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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) 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. Where children have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of a Major Capital Application for the provision of a PE hall for the school in question. As the Deputy will be aware, due to the competing demands on my Department's capital budget imposed by the need to prioritise the funding available for the provision of essential school classroom accommodation , it is not possible at this point to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies Data (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: For the Deputy's information, following the enactment of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012, the Education Finance Board was dissolved in March 2013 and Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board was established. The body is funded from the contributions of the religious congregations offered in response to the request for additional contributions, following...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Decentralisation Programme Data (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the 2003 decentralisation programme, my Department decentralised 88 staff to our extended Athlone campus in the summer of 2008. We also decentralised an advance party of 6 staff to Mullingar. As the information is not recorded in the manner required by the Deputy I am not in a position to provide a breakdown of Travel and Subsistence costs for decentralised individuals for my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Training for the trades in question is managed through the apprenticeship programme. It should be noted that apprenticeships are employer led and the number of apprenticeship registrations has seen a steady increase across a range of apprenticeships over the last few years. The forecast for future apprenticeship registrations remains strong. New apprenticeship registrations in 2014 were up...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Appeals (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that Special Schools funded by my Department are intended to cater for children and young persons with special educational needs from 4 years until the end of the school year in which they reach their 18th year. At that point, the Department of Health/Health Service Executive assumes direct responsibility for young adults with special educational needs who are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: What is assessed is valued; school based assessment promotes a learning culture in schools. It recognises and rewards skills which cannot readily be assessed through externally assessed written final examinations. It encourages teachers to collaborate and provides a forum for discussing and sharing good practice and resources that enhance the quality learning and teaching. School based...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: In 2012, the Minister for Education and Skills established a scheme of bursaries for students from DEIS schools based on Leaving Certificate examination results and other criteria, such as approved courses and approved institutions. Applications are not required for these bursaries as a minimum of 10 will be automatically offered on a regional basis (Dublin City and County, rest of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department conducted a 'Lifeskills' survey of all primary and post primary schools in 2012. The results of this survey were published by my Department in January 2014. The data from the Lifeskills survey indicate that approximately 99% of respondent primary schools have a 'Stay Safe' programme in place. This represents an increase in four percentage points since the previous Lifeskills...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Teachers' Common Basic Scale and allowances available to newly employed teachers between 2005 and 2014 are set out in the attached table. Not all of the allowances listed were available to every teacher as entitlement was based on the qualifications held by the individual and/or the nature of the post for which they were employed. Teacher salaries increased between 2005 and 2009 as the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: There were no monies paid by my Department to external consultants, professional companies or advisors specifically in relation to the development of the Action Plan for Jobs in each year since and including 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application for additional accommodation to my Department. To clarify and discuss the application concerned, I wish to advise the Deputy that my officials have arranged a meeting to be held with the school authorities concerned shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: This data is held by the relevant Education and Training Boards following their establishment in 2013. I have asked the individual Education and Training Boards referred to by the Deputy to contact him directly with the relevant information. I have also asked SOLAS to contact the Deputy directly with historical data they would hold for the areas in question prior to the establishment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Government recently committed, as part of the budget announcements made last year, to provide for 365 new Special Needs Assistant (SNA) posts to support children with special educational needs in schools in 2015, bringing the total number of SNAs available for allocation in 2015 to 11,330 posts. This is the highest level of SNA allocation that we have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to the HEA designated higher education institutions. The HEA allocates this funding to the institutions and the internal disbursement of funding is then a matter for the individual institution. My Department, or the HEA, does not provide funding to the Union of Students in Ireland and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Primary Online Database (POD) may only be accessed through password controlled accounts. Only the school that the pupil attends and a small number of Department staff will have access to an account. No agency or other Government Department will have access to the Primary Online Database.The Department proposes in the future to share some of the personal data stored on POD with other State...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Cases (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As announced on 16th December last, the Government approved proposals to offer out of court settlements to those bringing cases of school sexual abuse against the State where the cases come within the terms of the European Court of Human Rights decision and meet certain other criteria. The State Claims Agency will be engaging with the solicitors involved. I can confirm that in cases where...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) is responsible for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports. SENOs also make recommendations to my Department where assistive technology is required. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Jan 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: The school referred to by the Deputy is part of a new education campus comprising three new school buildings which has been devolved to Cork Education & Training Board for delivery. The project is at an advanced stage of architectural planning and subject to the planning process it is envisaged that construction of all three schools will commence in 2015.