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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: Details of all special classes for children with special educational needs, in county order, are available on the NCSE website at the following link: . The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for the establishment of special class and special school placements in various geographical areas where there is an identified need, in consultation with the relevant education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The Major Project at the school referred to by the Deputy is at Stage 1 of architectural planning which entails preliminary design of site and location suitability and initial sketch scheme. A revised Stage 1 submission, including an up to date cost plan, was requested from the Design Team following an increase in the schedule of accommodation to cater for up to 1200 pupils. That...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: My Department does not have a dedicated communications, press and public relations budget for 2018. As such, the profiling of expenditure does not arise. Any costs arising from the operation of the office are met from my Department's Miscellaneous subhead and accounted for in the Department's annual Appropriation Accounts.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The project referred to by the Deputy is being devolved for delivery to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA). My Department is currently making the necessary arrangements to enter into a Service Level Agreement with the NDFA. This is the first step to initiate the delivery of the project. Once the Service Level Agreement is in place, the NDFA will set up the required...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: This school was established in September 2014 under the patronage divesting process when agreement was reached by the Church of Ireland and Educate Together that the patronage of the school would transfer to Educate Together. The Educate Together school has been operating from the school property since. The Department has received an application from the school for the provision of an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that in the case of school projects, my Department's Technical Guidance Documents set out the general principles of Universal Design in schools. A suite of technical guidance documents is available on the Department's website () to assist design teams in best practice design and development of projects and to encourage them to take a complete design team approach...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that the provision of general purpose rooms and PE Halls form part of the accommodation brief for all newly established schools. These facilities may also form part of the overall accommodation brief for major capital extensions to existing schools. The accommodation brief for major capital projects also includes a range of other accommodation for the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that my Department has recently approved a grant to the school in question for the provision of an additional mainstream classroom. The school have been advised of the decision.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oiliúint Múinteoirí (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: Glacadh leis an gcinneadh stop a chur leis na deontais do shocrúcháin Ghaeltachta le linn na géirchéime eacnamaíochta nuair a tharla, ar an drochuair, go raibh cinntí an-deacair le déanamh chun gnóthaí airgeadais an náisiúin a chobhsú. Tugadh tosaíocht d’acmhainní bunlíne na seirbhísí oideachais a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The redeployment arrangements is the method used to fill vacancies in the primary school system. Permanent teaching vacancies at primary level are filled, in the first instance, by permanent/CID holding teachers that are surplus in their own schools. Following this process, permanent vacancies are filled by eligible teachers on Supplementary Panels. Once the redeployment panels have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application for additional accommodation to my Department in recent days. The application will be considered and a decision conveyed to the school authority as soon as the assessment process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for the establishment of special class and special school placements in various geographical areas where there is an identified need, in consultation with the relevant education partners and the Health Service Executive (HSE). The NCSE is aware of emerging need from year to year in Dublin, and where special class or special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: Under the terms of the student grant scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students who meet the prescribed conditions of funding including those which relate to nationality, residency, approved course, previous academic attainment and means. The Student Grant Scheme provides for higher income thresholds for larger families. Further increases in the income thresholds are provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for the establishment of special class and special school placements in various geographical areas where there is an identified need, in consultation with the relevant education partners and the Health Service Executive (HSE). The NCSE is aware of emerging need from year to year in Dublin, and where special class or special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy may be aware my Department approved a devolved grant for works at the school referred to. Subsequently an increased scope of works was submitted by the school. Additional information was requested, and received, in that regard. The additional information is currently under consideration and my Department will be in contact with the school once that process is complete.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: My Department is not currently in receipt of an Emergency Works Application to address structural issues at the school to which the Deputy refers. However, an application for funding under the Emergency Works Scheme to carry out extensive repair and replacement works to the schools heating system was submitted to my Department. As the scope of the works associated with this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: As stated in our response to PQ Ref: 47113/18 of 13 November 2018, the rules of entry to the established Leaving Certificate examination do not provide for the earlier sitting of any subject. If the Deputy would like the State Examinations Commission (SEC) to investigate any perceived anomalies in the application of the rules of entry the SEC will need to be provided with the specific...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The school referred to by the Deputy has already received the grant funding in question. The relevant start-up grant is provided at the time of the establishment of a new ASD class in a school for the purpose of setting up that class. It is a once-off grant in that context and has been provided to the school in respect of all the ASD classes sanctioned for it. Therefore, the Department is not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware, The Minister recently announced the opening of 42 new schools over the next 4 years. This announcement followed nationwide demographic exercises carried out by the Department into the current and future need for primary and post-primary school places across the country. Following on from the announcement, the locations for all of the schools, including the new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: In the National Development Plan (2018-2027) €2.5bn is identified for the refurbishment and construction of schools. Part of this is intended for a deep energy retrofit of schools built prior to 2008. My Department and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland are currently involved in an energy efficiency retrofit pilot scheme for schools. The longer-term outcome of this scheme...