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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (7 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: School Staff (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts is published annually on the Department website. 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 staffing schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services Provision (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: Within my Department’s Action Plan for Education in 2016/19 mental health and wellbeing promotion is afforded a high priority and is one of the key goals. My Department is strongly supportive of the promotion of positive mental health awareness in post-primary schools. The Department adopts a holistic and integrated approach to supporting schools in promoting positive mental health...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that my Department does not currently have a lease agreement in place in respect of the property referred to by the Deputy

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: In the 2017/2018 academic year there were 4,155 pupils attending fee-paying primary schools. It should be noted that data coverage of fee-paying primary schools is not complete, as these schools are not aided by the Department and therefore there is no requirement for such schools to make detailed statistical returns to the Department. At post primary level, there were 25,537 pupils...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The teachers' salaries for the fee charging schools for the latest three years that it is available are set out in tabular form below. I will arrange for the data on capital expenditure to be forwarded to the Deputy in the near future. According to the most recent figures available, the cost of including fee charging schools in the free scheme would cost an additional €23.55...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Junior Cycle Framework presents a dual approach to assessment that supports student learning over the three years of junior cycle and also measures achievement at the end of those three years. This dual approach reduces the focus on one externally assessed examination as a means of assessing students and increases the prominence given to classroom-based assessment and formative...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: DCU has entered into a commercial contract with the university in question for the delivery of DCU degree programmes in that university.  The financial details are commercially sensitive and therefore confidential.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Exemptions (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: It is the Department’s intention to publish the report “Review of Policy and Practice in Relation to Exemptions from Irish” as part of a public consultation process following which it is intended to update arrangements, where necessary, for exemptions from the study of Irish arising from those consultations.  Arrangements for the public consultation process are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Courses Availability (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Department, through the National Skills Council, is committed to responding to current and emerging skills needs of the economy.  Currently the Institute of Public Administration runs a Certificate in Housing Studies (L6 Special Purpose) and a Professional Diploma in Housing Studies (L8 Special Purpose). Both of these courses cover the housing market, housing policy in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: In line with the normal budgetary process in the Department of Education and Skills, a budget of €2.3 was arrived at for 2018 on the basis of estimating costs to implement a range of actions in the Policy on Gaeltacht Education 2017-2022. The range of actions includes the allocation of additional teaching hours to primary and post-primary schools participating...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, a project to deliver permanent accommodation for the school to which he refers is included in my Department’s Capital programme. Officials in my Department continue to liaise with officials in Fingal County Council in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding in relation to the identification and acquisition of a suitable location for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, the project in respect of the education campus in Buncrana to cater for the schools in question is included in my Department’s capital programme. Officials in my Department continue to liaise with officials in Donegal County Council in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding in relation to the identification and acquisition of a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The project to which the Deputy refers has been approved and has been devolved for delivery to the local Education and Training Board (ETB). It is currently being advanced by the ETB through architectural planning. In this regard, my Department recently approved the project to proceed to Stage 2(a) which is the developed design stage. It is a matter for the ETB, as the client for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoil Issues (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government recently announced plans for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next four years (2019 to 2022). A patronage process is run after it has been decided, based on demographic analysis, that a new school is required. This patronage process is open to all patron bodies and prospective patrons, including those offering Irish-medium...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht Policy (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Gaeltacht Education Unit continues to be supported by a team of inspectors since its establishment in 2017. A total of 6 inspectors are currently assigned on a part-time basis to support the Gaeltacht Education Unit in the provision of advisory visits to primary and post-primary schools participating in the Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme in 2018/19. Inspectors will provide ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Gaeilge (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: I bhfómhar 2018, cuirfear tús le hathbhreithniú ar an tsraith shinsearach agus as sin déanfar sonraíochtaí nua a cheapadh don Ghaeilge Ardteistiméireachta i gcomhthéacsanna T1 agus T2 araon. Faoi láthair, tá súil againn na sonraíochtaí a bheith ar fáil i Meán Fómhair 2020 don chéad ghrúpa...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers submitted an application for funding under my Departments Emergency Works Scheme to carry out roof repairs to the school building. Following review of this application officials from my department requested additional information from the school authority. Upon receipt of same a decision will be made on the application and the school authority will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to the Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: The school building project referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department’s “Rapid” Design & Build programme. The brief for the project is to provide a new 24 classroom primary school with a 3 classroom Special Needs Unit on a green field site in Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork. The project is currently in architectural planning, which is the design...