hours will continue to be allocated to schools by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), in accordance with my Departments existing criteria for the coming...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Qualifications (17 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As outlined in answer to Parliamentary Question no. 502 of 3rd February 2015, while Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) offers advice and information on the range of options available in relation to the recognition of prior learning or experience (RPL), QQI does not conduct RPL processes itself but relies upon providers of relevant programmes who have the necessary expertise and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 462 and 463 together. The Deputy will be aware that last week I announced that I am not proposing to change the way teachers are allocated to schools for children with Special Educational Needs for the coming school year. In making this decision to retain the current model for allocating resource and learning support teachers for the coming year, I have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (17 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will also be aware that last week I announced the establishment within the National Council for Special Education of a new Inclusion Support Service to assist schools in supporting children with special educational needs. This service will include the Special Education Support Service (SESS), the National Behaviour Support Service (NBSS) and the Visiting Teacher Service for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Water Supply Contamination (17 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 465 and 466 together. The day to day management of schools is done at local school level. The type of information sought by the Deputy in relation to water quality is therefore held at local school level rather than centrally within my Department. However, if a school authority has concerns about the quality of the drinking water on its school premises,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware, the school to which he refers has made an application to my Department for large scale capital funding for a new school building. The current status of all applications, including for the school in question, may be viewed on my Department's website at www.education.ie The Five Year Construction Plan that was announced in March 2012, outlines the major school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Asylum Support Services (17 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that in October 2014, my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality established a Working Group on Improvements to the Protection Process with terms of reference concerned with respecting the dignity and improving the quality of life of applicants for international protection, including those in direct provision centres, while their applications for protection in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (17 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department is in receipt of correspondence from the school to which the Deputy refers and it will be responding to this correspondence shortly. All new schools, primary and post-primary, are set up to meet specific demographic demands in distinct geographical areas. This includes the school to which the Deputy refers. The enrolment policy for all new schools is expected to reflect...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The State Examinations Commission operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the Certificate examinations. Applications for such accommodations are submitted by schools on behalf of their students. Full details of the scheme are available for downloading...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (17 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department is committed to continually reviewing and taking on board feedback in relation to the primary online database. My Department continues to engage with the Data Protection Commissioner regarding the primary online database. It would not be appropriate for me to comment further as this at present as it is still under discussion.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Postcode System Expenditure (17 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has not incurred any cost to date in relation to the implementation of Eircodes. It is intended to make any changes needed to support Eircodes along with changes to our systems which arise in the normal course of business and as a result, the costs incurred should be minimal.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (12 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Meeting the requirements of industry is a high priority for the education system and a wide ranging programme of reform is currently being rolled out across all levels of the system to ensure the continued development of skills appropriate to enterprise My Department has a number of strategies and initiatives in place to ensure that further education and training meets the skills...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The preliminary stage of seeking planning for the school to which the Deputy refers has begun with the erection of the site notices for an access road to the site. The planning application for the school proper should follow shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (12 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme has recently been approved for the school in question to carry out roof repairs. The school authority have been informed of this decision.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (12 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually on the website of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 circular outlining the staffing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Representations (12 Feb 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: School Funding (12 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Budget 2015 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 reforms, such as implementation of the literacy and numeracy strategy, reform of junior cycle, and the introduction of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (12 Feb 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: There are a range of languages, including foreign languages, available for the Leaving Certificate in our schools. In addition to English and Irish; Ancient Greek, Arabic, French, German, Hebrew Studies, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Russian are available. There are also a suite of non-curricular EU languages such as Polish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Modern Greek, Finnish, Polish,...