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

Richard Bruton: My Department's Capital Programme (2016-2021) continues to address the challenges posed by the significant bulge in pupil enrolments going through our schools. This has seen a significant expansion in the rate of provision of new school places. The Capital Programme details the school projects that are being progressed through the architectural planning process, including those schools in...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department's Capital Programme (2016-2021) continues to address the challenges posed by the significant bulge in pupil enrolments going through our schools. This has seen a significant expansion in the rate of provision of new school places. The Capital Programme details the school projects that are being progressed through the architectural planning process, including those schools in...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 227, 232, 233 and 235 together. My Department's Capital Programme (2016-2021) continues to address the challenges posed by the significant bulge in pupil enrolments going through our schools. This has seen a significant expansion in the rate of provision of new school places. The Capital Programme details the school projects that are being progressed through...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department's Capital Programme (2016-2021) continues to address the challenges posed by the significant bulge in pupil enrolments going through our schools. This has seen a significant expansion in the rate of provision of new school places. The Capital Programme details the school projects that are being progressed through the architectural planning process, including those schools in...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department's Capital Programme (2016-2021) continues to address the challenges posed by the significant bulge in pupil enrolments going through our schools. This has seen a significant expansion in the rate of provision of new school places. The Capital Programme details the school projects that are being progressed through the architectural planning process, including those schools in...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department's Capital Programme (2016-2021) continues to address the challenges posed by the significant bulge in pupil enrolments going through our schools. This has seen a significant expansion in the rate of provision of new school places. The Capital Programme details the school projects that are being progressed through the architectural planning process, including those schools in...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department's Capital Programme (2016-2021) continues to address the challenges posed by the significant bulge in pupil enrolments going through our schools. This has seen a significant expansion in the rate of provision of new school places. The Capital Programme details the school projects that are being progressed through the architectural planning process, including those schools in...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department's Capital Programme (2016-2021) continues to address the challenges posed by the significant bulge in pupil enrolments going through our schools. This has seen a significant expansion in the rate of provision of new school places. The Capital Programme details the school projects that are being progressed through the architectural planning process, including those schools in...

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

Richard Bruton: I have set out the ambition to deliver the best education and training service in Europe by 2026. This Government has already made significant provision to support this ambition. The mid-term capital review made provision for increased investment in my Department’s School Capital Programme. That Programme has been delivering an average of 18,000 school places per year in major...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (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 supports to...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department's Capital Programme (2016-2021) continues to address the challenges posed by the significant bulge in pupil enrolments going through our schools. This has seen a significant expansion in the rate of provision of new school places. The Capital Programme details the school projects that are being progressed through the architectural planning process, including those schools in...

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

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question applied for funding under the Summer Works Scheme, under Category 10 - External Environment Works to upgrade the school's play area. The Summer Works Scheme (SWS) is a multi-annual Scheme. Over 1,650 schools, nearly 50% of schools, applied for inclusion under the current round of the scheme which reflects a very high demand. Over 700...

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

Richard Bruton: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 1 of the Architectural Planning Process which is the Preliminary Design Stage where the Design Team in conjunction with the school authority will analyse all the constraints of the site, develop a preferred design option and ensure that the preferred option is the best option for the delivery of the brief. The...

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

Richard Bruton: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning Stage 2b (Detailed Design), which includes the application for statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents. The school and its design team was authorised to commence the prequalification process to select a shortlist of contractors for tender...

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

Richard Bruton: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 1 of the Architectural Planning Process. Stage 1 is the Preliminary Design Stage where the Design Team in conjunction with the school authority will analyse all the constraints of the site, develop a preferred design option and ensure that the preferred option is the best option for the delivery of the brief....

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

Richard Bruton: This matter is being considered by the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and I understand a response will issue to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: Improvements to the staffing schedule at primary level in Budget 2016 and Budget 2018 brings the teacher allocation ratio to the most favourable ever seen at primary level.  From this September, schools will operate on the basis of a general average of 1 classroom teacher for every 26 pupils with lower thresholds for DEIS Band 1 schools. In the last two years, we have hired...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: Our Department will shortly publish a well-being strategy. It will involve a range of commitments to roll out programmes, including the one that the Deputy referenced, which will be expanded later in the summer to make further provision. We regard the well-being strategy as a high priority and are investing more resources in the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, to back it....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Counselling Services Provision (3 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The National Youth Mental Health Task Force Report, 2017 highlighted a significant increase in the number of students seeking to access counselling and also reported that there are long waiting lists in some institutions and gaps in provision. Under the actions defined in the National Youth Mental Health Task Force Report and Connecting for Life – Ireland’s National Strategy to...