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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: Under the provisions of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017, if the Irish Congress of Trade Unions notifies the Workplace Relations Commission in writing on behalf of a recognised trade union that the union assents to be bound by the Public Service Stability Agreement, then that notification shall be treated as a notification by the union that it assents to be so bound.  I...

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

Richard Bruton: In May 2016 agreement was reached with the TUI in the context of the Lansdowne Road Agreement and under the auspices of the WRC that a review of lecturing would would be carried out. Officials in my Department are in ongoing discussions with the parties to the agreement with a view to agreeing a format for the review as soon as possible.

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

Richard Bruton: My Department provides for the education of all children through the provision of recognised schools. Recognised schools must fulfil a number of conditions regarding curriculum, inspection and other matters. It is the policy of my Department that all children with Special Educational Needs, including those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), can have access to an education appropriate to...

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

Richard Bruton: The school referred to by the Deputy is one of six projects which are being delivered under the Department’s Schools Bundle 5 Public Private Partnership (PPP) programme.  Construction commenced at the end of July 2016 and is expected to be completed in Quarter 1 of 2018.  When completed, this replacement Post Primary school building will provide for 450 student places. ...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 397 and 398 together. The procedures set out in Circular 0071/2014 (and Circular 0059/2009 prior to its being superseded by 0071/2014) contain two strands – a strand dealing with issues of professional competence as a teacher and a second strand dealing with work and conduct issues. The different stages set out in each strand are as follows: 1....

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

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of Special Needs Organisers (SENOs), for fulfilling the functions of the NCSE Council within a designated area in relation to the identification of and delivery and co-ordination of education services to children with disabilities. The NCSE employs SENOs to provide a nationwide system of local services....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: The main support available to assist students with the cost of higher education is the student grant scheme. One of the criteria in the student grant scheme relates to 'progression'. This means that 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Act Employment Targets (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Disability Act 2005 requires public bodies to promote and support the employment of people with disabilities and to achieve a target of 3% of staff with disabilities. It also provides a framework for monitoring the employment targets through Monitoring Committees in Government Departments. The role of the Monitoring Committees is to monitor and, in consultation with the National...

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

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has recently submitted an application to my Department for additional accommodation. The application will be considered and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as the assessment process has been completed.

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, the project to which he refers has been devolved for delivery to the local Education and Training Board (LMETB). The project has been mainly delayed due to design issues. Having tendered for the project, additional security issues for the proposed building became apparent. These required a change in brief with the consequent design alterations. The project...

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

Richard Bruton: The introduction of Computer Science as a Leaving Certificate subject is part of this Government’s overall commitment to embed digital technology in teaching and learning.  I asked my Department to accelerate the introduction of this exciting new subject into the first phase of schools to September 2018.  As part of the process of identifying schools to participate in...

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

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the position in relation to the application by the school referred to is that due to competing demands on my Department’s capital budget imposed by the need to prioritise the limited funding available for the provision of essential classroom accommodation it is not possible to fund the provision of a General Purpose Room at this time.

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

Richard Bruton: Is mian liom a chur in iúl don Teachta nach bhfuair mo Roinn iarratas le déanaí ón scoil dá ndearnadh tagairt maidir le cóiríocht bhreise a sholáthar.  Bheadh de rogha ag an scoil iarratas a chur isteach chuig mo Roinn dá mba rud é gur aithin siad easnamh cóiríochta; is féidir foirmeacha iarratais a fháil ar...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Na hOileáin amach ón gCósta (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Bruton: Níl cuairt tugtha agam ar scoileanna na n-oileán ach aithním go mór na dúshláin ar leith atá ag scoileanna na n-oiléan. Coimeádtar  cuirí ó scoileanna i m’oifig agus áirítear iad le linn cuairteanna réigiúnacha go dtí an ceantar.   Ardaíodh an-chuid de na saincheisteanna ina  bhfuil...

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

Richard Bruton: Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil sé i gceist aige beartas faoi leith a fhorbairt i leith na meánscoileanna ar na hoileáin amach ón gcósta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. Aithním na dúshláin bhreise atá ag scoileanna na n-oileán. Ag tabhairt na dúshláin seo san...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware an additional fee of €100 has been added to the existing course fee (details supplied) for all students, including those in receipt of a SUSI grant: This additional €100 material fee has been added to existing course fee to cover the costs of course related material. This fee includes items such as laboratory manuals, printed material, field trips,...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department does not provide funding to pre-school services other than to early intervention classes in recognised primary schools or special schools.  Supports for childcare, including pre-school education, are provided by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The principal vehicle for the delivery of pre-school education is the Early Childhood Care and Education...

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

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers has submitted an application to my Department for additional accommodation. This application is being assessed and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as possible. In addition, my Department is currently reviewing an Emergency Works Scheme application from the school and, again, a decision on this will issue as soon as...

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

Richard Bruton: 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 that we are targeting extra resources at those schools with the highest concentrated levels of disadvantage. The key data sources used in the DEIS identification process are the DES Primary Online...

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

Richard Bruton: The current Summer Works Scheme (SWS) is being applied on a multi-annual basis.  The Deputy will also be aware that nearly 50% of schools have applied for inclusion under the scheme which reflects a very high demand.  Almost €80 million has been approved to date under the Summer Works Scheme, in respect of over 640 school projects in categories 1 - 6. Details of the...