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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (13 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 in the school. I have been advised by the NCSE that the total number of SNA posts allocated in Co. Wexford for September 2018 is 475.97 posts. The NCSE...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 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: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to assure the Deputy that ensuring that children with special educational needs are supported and given the opportunity to reach their full potential is a key priority for this government. In 2018, almost €1.8 billion will be invested in Special Education. This represents an increase of almost 43% since 2011 and amounts to almost 20% of the Department’s overall...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 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: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: In 2018, in the region of €1.75 billion will be invested in Special Education, nearly one fifth of the overall Education budget, and up 43% since 2011. This funding includes provision for up to 13,400 Special Education Teaching posts in mainstream primary and post primary schools. From September 2017, the model of allocating resources teachers to support pupils with low incidence...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: Léirigh 106 bunscoileanna sa Ghaeltacht spéis le bheith rannpháirteach sa Scéim Aitheantais mar Scoil Gaeltachta go dtí seo. Beidh deis eile ag na scoileanna sna limistéir pleanála teanga Ghaeltachta nár roghnaigh a bheith páirteach sa Scéim Aitheantais Scoileanna Gaeltachta go dtí seo spéis a léiriú sa Scéim arís...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers is due to move from its temporary location into a Department owned permanent school building from September 2018. Some minor works are required in respect of the permanent building to facilitate the move and these works will be undertaken during the summer months.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Access to Higher Education (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The annual core grant allocation by the HEA to each higher education institution includes an access funding element which is based on the number of students from access target groups who are participating in each institution as derived from the return of annual student data by each institution to the HEA. In 2017 a total of €31.2 million was allocated to HEA institutions as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: As previously advised, in previous years, under the arrangements in place for the Social Partnership process, officials in my Department met on a regular basis with the Community and Voluntary Pillar to discuss educational issues raised by that sector. A series of bilateral meetings took place between Officials in my Department and the Community and Voluntary (C&V) Pillar over a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The School has written to my Department in relation to the matters to which the Deputy refers and these are under review. My Department will be in contact with the school directly when an outcome to the review is available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 285, 286 and 440 together. Circular 0040/2018, which is available on my Department’s website, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I recognise the need to improve capitation funding for schools having regard to the reductions that were necessary over recent years. Restoring capitation funding as resources permit is one of the actions included in the Action Plan for Education. Budget 2018 marked the second year of major reinvestment in the education sector, as we continue to implement the Action Plan for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, in order to qualify for funding towards tuition fees, students must be first-time undergraduates, hold inter alia EU/EEA/Swiss nationality in their own right, and have been ordinarily resident in an EU/EEA/Swiss state for at least three of the five years preceding their entry to an approved third level course. Where undergraduate students do not qualify for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defibrillators in Schools Provision (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The position is that under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. The decision to install a defibrillator is made at local school level and is a matter for the Board of Management of each individual school. I understand that a National Steering Group on Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The allocation referred to by the Deputy is the increase in funding for the Special Needs Assistant (SNA) Scheme in 2018. My Department’s policy is to ensure that every child who is assessed as needing SNA support will receive access to such support. I secured an additional €30 million in Budget 2018 to fund the continued development of the SNA scheme with some 1,010...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: In 2018, in the region of €1.75 billion will be invested in Special Education, nearly one fifth of the overall Education budget, and up 43% since 2011. This funding includes provision for up to 13,400 Special Education Teaching posts in mainstream primary and post primary schools, providing additional teaching support to pupils with special educational needs, and over 1,440 special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: Budget 2018 made provision to support my Department's significant programme of curriculum reform, including the roll out of Junior Cycle Reform with Home Economics, History, Music, Geography and Mathematics commencing in September 2018. €13 million of new and reallocated funding was provided to deliver continued implementation of Junior Cycle reform and delivery of a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: 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 the central aim to make the Irish Education and training service the best in Europe within a decade. Budget 2018 included a one point improvement in the staffing schedule in primary schools which brings the position to the most favourable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Therapy Services (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I recently announced that a demonstration project to provide in-school and pre-school therapy services will be introduced for the 2018/19 school year. The project will be managed and co-ordinated by the National Council for Special Education The model has been developed by the Departments of Education, Children and Youth Affairs, Health, and the Health Service Executive, and is part...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Expenditure (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The additional funding provided in Budget 2018 is supporting the implementation of the various actions contained in DEIS Plan 2017 and the extension of supports to schools new to the DEIS programme. 902 schools now avail of supports under the DEIS programme and from 1stSeptember 2017, 79 new schools were included in DEIS for the first time and a further 30 schools were upgraded from Band 2...