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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Retirements (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The person to whom the Deputy refers made an application for retirement on ill-health grounds. The statutory basis for Ill Health Retirement pension benefit for members of the Teachers' Superannuation Schemes in Primary, Secondary, Community and Comprehensive Schools is contained in the Secondary, Community and Comprehensive School Teachers Pension Scheme 2009 and the Primary School Teachers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Sick Leave (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Following a review of sick leave arrangements, a new Public Service wide sick leave scheme has been introduced across the Public Service. The Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Act 2013, provided the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with the power to make regulations that set out the specific details of the Public Service Sick Leave Scheme. These...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 458 and 473 to 475, inclusive, together. The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on my Department's website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level for the current school year is the pupil enrolment at 30 September 2013. There are currently 9,700 wtes (whole...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 459, 460, 476 and 477 together. The Irish Vocational Education Association (IVEA) represented the interests, at a national level, of the thirty three Vocational Education Committees (VECs) until the commencement on 1 July 2013 of the Education and Training Boards Act, which dissolved the VECs and established the sixteen Education and Training Boards (ETBs)....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 461 and 479 together. The National Association for Principals and Deputy Principals (NAPD) is a recognised representative body for Principals and Deputy Principals at post-primary level. Funding provided by my Department to the NAPD relates to a non-recoupable secondment in respect of the position of Director and funding in respect of the provision by NAPD...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 462 and 480 together. Since my appointment as Minister, I have consulted widely with all education partners on the proposed reform of the Junior Cycle, including with representatives of parents. I have listened to their concerns and reflected on how I could present the necessary reforms to address their concerns and those of other partners. I am aware of and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: SUSI received 103,000 applications for the 2014-2015 academic year, 15,000 of which were received after the closing dates of 13 June 2014 for renewal applications, and 1 August 2014 for new applications. The number of new applications and renewal applications to be finalised was 16,001 and 1,897, respectively, as at 30 November, 2014. Of these 17,898 applications, SUSI is currently awaiting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department is currently analysing the latest demographic data on a nationwide basis to determine where additional school accommodation might be needed from 2015 onwards. This process includes an examination of the Ashtown and Castleknock areas. When this exercise has been completed arrangements will be made to make additional accommodation available where it is needed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy appears to be suggesting the creation of a localised schools' allocation system similar to the CAO system for those applying for school places in Dublin 15. I have no plans to establish such a system nor do I have the power to do so under the Education Act. It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cóimheas Daltaí le Múinteoirí (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Tuigeann an Rialtas seo gur cuid thábhachtach d'uige shóisialta na bpobal tuaithe iad na scoileanna beaga. Leanfear leo mar ghné dár ndreach oideachasúil. Caithfidh a leithéid tarlú, áfach, sa chomhthéacs ina bhfuiltear ag iarradh ar gach fostaí sa tseirbhís phoiblí ár seirbhísí poiblí a sholáthar ar...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tionscnaimh Oiliúna Áitiúla (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Gnó oibríochtúil é seo do Bhord Oideachais agus Oiliúna na Gaillimhe agus Ros Comáin. Táim tar éis a iarraidh ar an mBord sin dul i dteagmháil go díreach leis an Teachta chun an scéal a shoiléiriú dó.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998. In this regard a Board of Management may find it necessary to restrict enrolment to children from a particular area or a particular age group or on the basis of some other criterion. The criteria to be applied by schools in such circumstances are a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, the school to which he refers is to be delivered as part of the Schools Bundle 5 PPP project. My Department is actively progressing the delivery of this project. The Deputy will appreciate that I cannot provide information regarding commercially sensitive matters such as site acquisitions. He should, however, be assured that the delivery of the school in question...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Expenditure (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The financial allocation to the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) to pay teachers, special needs assistants, administrative and maintenance staff, for the day to day running of schools and head offices and for certain other programmes is known as the general and post primary programme grant. The grant is divided between pay and non-pay. Funding in respect of 2013 was allocated on a 12...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: In my revised proposal for Junior Cycle, presented to the Teacher Unions on 10 November, I have set out a two pronged approach to assessment. It includes a combination of 60% of marks to be allocated to a final exam at the end of third year which will be set and marked by the SEC, alongside 40% of marks to be allocated for school based work such as portfolios and projects to be assessed by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (2 Dec 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that over 1,600 applications were received under the 2014 Summer Works Scheme. In total, more than €70 million has been approved to allow over 770 primary and post primary schools nationally undertake improvement works under the Scheme. This funding facilitated consideration of applications submitted under the Scheme in the following categories i.e. Gas,...