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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme. My Department is currently in the process of finalising the long term projected enrolment for the school with a view to developing the project brief.  My Department expects to be in contact with the school's Patron on the matter shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The student contribution was introduced in higher education institutions with effect from the 2011/12 academic year and replaced the Student Services Charge. The Student Contribution currently stands at €3,000.  There has been no increase in the student contribution since the 2015/16 academic year. Measures are in place to assist students and their parents with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Programme for a Partnership Government committed to investing an extra €500m in education by 2021 through various measures including annual increases in primary and secondary capitation rates.   The Deputy will be aware that Budget 2018 marked the second year of major reinvestment in the education sector, as we continue to implement the Action Plan for Education, which has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Education Review (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, in 2016 I requested the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) to lead a comprehensive review of the SNA scheme to identify and recommend how, in the future, the additional care needs of students, over and above those that could be reasonably be expected to be managed by teaching staff, should be met. The review set out to ensure that the Scheme is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, the school to which she refers is included in my Department’s 6 year construction 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 the school in question and have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: DES Circular 0013/2017 for primary schools set out the details of the new model for allocating special education teachers to schools. The revised allocation process replaces the previous generalised allocation model combined with the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocation process which provided additional resource teaching supports to schools, to support pupils assessed as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department promotes the quality of teaching and learning through the provision of quality teacher training programmes and continuing professional development and support for principals and teachers in a range of pedagogical, curricular and educational areas. This is done through initial teacher education programmes, education centres and support services for teachers at primary and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The student maintenance grant is a contribution towards the living costs of a student.  It is not intended to cover the full costs of attending college.  The student grant scheme does however, provide for different levels of maintenance support, depending on means.  Grants are also provided at adjacent and non-adjacent rates.  The higher non-adjacent rates are intended to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The National Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education 2015-19 contains more than 30 actions that are intended to make higher education more representative of wider society. One of five goals in the plan is to assess the impact of current initiatives to support equity of access in Higher Education Institutions. These include the Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD) and the Student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: DES Circulars 0013/2017 for primary schools and 0014/2017 for post primary schools set out details of the new model for allocating special education teachers to schools. The revised allocation process replaces the previous generalised allocation processes combined with the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocation process which provided additional resource teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Services (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is my Department’s intention to replace purchased temporary accommodation with permanent accommodation, where the need is established, in the context of the long-term accommodation needs of each individual school, over the lifetime of my Department’s 6 Year Capital Programme. Such accommodation will be replaced as part...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: In response to the Deputy’s question, in 2018, the funding allocated to Information Technology Infrastructure is outlined as follows. Schools ICT Infrastructure Funding: ICT grant to all Recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools for 2018 - €30 Million. Schools Broadband programme for Primary and Post Primary schools 2018 - €15,715,139. It is also worth noting that all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: Out of an allocation of €10m for minor works and equipment renewal requirements that has recently been made available to Institutes of Technology, €5.890m of this allocation was paid out in 2017. The remainder will be taken from a total capital allocation of €30m that has been provided for investment in the higher education sector in 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Speech and Language Therapy Staff (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the provision of Therapy services, including Speech and Lanaguage Therapy services, is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE), under the Health Act 2004. The Deputy will also be aware, however, that I recently announced that a demonstration project to provide in-school and pre-school therapy services will be introduced for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: A conversion process for staff employed in ETBs to deliver programmes under the BTEI was agreed between the Department of Education and Skills and the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) in May 2016. Under the process, BTEI staff affected will be given the option of converting to a Teacher (qualified or unqualified), an Adult Educator or to remain as is.  Following an analysis by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Jul 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: Departmental Legal Costs (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: There are no instances where monetary compensation as a result of High Court orders against the Department of Education and Skills have not been paid to the persons involved.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Jul 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: Teacher Training Provision (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department promotes the quality of teaching and learning through the provision of quality teacher training programmes and continuing professional development and support for principals and teachers in a range of pedagogical, curricular and educational areas. This is done through initial teacher education programmes, education centres and support services for teachers at primary and...