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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (14 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department has established a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Readiness project. As part of this project my Department is currently undertaking work to ensure that it will be compliant with the GDPR. In June 2017, my Department assigned an interim Data Protection Office (DPO) whose role is to inform and advise staff of my Department who carry out processing of personal data of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (14 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: The property referred to by the Deputy is not in my ownership. In common with other buildings of its kind, there is a charging lease in place on the property dated 21 January 1960 for 99 years to protect the State's investment in the property. In circumstances where a property has ceased to be used as a school, and a request is received from the property owner to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Completion Programme (14 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: Second Level school completion rates are published by my Department in the annual report titled ‘Retention Rates of Pupils in Second Level Schools’. These reports can be found on my Department's website at: . In the most recently published data, 91.2% of students who entered secondary education in 2010 sat their Leaving Certificate. Retention rates by area, from 1996 to 2010,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Completion Programme (14 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: The School Completion Programme forms an integral part of Tusla's educational welfare service and has the aim of increasing the numbers of young people remaining in primary and second level education and in doing so improving the numbers of pupils who successfully complete Senior Cycle. The programme is a key support for schools under the DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, a building project for the school to which he refers is included in my Department's six-year Construction Programme. The next stage involves the preparation of the project brief. This is part of the preparatory work required to facilitate the progression of the project into the architectural planning process and my Department will be in further contact...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (14 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department contacted the principal of the school in question earlier this week to ascertain if cost estimates had been secured for the proposed insulation works. The principal advised that cost estimates are awaited from the school's Consultant and will be furnished to my Department when available. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (14 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 124 and 125 together. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. My Department uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. The GIS uses data from a range of sources, including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (14 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: Additional investment has allowed the successful recruitment of over 5,000 additional teachers in the last two years.  Since 2012/2013, there are 8,900 more teachers in our schools. No other part of the public service has seen this sort of growth, which is testament to the Government’s commitment to, and the importance of education in, fulfilling our national ambitions. The...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: 3 o’clock I assure the House that, in line with demographic changes, we are conducting a review of the capacity of all schools in all areas and that work will soon be completed.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: Where a school is approved, it is always approved for a certain capacity in terms of its intake. That is to ensure we provide schools in line with the demographic needs of each area and that is always clear when the school is approved. On the wider issue raised by Deputy Cassells, we have a new patronage model. We are commencing surveys across the country to encourage the live transfer...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: Every school must have an admissions policy.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: In any case where a child is refused admission, an appeal can be made to the Department of Education and Skills and it will turn over instances where schools are discriminatory against children with special educational needs. The admissions Bill currently before the House contains explicit provision not only to outlaw discrimination of that nature but to give the National Council for Special...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: As Deputy Howlin well knows, the original Bill on school admissions, which was introduced by the previous Government, did not deal with the baptism barrier or other concerns of Deputies, including the need to give the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, the power to designate a school that would have a special unit.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: To accommodate these, we have been drafting new amendments and very good progress is being made with the Attorney General. The issues are delicate because they raise constitutional provisions and we must be insured to deal with them.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: It has not been a year.We are dealing with these issues. On the issue of when the Department decides to build additional accommodation and sanction new schools, this is applied on the same basis in every one of the 314 planning areas. The Department will only sanction additional new schools where there is a scarcity of places in the area. We are not in a financial position to build...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: Every one of the additional schools I have provided at primary level have been under either multi-denominational or a non-denominational patronage.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: The position is the same in every area. We only build additional places as and when they are designated as required by demographics in the area.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: University Governance (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 and 181 together. My Department Officials have requested DCU to provide details in relation to the relationship of the university with the institute referred to by the Deputy. Upon receipt of the details I arrange for the information to be issued directly to the Deputy in a timely manner.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (13 Feb 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 Accommodation (13 Feb 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that details of expenditure on temporary accommodation, at the school referred to, are available on my Department’s Financial Management System from 2003. The details of any costs incurred between 2000 and 2003 cannot be readily located. The available information is set out in the following table. I wish to advise that the amounts include both rental and...