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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (17 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy may be aware, a project to provide permanent accommodation for Malahide Portmarnock Educate Together Secondary School is included on my Department's capital programme. A site acquisition is required to facilitate this project. Department officials have been liaising with officials from Fingal County Council under the Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (17 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: 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 (17 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The lands at the site for the major building 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 (17 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware, the school to which he refers is included in my Department’s 6 year Capital Programme. The acquisition of a suitable site is required to facilitate this project. My Department is engaging with the school Patron in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The school to which the Deputy refers commenced construction on 3rd January 2018. Works are progressing well on site and 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 (17 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: 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 Status (17 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware, a project for the school referred to is included in my Department's Capital Programme to primarily replace existing temporary accommodation with permanent accommodation. The Project Brief is expected to be completed shortly, having regard to the complex technical assessment process involved in this case. In that regard, the Department will be in further contact...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education Facilities (17 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department is committed to a PE Hall build and modernisation programme, starting in the second half of the Project Ireland 2040 period, that will ensure that students in all post-primary schools have access to appropriate facilities to support P.E. provision, particularly in the context of the roll-out of P.E. as a leaving certificate subject.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: My Department does not categorise payments in a way which would allow us to identify whether bodies in receipt of funding are a religious organisation. Similarly it is not possible to identify whether individuals in receipt of a payment are associated with a religious organisation. If the Deputy wishes to provide a list of organisations of interest, information regarding their funding can...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme (16 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Since the establishment of An tAonad um Oideachas Gaeltachta within my Department, significant progress has been made in relation to the development of the Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme and commencement of its implementation. The objective of the Scheme is to allow participating schools to seek to achieve Gaeltacht School Recognition over a 5 year period on the basis of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on the Department's 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 process includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Records (16 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Since the sale of the stadium was closed, public access to records on the purchase of the stadium has been provided via the provisions of the Freedom of Information legislation. The information requested by the Deputy was released under the provisions of Freedom of Information on 24 August 2018 in response to two requests. My Department publishes details of FOI requests on its FOI...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (16 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The student to which the Deputy refers was assessed under the terms of the 2017 Student Grant Scheme. As per Article 27 (3) of the 2017 Scheme, maintenance grants are payable at either the adjacent or non-adjacent rate. The Awarding Authority determines the rate applicable in respect of an eligible student in line with the Scheme and the accompanying Department of Education and Skills...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements (16 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 199 and 206 together. The Department was not made aware of the change of policy by UCD, in imposing a deadline of 30 September for acceptance of new entrants.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2(b) – Detailed Design. The outcome of the pre-qualification process for the main contract has been notified to contractors who expressed interest in tendering for this project. Feedback and issues arising from same is currently being dealt with by the Design...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (16 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy is aware, my Department is in the process of acquiring the site for a new school building for the school referenced. The conveyancing process is well advanced and every effort is being made to expedite the process. The legal transaction when complete will transfer full ownership of the site in question to the Minister, and is not a lease agreement. While conveyancing is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Costs (16 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: 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: Departmental Staff Data (16 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Department of Education and Skills Internal Principal Officer Promotions Year Number 2015 0 2016 2 2017 0 2018 6 There was only one internal promotion within a DES aegis body: 2016 confined competition promotion within the Higher Education Authority.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (16 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy is set out as follows. Department or Office Name: 2015 2016 2017 2018 No. of Principal Officer appointments arising from internal competitions since 7/7/15 0 2 0 6 No. of Principal Officer appointments arising from 2015 PO Open competition run by PAS (Campaign ID: 1512210) (Effective 7/7/15) 0 1 1 n/a No. of Principal Officer appointments...