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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department's policy is focused on ensuring that all children, including those with autism, can have access to an education appropriate to their needs, preferably in school settings through the primary and post-primary network. In terms of the education provision for children who have autism, my Department has always recognised the importance of early intervention. Children with autism...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Children First Guidelines (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Department of Justice and Equality is responsible for the national criminal justice framework and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs is responsible for national policy in relation to the protection and welfare of children.  My Department’s role is to give guidance and direction to schools in relation to meeting their statutory and other obligations in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Minor Works Grant in respect of the school year 2017/2018 was paid to the school referred to by the Deputy on 12 December 2017. The payment of the Minor Works Grant is not confined to any particular date and can in fact, if paid, be issued during any month of the school year. As part of our longer term infrastructural planning, my Department will explore whether it will be possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Eligibility (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers may apply for the works in question under any future Summer Works Scheme.  In the meantime, the school authority can use its Minor Works Grant to address ongoing repairs and maintenance.  If health and safety works are identified that require immediate attention, an Emergency Works...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016 was published on 6 July 2016. The Bill passed Committee Stage on 28 June 2017 and will shortly proceed to Report Stage. In relation to the issues raised by the Deputy, during the Committee Stage debate of the Admissions Bill, I outlined my intention to bring forward proposals at Report Stage to address this issue.  I can confirm that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 306 and 370 together. My Department has a regional office of the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) based at Drogheda. At present, the staffing at the office consists of 1 Senior Educational Psychologists, 7 Educational Psychologists and I Clerical Officer. Currently there are no plans to make any additional appointments to the staffing cohort.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the major building project to provide a permanent school building for the school in question is at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2(b). All statutory approvals, which includes Planning Permission, Fire Certificate and Disability Access Certificate have been secured. Following receipt and review by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: The school referred to by the Deputy applied to my Department for funding to replace an existing prefab. The school was advised that it is my Department's intention to replace all purchased temporary accommodation with permanent accommodation, where the need is established, over the lifetime of the Department's Capital Programme (2016-2021). To enable this development, my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: In general, individual school authorities are responsible, in the first instance, for ensuring the safety and welfare of children and others in their care.  In the case of traffic entering and leaving a school site, the school authority is expected to have a plan in place to manage this in accordance with its own particular circumstances.  It is open to existing schools to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Relocation (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers opened in September 2017 to serve the Scribblestown/Finglas West school planning area. The school is temporarily accommodated in the Broombridge Educate Together National School building at Bannow Road, Dublin 7 (which is in my ownership) as a short-term arrangement, pending delivery of the school’s permanent accommodation in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: A number of sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 have been commenced, including those establishing the National Council for Special Education and those promoting an inclusive approach to the education of children. The Sections of the EPSEN Act which have not been implemented are those which would have conferred a statutory entitlement to – -...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Major School Building Project to which the Deputy refers, is at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2(b). All statutory approvals have been secured. Following the necessary appointment of a replacement Mechanical & Electrical Engineer, the Design Team in conjunction with the new Engineer are working on a revised M and E Report, which will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 313 to 315, inclusive, together. My Department allocates the recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to the HEA designated higher education institutions including Institutes of Technology (IoTs) such as Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT). Upon my appointment as Minister I commenced a programme of reinvestment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to HEA designated higher education institutions. The HEA allocates this funding as a block grant to the institutions. As autonomous bodies, the internal disbursement of this funding, along with any funding it receives from private sources, is a matter for the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Data (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 317 and 318 together. I attach, for the information of the Deputy, a table showing details of the enrolment figures for each higher education institution, by graduate and undergraduate students, for the years 2007/08 to 2016/17, including percentage changes for each year. Institute Type / Institute / Course Level, Enrolment Numbers 2007/2008 2008/2009...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Data (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: I have attached, for the information of the Deputy, details of institutional non-progression rates, which reflect whether a student is present in his/her institution in the year following entry.  The data is in two tables, the first of which gives data for the periods 2007/08 to 2008/09; 2012/13 to 2013/14; and 2013/14 to 2014/15 which has been published by the Higher Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: I attach for the Deputy's information details of the whole time equivalent staffing numbers for Letterkenny Institute of Technology as at 31 December for the years 2007 to 2017. Letterkenny IT - Whole Time Equivalent Staff Core Academic Core Non academic Other Academic Other Non academic Total Dec-07 183.76 150.66 16.00 21.10 371.52 Dec-08 184.53 131.38 13.00 12.34...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Status (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: The list of primary and post primary schools that have DEIS status, including those requested by the Deputy in County Donegal, is available on my Department’s website at the following link:

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: The policy of my Department in relation to Traveller education is underpinned by the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017 – 2021 which was launched by my colleague the Minister Justice and Equality in June 2017. The strategy was developed in consultation with relevant stakeholders including Traveller representative groups. Education provision for Traveller children...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Jan 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 documentation...