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

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school to which she refers is included in my Department's 6 Year Capital Programme. My Department officials have been working closely with officials in the relevant local authority under the Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of school sites with a view to securing a site for the school in question.  Local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (8 Mar 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department has not provided capital funding for projects for scouting organisations during the past five years.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (8 Mar 2018)

Richard Bruton: To satisfy the terms and conditions of the student grant scheme in relation to progression, a student must be moving from year to year within a course, having successfully completed the previous year or be transferring from one course to another, where the award for the subsequent course is of a higher level than the previous course. The objective of this policy is to help as many students as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (8 Mar 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 148 and 149 together. It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998. The enrolment policy must be non-discriminatory and must be applied fairly in respect of all applicants. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (8 Mar 2018)

Richard Bruton: At primary level, Physical Education is one of seven curriculum areas within the revised Primary School Curriculum which was introduced in 1999. A minimum of one hour of physical education per week is recommended for all primary school pupils. The curriculum has been structured so as to allow individual schools a high degree of flexibility and choice in the planning of a broad and balanced...

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

Richard Bruton: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2(b), which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Certificate and Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of Tender Documents.  All statutory approvals have been secured.  In February 2017 the Stage 2b (Detailed Design) was...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department uses a Geographical Information System to identify the areas under increased demographic pressure nationwide. The system uses data from the Central Statistics Office, Ordnance Survey Ireland, the Department of Social Protection and information from my Department’s own databases. With this information, my Department is currently carrying out demographic analyses to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Lease Agreements (8 Mar 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that funding provided by my Department, to the school management authority, to meet the rental costs of the premises occupied by the Gaelscoil concerned, amounts to almost €120,000 per annum.

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

Richard Bruton: The Design Team for the School to which the Deputy refers has recently been authorised to proceed to tender.  Subject to no issues arising, it is anticipated that construction will commence in the third quarter of 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (8 Mar 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156 and 158 together. My Department is in the process of acquiring the site for a new building for the school to which the Deputy refers.  The site acquisition is well advanced. It would not be appropriate to provide details of the site acquisition due to commercial sensitivities. However I can assure the Deputy that at this point it is not...

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

Richard Bruton: The building project for the school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2b – Detailed Design, which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Cert and Disability Access Cert and the preparation of tender documents. All statutory approvals have been obtained. The Design Team is currently finalising the stage 2b...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (8 Mar 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Teaching Council is the independent regulatory body with statutory authority for the professional regulation of teachers in this State. My Department does not have any direct involvement in the registration of teachers by the Council. Decisions of this nature are a matter for the Teaching Council and the person referred to by the Deputy should continue to liaise directly with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (8 Mar 2018)

Richard Bruton: Under the terms of the student grant scheme, grant assistance is awarded to students who meet the prescribed conditions of funding including those which relate to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means. The nationality requirements for the student grant scheme are set out in section 14 of the Student Support Act 2011 and regulation 5 of the Student Support Regulations...

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

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise you Deputy that a review of the needs of the school is currently being carried out in the context of the projected demographic position in the Athenry area.  Once this review is completed, my Department will be in contact with the school.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (8 Mar 2018)

Richard Bruton: The public service agreements have allowed a programme of pay restoration for public servants to start. I negotiated together with my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, a 15-22% pay increase for new teachers. The agreements to date have restored an estimated 75% of the difference in pay for more recently recruited teachers and deliver full equality at later points...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (8 Mar 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, the 2012 Report of the Advisory Group to the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector recommended that demand for patronage diversity should be met in areas of stable population by divesting patronage of existing schools where there is evidence of parental demand for change.   In this context, in 2012/13, my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (8 Mar 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 and 176 together. I understand that the student to which the Deputy refers has exhausted her statutory based appeals within SUSI and to the independent Student Grants Appeals Board. The Deputy will appreciate that it would be inappropriate for me to comment on the outcome of individual cases within this statutory appeals process. With regard to...

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

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that Dublin Dun Laoghaire ETB has agreed to manage this project for my Department. I understand that the ETB will be submitting to my Department shortly details of the works required. On receipt, my Department will be in a position to progress the project.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Mar 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: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 Mar 2018)

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for organising and planning provision for children with Special Educational Needs, including the establishment of special classes in mainstream primary and post primary schools. Special classes offer a supportive learning environment to students with ASD who are unable to access the curriculum in a mainstream class, even with...