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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (10 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: Primary school teachers are employed by the managerial authorities of schools. The documentation necessary for the placement of teachers on payrolls operated by my Department must be approved by the managerial authorities and submitted to the payroll division to enable the teachers to be paid. There are legislative matters such as vetting and registration of teachers which the managerial...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (10 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: The student grant scheme administered by SUSI, provides maintenance grants to students who meet the prescribed conditions of funding, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. Prospective applicants who register as homeless will not lose their grant, provided they continue to meet the eligibility criteria regarding means, nationality etc.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Communications (10 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the schools in question furnished a proposal relating to a re-configuration arrangement directly to my Department. My Department has no record of receiving any communication from the Patron bodies relating to the proposal. My Department will contact the schools directly relating to the proposal.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (10 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question has submitted an application for capital funding to my Department. The application is being considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as the assessment process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, I recently announced the opening of 42 new schools over the next 4 years. This announcement followed nationwide demographic exercises carried out by my Department into the current and future need for primary and post-primary school places across the country, and included provision for a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school to be established in September 2020 to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: The school building project for the schools referred to by the Deputy is currently at Tender Stage. The Letter of Intent issued to the preferred bidder on the 21stSeptember 2018. The Letter of Acceptance to commence the contract will issue when the documentation sought in the Letter of Intent is provided by the successful tenderer.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (10 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: The planning application for the school building project referred to by the Deputy is currently being finalised and is expected to be lodged in the coming weeks. Once planning permission has been secured, the project will proceed to tender.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (10 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Primary Schools Grant Calendar for 2018/19 is available on my Department's website at the following link. .

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: In Budget 2019, school leadership is again supported with an additional release day for teaching principals in primary schools and a further four additional release days for teaching principals in schools with special classes. These additional release days will be effective from 01 September 2019. This builds on measures in previous budgets, including €0.4 million made available in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: In Budget 2019, school leadership is again supported with an additional release day for teaching principals in primary schools and a further four additional release days for teaching principals in schools with special classes. These additional release days will be effective from 01 September 2019. This builds on measures in previous budgets, including €0.4 million made available in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (10 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: The assessment of means under my Department's student grant scheme is based on gross income from all sources, with certain social welfare and health service executive payments being exempt. In the assessment of means, a deduction can be made for holiday earnings made by the applicant from employment outside of term time but within the reference period. I increased the value of this income...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (10 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: As a centralised national service, SUSI implements a process through which student grant applicants and other parties to their application can consent to the sharing of their personal data with each other and with third parties, including public representatives, for the purpose of responding to queries submitted on behalf of applicants and parties to applications. This process seeks to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (10 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Department has clarified the requirements set out in a circular 13/2018, which set out an approach to the arrangements that are made for religious instruction and worship in Education and Training Board (ETB) and Post Primary Community schools. ETB and Post Primary Community schools are multi-denominational schools that provide for their local communities regardless of their...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Capital Gains Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Deputies are presenting this as if we are taking a capital gains regime of 33% and cutting it to 12.5%. This is not the case. The old regime the Deputies have spoken about was designed to stop certain abusive behaviours. It was defined narrowly and it stopped those behaviours.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Capital Gains Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: This is now a broad-based tax. Deputy Howlin explained why it is being levied at 12.5% and not 33%. He explained very clearly that this is a tax not based on the realisation of a capital gain but simply an exit and movement of the intellectual property to somewhere else. This is not a realised gain that generates cash that can be used to deploy. The principle being applied here is that...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Capital Gains Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: The same tax regime is being applied as if it continued to remain in Ireland, which is using the corporate tax rate that would have applied had its contribution to generating an income stream remained in Ireland. The income stream that would have been generated by that intellectual property if the company had stayed in Ireland would have been at 12.5%. This is the principle on which the...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Capital Gains Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: -----knowing that it is imminent, allow companies time to avoid paying their dues.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Capital Gains Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Finance Bill passes through the House this can be fully discussed with the Minister.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Capital Gains Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: To withdraw this now would be to clearly signal to companies that we are giving an open invitation-----

Financial Resolution No. 2: Capital Gains Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: -----to make arrangements to avoid the impact of this exit tax. That is what we would be doing. There will be opportunities for Deputies to seek to change the Finance Bill in due course. It is always open to the Oireachtas to reconsider its position but it would be highly imprudent for us to decide here, having signalled we will introduce it this evening, to withdraw it and give people the...