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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, a project to deliver permanent accommodation for the new post primary school to serve Malahide/Portmarnock is included on my Department's capital programme. Officials in my Department continue to liaise with officials in Fingal County Council under the Memorandum of Understanding in relation to the identification and acquisition of a suitable site to facilitate this...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, the project to provide permanent accommodation for the school in question is included on my Department's Capital Programme. Officials in my Department continue to liaise with officials in Fingal County Council under the Memorandum of Understanding in relation to the identification and acquisition of a suitable site for this school. A preferred site option to...

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

Richard Bruton: The lands at the site for the major buidling project, as referred to by the Deputy, were purchased by the St. Laurence O'Toole Diocesan Trust, on behalf of the Board of Management. An initial site adjacent to the school, was procured from Fingal County Council and transferred ownership on 1st June 2017. The second site was purchased from a private vendor and ownership transferred on 18th...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, a building project for the school to which he refers is included in my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme. My Department has made recent contact with the Patron body in the context of progressing the major project.

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

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers commenced construction on 3rd January 2018. Works are progressing well on site; subject to no issues arising it is envisaged that the school will be ready for occupation in the 4th quarter of 2019.

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, a project to provide permanent accommodation for the school in question is included on my Department's Capital Programme. Officials in my Department continue to liaise with officials in Fingal County Council under the Memorandum of Understanding in relation to the acquisition of a suitable site for this school. Discussions with relevant parties regarding the...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, a building project for the school to which he refers is included in my Department's Capital Programme. In that regard a technical site visit was carried out by my Department at the school site with a view to developing the project brief. My Department will continue to liaise with the school authority in respect of the project.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (18 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 217 and 218 together. Capitation funding is intended to contribute towards the cost of heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, general up-keep and general teaching aids required in schools. The primary school capitation grant is €170 per pupil, subject to a minimum grant equivalent to 60 pupils. Enhanced rates are payable to Special Schools and...

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

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible 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. The NCSE allocates SNA support to schools in accordance with the criteria set out in Department Circular 0030/2014, which is...

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

Richard Bruton: A project to provide a two-classroom ASD Unit is currently under construction at the school to which the Deputy refers. The project is being directly delivered by the school authority.

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, a building project for the school to which he refers is included in my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme. In this regard, a schedule of accommodation, for the purposes of the school's project brief was furnished to the school authorities. In the context of progressing the project into the architectural planning process, a technical site visit is necessary...

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

Richard Bruton: The major building project at the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2b. According to the Stage 2b documentation submitted in November 2017, the estimated stage 2b cost plan increased substantially from the approved costs at stage 2a. In accordance with Departmental Design Team Procedures, where the approved cost limits have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (18 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the deputy is available on a county level, not a diocesan or parish level. The information is given for the counties of Mayo and Sligo at the following link. Information on the year each school was originally built is not available. The data given is for the 2017/2018 academic year, the latest available.

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

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is liaising with the patron of the school in question in the context of making arrangements for a meeting.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Springboard Programme (18 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: Springboard+ 2018 will provide for over 8,000 places on 245 courses across the country. This is an increase of 1,500 places on the previous year. The estimate cost of providing these extra places is €3m.

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together. Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Therapy Services (18 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: I recently announced that a demonstration project to provide in-school and pre-school therapy services will be introduced for the 2018/19 school year. The project will be managed and co-ordinated by the National Council for Special Education. The demonstration project is being developed by a Working Group which includes representatives from the Departments of Education, Children and Youth...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (18 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: Funding for primary schools is dealt with on a per capita basis. The two main grants are the capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, general up-keep etc and the ancillary services grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff. Unfortunately, there is no specific grant allocation available to my Department...

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

Richard Bruton: It is the policy of my Department that all children with Special Educational Needs can have access to an education appropriate to their needs, preferably in school settings through the primary and post primary school network. Such placements facilitate access to individualised education programmes which may draw from a range of appropriate educational interventions, delivered by fully...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (18 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that my Department has consented to a lease agreement being put in place between the Trustees of the school referred to by the Deputy and a community group. A draft lease has been prepared and submitted to my Department for approval, when approved by my department’s legal representatives the lease will be returned to the Patrons solicitor for execution.