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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department’s policy is that children with special educational needs including those with autism, should be included in mainstream placements with additional supports provided, unless such a placement would not be in their best interests or in the interests of the children with whom they are to be educated, as is provided for under Section 2 of the Education of Persons with Special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 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, 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 appropriate educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Lansdowne Road Agreement (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: Throughout April and May 2016, discussions were held between my Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) in relation to issues of mutual concern in the context of the union’s co-operation with national collective agreements including the Lansdowne Road Agreement. Arising from these discussions my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Fees (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: In 2014, my Department established the ‘Committee for Non-Mainstream Department of Education and Skills funded Music Education’. The Committee was established to, inter alia, oversee the work of organisations in receipt of funding by the Department of Education and Skills in relation to non-mainstream music education. In its engagement with organisations including CDETB,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Act Employment Targets (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: Further to my response to parliamentary question 200 of 6 February 2018, I can confirm that officials in my Department have, in the context of this year’s iteration of the Part 5 process, written to all relevant aegis organisations and requested that they ensure that new and existing employees are aware that the completion of the staff census form on appointment or through the annual...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the school in question submitted a master plan containing details of how it envisaged the school developing in the future. The master plan would require significant capital funding to undertake a major extension and refurbishment of the existing school building. The school indicated that the proposed project would cater for future demographic growth in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: Details in regard to teacher retirements and teachers allocated are set out in Table 1 and Table 2. Data in relation to retirements pre-2012 are not held in the same format as for later years so have not been included as they are recorded by date of benefit processed rather than retirement date. Table 1 – Teacher Retirement 2012-2016 Table 1 – Teacher Retirement 2012-2016...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Career Breaks (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The information on the numbers of Career Breaks availed of by teachers in primary and post primary schools excluding those employed in schools operated by Education and Training Boards since the 2012/13 school year is provided in the table. This information is also available on my Department's website. A teacher may engage in the career break scheme subject to an overall maximum absence of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that building projects for the two schools referred to by the Deputy are included in my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme. Site issues have arisen in respect of the projects in question and my Department is continuing to liaise with the school's Patron in this regard. I understand that my Department is awaiting a suitable meeting date to be notified by the Patron to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 to 141, inclusive, together. On 24th April, in reply to a parliamentary question from the Deputy, I provided information on spending on special educational needs and Tables showing the following totals: - The number of SNAs allocated from 2005 to 2018 - The number of special classes from 2010 to 2018 - The numbers of learning support and resource teachers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 143 together. 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. Budget 2018 announced a one point improvement to the primary staffing schedule, which reduced the average pupil teacher ratio to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy submitted an application for major capital works to my Department under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme. The Additional Accommodation Scheme is designed to address immediate essential classroom accommodation deficits. In that regard, having examined the application, approval in principle has been granted to the school in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The school has been in touch with my office in relation to the matter raised. 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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has finalised the project brief for the development of a permanent school building for the school in question and the school has been advised accordingly. The Department will be in further contact with the school shortly relating to the next steps to advance the project through the architectural planning process. The school has also been provided...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The main support available to assist students with the cost of higher education is the student grant scheme. SUSI’s online system for the 2018 Scheme is now open. Students attending college in the academic year 2018/19 are required to submit their grant application to Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) via www.susi.ie to have their eligibility for grant assistance assessed....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The project to which the Deputy refers is being devolved for delivery to the local Education and Training Board. My Department is in the process of arranging a Service Level Agreement with the ETB in this regard. Once this is in place, the ETB can proceed to appoint a Design Team for the project to move though the various stages of architectural planning and on to tender and construction.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Teaching Council considers applications from teachers who qualified outside the EU/EEA and are deemed fully qualified in their home country. Each application is assessed individually. A fully qualified teacher will have completed a recognised teacher education qualification and programme of induction and can provide an official letter from the Competent Authority or Ministry of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding from the school referred to by the Deputy to undertake refurbishment works to provide improved accommodation for the school. My Department is aware of the specific needs of the school and is working with the school to address these needs. In this regard, my Department has arranged to meet with the school authorities in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 May 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the current status of all building projects, including those in Cork city and county may be viewed on my Department's website www.education.ie– Schools & Colleges - Building Works.