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Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will also be aware that in answering questions, Dr. Scally said that while he did not have the power to compel, he expected full co-operation and was getting co-operation from those he had approached. There is not evidence that people are refusing to appear before Dr. Scally. I think if there was any suggestion that he was being interfered with, the Minister and the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Supports (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with a range of difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. This is mainly done through the Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) programme, which has a specific module on the use and misuse of a range of substances. SPHE is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that DES Circular 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 generalised allocation process at primary and post primary school level for learning support and high incidence special educational needs, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: Recently published Circular - 40/2018 is available on the Department’s website, which outlines the number of days that teaching principals may take as release time in a school year in order to assist them fulfilling their principal duties. Under these arrangements my Department pays for a substitute teacher to be employed by a school to facilitate administrative functions to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the funding mechanism for the works referred to is my Department; Summer Works Scheme (SWS). The 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. To date, almost €80 million has been approved under the current round of the Scheme,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Freedom of Information Data (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The following table gives details of the number FOI requests received by my Department since January 2018. The table includes the number that were appealed, refused and granted, respectively and the costs that were applied. Freedom of Information requests - 1 January 2018 - 11 June 2018 Requests Appeal - Internal Review (IR) Internal Review - Fees Charged Appeal - Office of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jun 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. In considering applications for SNA support for individual pupils, the NCSE take account of the pupils' needs and consider the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, in January, 2017, I announced new plans aimed at providing more 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 of reaching 400 such schools by 2030. The Schools Reconfiguration for Diversity process involves the Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Seán Lemass Awards for Enterprise (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Seán Lemass Awards for Enterprise were awarded to young people who had won other enterprise competitions, including the Transition Year ‘Get up and Go’ competition organised by my Department and the ‘Student Enterprise’ competition organised by the Local Enterprise Offices. The awards were last presented in 2014. The awards commemorated the role of former...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that approval in principle for temporary accommodation at the school referred to by the Deputy was granted to meet the school most immediate accommodation requirements. In addition my Department has approved the provision of additional permanent accommodation to address a deficit in general classroom provision. The relevant ETB has been advised of the position in each respect.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The issue referred to by the Deputy refers to reasonable accommodation for an employee with a disability. The Employment Equality Acts require employers to take reasonable steps to accommodate the needs of employees and prospective employees with disabilities. Reasonable accommodation typically involves some modification to the tasks/structure of a job or workplace environment, which would...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Oversight (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: 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: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jun 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: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jun 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 Building Projects (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: TheSchools Bundle 5 PPP Project encompasses five school buildings and one further education college across four sites in Bray, Wexford, Carlow and Kells.Following the liquidation of Carillion Construction Ltd, a tender process to identify a replacement contractor for the completion of the buildings is currently at an advanced stage. The arrangements to put in place a replacement contractor...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: TheSchools Bundle 5 PPP Project encompasses five school buildings and one further education college across four sites in Bray, Wexford, Carlow and Kells.Following the liquidation of Carillion Construction Ltd, a tender process to identify a replacement contractor for the completion of the buildings is currently at an advanced stage. The arrangements to put in place a replacement contractor...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: 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: State Examinations Commission (14 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: 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.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: Very briefly, we have included 150 facilities - 75 preschools and 75 schools - in a pilot project for which he have allocated additional resources. We will be recruiting 19 speech and language therapists and 12 occupational therapists to service this pilot group. We believe that by integrating the delivery of intervention by specialist therapists with the work of the school teachers and the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: This is entirely separate. These posts are dedicated exclusively to this project.