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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: Total capital funding under Subhead D3 - the building, equipment and furnishing of primary and post-primary schools expended in the period 1st January, 2016 to 30th June, 2018 in County Meath amounts to €69,495,632 and in County Louth amounts to €68,956,889. Total capital funding under Subhead D4 - Building Grants and Capital...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Local Authority Funding (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The information sought by the Deputy is being compiled by my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: I recognise the need to improve capitation funding for schools having regard to the reductions that were necessary over recent years. Restoring capitation funding as resources permit is one of the actions included in the Action Plan for Education and I remain committed to achieving this. However, I must be prudent in the context of ongoing budgetary pressures and prioritise where it is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The 2018 allocation for the Department of Education and Skills is €10.1 billion.  The Vote has a gross funding allocation for 2018 of €9,673 million. This is made up of €8,928 million in current and €745 million in capital. The National Training Fund (NTF) is also included in the Department's expenditure ceiling, with an allocation of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Parent and Student Charter (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: As to date no procedures have been prescribed under Section 28, it is my intention to replace Section 28 of the Education Act, 1998 and introduce new legislation which will require each school to prepare and publish a Parent and Student Charter. My Department is currently drafting an Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill in conjunction with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. When...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Expenditure (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Officials are currently liaising with the HEA to co-ordinate the information requested by the Deputy.  I will arrange for a response to issue directly to the Deputy in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the school submitted a Summer Works Scheme (SWS) application for general upgrade of its sanitary facilities. As the application did not meet the criteria outlined in the Circular accompanying the scheme, the Department was not in a position to consider the application. The position has been clarified to the school. It remains...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: It is the policy of this Department that all children with Special Educational Needs, including those with Autism, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Living Wage (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: All staff presently engaged at my Department, including Services Officers and Cleaners, are on an incremental pay scale and are in receipt of salaries which exceed the rate mentioned by the Deputy. My Department does not hold data centrally in relation to payroll for the bodies under its aegis. Therefore, officials at my Department will request the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: Under the Assistive Technology scheme, as set out in my Department’s Circular 0010/2013, funding is provided to schools towards the cost of computers and specialist equipment, which are required for educational purposes. Equipment is provided under this scheme for children with more complex disabilities who, in order to access the school curriculum, require essential specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The identification of schools for receipt of additional resources under the DEIS programme is informed by a scientific data based model which assesses levels of disadvantage in individual schools based on the pupil cohort of the school.   The key data sources used in the DEIS identification process are the DES Primary Online Database (POD) and Post-Primary Online (PPOD)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Administration (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological supports and service to schools nationwide to support the well-being, and the personal, social and educational development of all children in Primary and Post-Primary schools through the application of psychological theory and practice, having particular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding was recently approved to enable the school in question to build a mainstream classroom and a WC for assisted users. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority.  The next stage is for the school to appoint a consultant to lead the project though the design and delivery phases.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department has received an application for additional accommodation from the school referred to by the Deputy. Additional information relating to the application was sought from the school and this has since been provided.  The information is being considered and a decision on the application will be conveyed to the school authority when the assessment process has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding was approved in February of this year to enable the school in question to build two SET classrooms. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. The school has requested an extension of time for the commencement of the project until March 2019 and this has been agreed by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has approved temporary accommodation to the school in question to address its immediate accommodation needs. My Department has also approved grant for permanent accommodation and the school has been advised accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) has recently published a report ‘Addressing the Skills Needs Arising from the Potential Trade Implications of Brexit.’  As Minister for Education and Skills, as well as Chair of the National Skills Council, I welcome this report as a important contribution to the Government’s preparations for Brexit.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Review (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: Tackling educational disadvantage is a key priority for my Department.  In order to achieve its vision for education to become a proven pathway to better opportunities for those in communities at risk of disadvantage and social exclusion, my Department has set the implementation of a renewed DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) programme as one of its key...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: Funding for primary and post-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 services staff. Schools are permitted to regard the capitation and ancillary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: It is the policy of the Department that all children with Special Educational Needs can have access to an education appropriate to their needs, preferably in recognised 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...