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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (8 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 and 165 together. My Department has been working closely with a number of organisations, and in particular with the Higher Education Authority (HEA), in Brexit planning for the higher education sector. The HEA has published a Brexit issues paper and has held meetings with the HEIs to discuss ongoing planning and issues with them as the process develops....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (8 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: Following the UK triggering Article 50 of the Treaty in March 2017 and the ongoing negotiations one of our principal concerns relates to protecting to the greatest extent possible student mobility between Ireland and Northern Ireland, the UK and within the EU and to support our strategy to increase non-EU student flows.  Key to the ongoing access of our students to higher education on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (8 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of application from the school referred to for the provision of additional classroom. The application is currently under consideration and my Department will be in direct contact with the school authorities when the assessment process has concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (8 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not hold details relating to the information requested. As the Deputy will be aware, it is my intention to replace all purchased temporary accommodation with permanent accommodation, where the need is established, over the lifetime of my Department's Capital Programme (2016 to 2021). To enable this development, my Department will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has received applications for additional accommodation from two schools in County Carlow, one from a Primary school and one from a Post-Primary School. The application from the Primary school will be assessed and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as the assessment process has been completed. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (8 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is general practice to include a Special Needs Unit in the accommodation brief for new school buildings, unless local circumstances indicate that it will not be required.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 173 together. It is the responsibility of each individual school to select the materials and resources that it will use to support its implementation of any part of the curriculum including SPHE or PE. Where an outside organisation is engaged by a school, they should be engaged in the context of delivering a planned and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Places (8 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: There are 1,000 places available on the Bachelor of Education programme scheduled to commence in September 2018. The places are split between the four Higher Education Institutes who provide the course: - Marino Institute of Education - Mary Immaculate College - DCU Institute of Education - Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, Maynooth University Applications...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning Stage 2b (Detailed Design), which includes the application for statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents. All statutory approvals have been secured. The Stage 2(b) submission has been reviewed by my Department and a letter  issued to the school and its Design...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the project brief for the school in question has been finalised and the schedules of accommodation have been issued to the Patron.  My Department will be in further contact with the school authority in due course relating to the appointment of a Design Team.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: As part of the Major School Building Projects announcement in November 2015 by my Department and in view of the continued support for an independent Gaelcholáiste, it was confirmed that a Gaelcholáiste to serve the North Kildare area will open in 2019. Department approval is given for the appointment of a school Principal from 1 September of the school year prior to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (8 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department provides for a range of placement options and supports for schools, which have enrolled students with special educational needs, including those with Autism, in order to ensure that wherever a child is enrolled, s/he will have access to an appropriate education.  Such placements facilitate access to individualised education programmes which may draw from a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Data (8 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Summer Works Scheme is designed to allow schools to carry out small and medium scale building works that will improve and upgrade existing school buildings. This scheme is additional to other capital funding schemes that are operated by the Department such as the additional accommodation scheme, Emergency Works scheme i.e. for projects of such urgency that they would prevent some or all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: John Halligan T.D. was appointed as Minister of State with responsibility for Training, Skills, Innovation and Research and Development on the 14th June, 2017. A delegation order, S.I. No. 333/2017 - Education and Skills (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2017 - John Halligan, Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, was made on the 18th July 2017 and is in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning Stage 2b (Detailed Design), which includes the application for statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents. All statutory approvals have been secured. My Department recently completed the review of the Stage 2b submission for this project and comments have issued....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 74 and 76 together. 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 criteria for the appointment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Status (3 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 75 and 98 together. Schools are not required to make an application for inclusion in the DEIS programme, as all schools are assessed using a new uniform identification model. We have, for the first time, introduced an objective, statistics based model for deciding which schools merit inclusion in the DEIS Programme, so that all stakeholders can have confidence...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Training (3 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department has not incurred expenditure in facilitating officials to attend conferences in relation to social media training or other related events.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (3 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 also includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (3 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department website. Each 1 point adjustment to the pupil teacher ratio at post primary level is estimated to cost in the region of...