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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts is published annually on the Department website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The following table lists the amount disclosed in my Department's Appropriation Accounts for contingent liabilities for the past 25 years as requested by the Deputy. Two categories of contingent liability have been disclosed in the accounts: those related to the Residential Institutions Redress Scheme and those related to the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. The estimated liability...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts Data (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: In response to the Question posed by the Deputy and in relation to the company (details supplied), there were no payments processed on my Department's FMS System. Please note the contracts outlined relate to Hewlett-Packard Irl Ltd and not to the company details supplied by the Deputy. The value of payments by year to Hewlett-Packard Irl Ltd is provided in the following table: Supplier...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I recently received correspondence from the joint Patrons of the School in question indicating that the Board of Mangement has advised them that the School is no longer viable. I understand from my officials that the staffing of the school is a Principal plus three assistants and that two pupils will need to be facilitated to transfer to another school for the next school year. The school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department will provide circa €450m for measures to help people to access further and higher education in 2018. The principal support provided by my Department in financial terms is the Student Grant Scheme, which makes available means-tested financial assistance to students in further and higher education. The student grant scheme is administered by Student Universal Support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Data (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department does not have any representatives on local and regional drug taskforces. However, local and regional drug task forces do contain representatives from Education and Training Boards (ETBs). I have requested the information sought from the ETBs regarding attendance at local and regional drugs taskforces and will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department provides for a range of services and supports to ensure that children of school going age with Special Educational Needs, including children with Dyspraxia, can have access to an education appropriate to their needs. These supports include additional teaching and care support, enhanced capitation, specialist school transport arrangements, assistive technology and/or specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: Redeployment schemes currently exist at post-primary level in school closure situations, where there are surplus teachers in a school/Education and Training Board in situations other than school closure, and to address mismatch between curricular needs and staffing resources in a school/ETB. A pilot voluntary redeployment scheme is also in operation this year. Voluntary redeployment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: Teacher allocations for all schools are approved annually by the Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The Department provides a staffing allocation to each ETB. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, in this instance the Limerick and Clare ETB, subject to procedures...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: In relation to school admissions, parents can choose which school to apply to and where the school has places available the pupil should be admitted. However, in schools where there are more applicants than places available a selection process may be necessary. This selection process and the enrolment policy on which it is based must be non-discriminatory and must be applied fairly in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are provided to assist recognised schools to cater for pupils with disabilities, who have additional and significant care needs, in an educational context and where the nature of these care needs have been outlined in medical and other professional reports as being so significant that a pupil will require additional adult assistance in order to be able to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 256 to 260, inclusive, together. The Government is committed to the future sustainability of the Castlebar Campus of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT). This is the reason why I established the Working Group in March 2017 to develop a plan that would safeguard the future of the Castlebar campus. The Report of the Working Group was published in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the primary school referred to in the details provided is located in a school planning area in which there are two post-primary schools, a co-educational and all girls' school. The primary school in question is not part of the post-primary school planning areas where the post primary schools referred to in the details supplied are located. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I have asked officials to conduct a search to establish if any report on the death of Ann Lovett is held in the records of the Department. To date, no such report has been located but the search is not completed. I will reply fully to the Deputy when the search is concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: When schools in Ireland are implementing the new Framework for Junior Cycle, they have the autonomy and flexibility to design programmes within the parameters of the framework, mindful in particular of the needs of their students and their teaching resources. I am in favour of leaving the decisions on what is offered to the discretion of the school, and of students having as broad a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are provided to assist recognised schools to cater for pupils with disabilities, who have additional and significant care needs, in an educational context and where the nature of these care needs have been outlined in medical and other professional reports as being so significant that a pupil will require additional adult assistance in order to be able to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: In order to become registered with the Teaching Council a teacher must submit an original signed application form, provide additional qualification related documentation and complete the vetting process. The Council requests that only certified copies should be submitted for identification documents and transcripts of qualifications. On receipt of an application Council staff review the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can advise that additional accommodation for the school referred to by the Deputy to provide phase 1 of a new school building was approved by my Department. Phase I will deliver 5 general classroom, 2 specialist rooms and some ancillary accommodation. The project was devolved to the relevant ETB and I understand construction is nearing completion. In relation to Phase two of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The configuration of classes and the deployment of classroom teachers is organised at local school level and my Department would therefore not hold details of the number of first year second level places available in each school in County Meath for the 2018/19 school year. All schools supply details of enrolments to my Department as part of the October return process and the details for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department provides capitation funding to all recognised primary schools. In 2018, the capitation grant is €170 per pupil and the ancillary services grant is €163 per pupil. The amount of the grant paid to an individual primary schools for capitation and ancillary services is determined by the school’s enrolment. The minimum grants payable are based on an enrolment of...