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

Joe McHugh: The education and training system at all levels has a number of strategies in place to ensure we meet existing and future skills demands in the workplace. Among those strategies are the National Skills Strategy 2025 and the Action Plan for Education 2016-2019. In addition, recently announced in the Budget, a major new Human Capital Initiative is to be established within the National...

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

Joe McHugh: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 237 and 244 together. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. For school planning purposes Kinsealy, Malahide, and Portmarnock are located in the Malahide-Nevinstown and Portmarnock school planning areas. As the Deputy will be aware, I announced plans...

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

Joe McHugh: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 238 and 239 together. As the Deputy will be aware, I announced plans for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next four years (2019 to 2022), including three new schools to be established in the Swords and Donabate areas as follows: - A new 8-classroom primary school to serve Swords South to be established in 2019; - A new 8-classroom primary school...

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

Joe McHugh: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 240 and 246 together. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. For school planning purposes Balbriggan is located in the Balbriggan school planning area. As the Deputy will be aware, I announced plans for the establishment of 42 new schools over the...

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

Joe McHugh: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 241, 243, 248 and 249 together. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. For school planning purposes Rush and Lusk are both located in the Rush & Lusk school planning area. As the Deputy will be aware, I announced plans for the establishment...

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

Joe McHugh: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 242 and 250 together. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. For school planning purposes Skerries is located in the Skerries school planning area. As the Deputy will be aware, I announced plans for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next...

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

Joe McHugh: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. For school planning purposes, Swords is located in the Swords school planning area. As the Deputy will be aware, I announced plans for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next four years (2019 to 2022. A new 1,000 pupil...

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

Joe McHugh: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. For school planning purposes Donabate is located in the Donabate school planning area. As the Deputy will be aware, I announced plans for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next four years (2019 to 2022). This announcement follows...

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

Joe McHugh: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 251 and 252 together. As the Deputy is aware, I announced plans for the establishment of 42 new schools over the next four years. This announcement followed nationwide demographic exercises carried out by my Department into the current and future need for primary and post-primary school places across the country. This announcement included a new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Budget 2019 marks the third year of a major reinvestment in the education sector, as we continue to implement the Action Plan for Education, our plan to make Ireland’s education and training service the best in Europe by 2026. In 2019, the budget for the Department of Education and Skills will increase by €674 million, a 6.7% increase on last year. In total, the Education...

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

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 254 and 273 together. This government is committed to ensuring every child with special educational needs has the opportunity to fulfil their full potential. Funding for special education provision in 2018 will amount to some €1.75 billion, up 43% since 2011 and equivalent to 18.7% of the gross overall current allocation for education and training. The...

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

Joe McHugh: I can confirm to the Deputy that arrangements to complete the project to which he refers remain on track. The current works programme indicates a re-tendering of the project to pre-qualified contractors towards the end of this year with a view to having a contractor back on site to enable the completion of the project by June 2020.

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

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 256 and 260 to 265, inclusive, together. I wish to advise the Deputy that the current status of large-scale projects, including those in County Kildare, being delivered under the school building programme may be viewed on my Department's website, www.education.ie, and this information is updated regularly. In addition, a list of large-scale projects completed...

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

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy will be aware, I have announced new plans aimed at accelerating the provision of multi-denominational and non-denominational schools across the country, in line with the choices of parents, families and school communities and the Programme for Government commitment to reach 400 such schools by 2030. I would point out that the previous model of patronage divestment yielded...

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

Joe McHugh: The following table sets out the current position in relation to the schools affected by the collapse of the building contractor referred to by the Deputy. County Roll No. School Type of project Original planned Completion date Revised planned Completion date Dublin City 20047O Gaelscoil Bharra, Cabra New 8 classroom school 07/09/2017 School ready for...

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

Joe McHugh: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to the local Education and Training Board (ETB). The project is at stage 2b of the architectural planning process. When stage 2 b has been approved, the next stage is tendering for a contractor. My Department expects to be able to approve the project to move to the tender stage shortly. My Department will meet the...

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

Joe McHugh: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for major capital funding from the school referred to by the Deputy. I wish to advise that my Department has made contact with the school authorities to advise that immediate accommodation deficits, including the replacement of prefab accommodation, can be dealt with under the Additional School Accommodation scheme. In that...

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

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no record of receiving an application for funding for improved facilities from the school in question. It is open to the school authorities to make an application for additional accommodation through the Additional School Accommodation scheme where an accommodation deficit is identified. Any application received will be considered and a...

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

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268 and 269 together. Regarding the Schools Reconfiguration for Diversity process, as the Deputy will be aware, I developed this new process, in order to provide more multi-/non-denominational schools across the country, in line with the choices of families and school communities and the Programme for Government commitment for 400 such schools by 2030. ...

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

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 270 and 271 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 published on the Department website. Budget 2018 provided for a one point improvement in the staffing schedule in primary schools which brings...