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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The normal practice is for the Minor Works Grant to be announced towards the end of the year if funding permits. Over the next number of weeks the issue of the Minor Works Grant 2017/2018 will be considered in the context of my Department's overall capital position.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Communications (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I have not used a private email in such a way as is being suggested by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The normal practice is for the Minor Works Grant to be announced towards the end of the year if funding permits. Over the next number of weeks the issue of the Minor Works Grant 2017/2018 will be considered in the context of my Department's overall capital position.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school to which he refers has been approved funding under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme to provide 1 mainstream classroom with en-suite facilities, 1 resource room and 1 WC for assisted users. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. It is now a matter for the Board of Management to progress the project.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, where a requirement for additional post-primary schools has been identified, details including proposed timelines related to the opening of the schools are made known by a Ministerial announcement. However, patrons may decide for different operational reasons in a particular year that it is in the best interests of a new post-primary school to defer its...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies Data (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible thereafter.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, 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 the Central Statistics...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Inspections (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: In the school year 2016/17, there were 3,250 primary and 711 second-level schools aided by the Department of Education and Skills. Within the Inspectorate, there are fifty-three primary and fifty-four post-primary inspectors engaged in the inspection of schools. All primary inspectors are generalists who are competent to evaluate all eleven subjects on the Primary School Curriculum (1999),...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: Primary school inspectors are not recruited as subject specialists. Primary inspectors evaluate Physical Education lessons in the course of a wide range of evaluation models.  At second level, post-primary inspectors visit Physical Education lessons within a number of inspection models. Specialist post-primary inspectors of Physical Education also conduct focused inspections of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy is not available in the format requested. My Department provides in excess of €21m each year toward the provision of furniture and equipment including PE equipment in primary and post-primary schools. Where my Department provided a GP room in a primary school or a sports hall in a post-primary school as part of a building project, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: This Government is committed to ensuring that all children with Special Educational Needs, including those with autism, can have access to an education appropriate to their needs, preferably in school settings through the primary and post primary school network. Such placements facilitate access to individualised education programmes which may draw from a range of appropriate educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: In the 2016/2017 academic year there were 3,115 primary schools and 711 post-primary schools. Further information on these is available on the Department's website at the following link: .

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department provides grant funding under a number of Home Tuition Schemes. One of the Home Tuition schemes caters for children who are temporarily without a school place. The purpose of this No School Place (NSP) Home Tuition Scheme is to grant funding for the provision of home tuition to children for whom a school placement is being sought. The Educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, 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 the Central Statistics...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school in question has been approved funding under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme to provide 1 SET classroom. The project has been devolved to the school authority for delivery.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: Through the Schools Broadband Access Programme the Department provides for the supply of internet connectivity for recognised primary and post primary schools. All post-primary schools and some special schools are now included in the 100Mbps programme. Significant improvement has been made in recent years with the number of primary schools on broadband speeds of greater than...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the school in question submitted an application to my Department for capital funding to construct a General Purpose (GP) Room. The application was considered in the context of the very significant challenges facing my Department in prioritising available capital funding for essential mainstream classrooms to meet the demand for extra school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil Data Collection (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy on pupil statistics is not available broken down by town. The number of 12 to 18 year old post primary students, and the number of these students in first year, is available in the table, broken down by local authority area. The information given is from the 2016/2017 academic year, which is the latest year for which data is available. I wish to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: Officials in my Department have been liaising with officials in Kildare County Council in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding in relation to the identification and acquisition of a suitable permanent site for this school and this process is ongoing at present. A number of potential site options were assessed and one of these site options is currently being progressed. While a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved funding under my Departments Prefab Replacement Initiative to replace temporary structures with permanent accommodation. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. The school recently applied to my Department for additional funding for an increased scope of works. This application is currently being assessed and...