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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The building project referred to by the Deputy is for a new 24 classroom school including a Special Needs Unit, with a floor area of approx. 4,748 m2. The project is currently at Stage 2B of Architectural Planning. The Stage 2B report is being finalised and the Department is engaging with the Design Team in that regard. On completion of Stage 2b and providing no other issues...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 2b – Detailed Design. This project was authorised to commence the Pre-Qualification of Contractors in April 2018.The pre-qualification and short-listing of suitable contractors normally takes between 8 and 12 weeks to complete. The Design Team has confirmed that it has received 23 expressions of interest and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Career Guidance Services (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can assure the Deputy that the views of special schools will be included in this review. The purpose of the review of career guidance is to ensure that we are providing high quality, relevant career guidance information to students from post–primary level up to further and higher education. The review will look at the quality of information available to students and adults in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, I recently announced the opening 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. The school to which the Deputy refers was part of that announcement. In line with the policy on the use...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, a building project for the school referred to is included in my Department's 6 Year Capital Programme. The project for the school in question was being progressed in the School Building Programme on the basis of an available site, i.e. the current site in the ownership of the ETB. In that regard a technical site visit was carried out by my Department at the ETB...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Multidenominational Schools (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, in November 2016, I announced the patronage of a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school to be established in 2018 to serve the Dublin South City Centre area. This new school, which will be a co-educational, multi-denominational school under the patronage of Educate Together, will serve the Dublin 8 school planning area, along with the Dublin 2, Dublin 4, Dublin 6...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 377 and 384 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 378 and 385 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, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 379 and 387 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 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 380 and 383 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 381, 383, 388 and 389 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 and 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 (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 382 and 390 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...

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

Richard Bruton: I recognise the need to improve capitation funding for all schools, including primary schools in Counties Carlow and Kilkenny, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: It is a matter for the relevant Institutes of Technology in a consortium to lead on the progression of their plans to seek designation as a technological university. Currently, four such consortia are at different stages of development, dependent on their particular circumstances. Together with the Tánaiste, the Minister of State for Higher Education met the Presidents and Chairs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (12 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. For clarity, this new Schools Reconfiguration for Diversity process is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: 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. To date, almost €80 million has been approved under the current round of the Scheme, in respect of 635 school projects, 464 primary and 171 post-primary schools, for Gas, electrical upgrades,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Minor Works Grant was introduced in 1997 and since then has issued to primary schools each school year with the exception of the 2012/2013 school year. The payment of the Minor Works Grant is not confined to any particular date and can be issued during any month of the school year. For the 2002/2003 school year, part of the grant was paid in May 2003, with the balance in October 2003....

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, in November 2016, I announced the patronage of a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school to be established in 2018 to serve the Dublin South City Centre area. This new school, which will be a co-educational, multi-denominational school under the patronage of Educate Together, will serve the Dublin 8_ school planning area, along with the Dublin 2_Dublin 4 and Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 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: Multidenominational Schools (12 Jun 2018)

Richard Bruton: 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...