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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The project at the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning having been authorised to proceed to Stage 2b - Detailed Design Stage in July 2012. The project will continue to be progressed to completion of Stage 2(b) which includes planning permission, fire safety certificate, disability access certificate and the preparation of tender...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Bodies (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 223 and 224 together. For the Deputy's information, under the Public Service Reform plan the following were identified for rationalisation or merger and the following actions have taken place. The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences were merged in March 2012 to form...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Remuneration (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: No bonus payments were made to officials at my Department or to staff employed at bodies under the aegis of my Department in the years mentioned by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested on the number of appointments made to State boards since March 2011 is outlined in the following table. The Deputy should note that Board appointments, while made by me as Minister, are not in all cases made at my sole discretion. Individuals may be nominated for appointment by various organisations as specified in the relevant statute of the body concerned....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: For the Deputies information since March 2011, 7 chairpersons appointed to State boards under the aegis of my Department have appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Data (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: No retired civil or public servants have been engaged on temporary contracts to cover absences due to term time or otherwise in the years mentioned by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The delivery of the schools referred to by the Deputy has been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA). Construction of both schools commenced in March of this year. It is envisaged that the Primary School will be completed in mid-2015 and the Post Primary School is due for completion in late 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Agencies (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The respective roles of SOLAS and the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) are set out in the Further Education and Training Act 2013 and the Education and Training Boards Act 2013. SOLAS is responsible for the funding, strategic co-ordination and direction of further education and training (FET) in Ireland. The provision of this education and training is undertaken by the 16 ETBs. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Programme for Government Implementation (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The timeline for delivery of the Programme for Government commitments is over the lifetime of this Government. To date, the Government has published three annual progress reports, which set out the progress in implementing an extensive number of commitments. With regard to the commitments relating to my Department, the following table shows the progress made on each. As will be seen from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) and the Sustainable Authority of Ireland (SEAI) have responsibility to collate all energy consumption data for the public sector in line with Statutory Instrument 542 of 2009. SEAI and the DCENR have developed an online energy monitoring & reporting (M&R) system to satisfy the reporting requirements of both...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has been working in conjunction with Cork County Council to secure a permanent site to meet the needs of the school to which the Deputy refers. Whilst I can advise that options are under consideration, due to the sensitivities associated with land acquisitions generally I am not in a position to provide further information at this time. However...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 234, 237 and 243 together. The Annual Student Contribution is levied on apprentices and students attending Institutes of Technology. This contribution has been levied by Institutes of Technology in respect of apprentices since 2004, with FÁS/SOLAS paying 70% of the contribution and apprentices themselves paying the remainder. As part of Budget 2014,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 235 and 236 together. The costs associated with the abolition of fees would be dependent on varying factors associated with type study i.e. full-time or part-time, undergraduate or post-graduate, varying fees associated with different course types and higher fees for international students. The position is that the Exchequer meets the cost of tuition fees,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government recognises that small schools are an important part of the social fabric of rural communities. They will continue to be a feature of our education landscape. As part of the Budget 2012 decisions, the number of pupils required to gain and retain a classroom teaching post in small primary schools is being gradually increased between September 2012 and September 2014. In these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 239 and 241 together. There is detailed historical information contained in the Statistics Section of my Department's website relating to the number of teaching posts in schools and school ethos. The most recent published information relates to the 2013/2014 school year.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 240 and 242 together. Some 39 small primary schools are losing a classroom post for the coming school year due to the increased pupil thresholds announced in Budget 2012. The loss of a classroom post in 12 of these schools is due to the final phase of the Budget 2012 measure. The loss of a classroom post in each of the other 27 schools is due to the effect...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Secondment (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Irish teachers are seconded to the European Schools System in fulfilment of Ireland's obligations under an intergovernmental protocol – the Convention Defining the Statute of the European Schools. The number of teachers currently on secondment to the European Schools System is 63. The European Schools are a system of nursery, primary and secondary schools established and maintained by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Provisional net overall expenditure to the end of June by my Department is more or less on target. Expenditure of almost €3.88 billion is running €24 million or 0.6% behind profile (€7 million on current expenditure and €17 million on capital expenditure). My Department will continue to closely monitor the financial position during the remaining months of 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will be aware that, following agreement in principle by the Government to broaden the current means testing arrangements for student grants by way of inclusion of the value of capital assets, my Department set up a dedicated implementation group to bring forward detailed proposals and subsequently received a draft report from the group. However, there is currently no agreement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grants Data (17 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Following the introduction by SUSI of a universal online application process in 2012, 99% of new grant applicants made their grant applications using an online application form in place of the former paper form. The online form included optional questions regarding the previous occupation of the student applicant and the current occupation of any parent, spouse, cohabitant or civil partner...