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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Secondment (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department provides annual grants to the recognised management bodies at primary and post primary level to assist them in providing management support to the schools in their sectors. Management bodies such as CPSMA, Educate Together, Church of Ireland Board of Education at primary level or at second level the JMB/AMCSS, ETBI and ACCS provide important support services for schools on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that an application was received in my Department, from the school referred to, for the provision of additional accommodation.  I can confirm that the application was not approved for funding on the basis of sufficient accommodation being available to the school in question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department provides for a range of placement options and supports for schools, which have enrolled students with special educational needs, including students with specific speech and language disorder (SSLD), in order to ensure that wherever a child is enrolled, s/he will have access to an appropriate education.   The enrolment of a child in a school is a matter, in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (7 Nov 2017)

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: Supervision and Substitution Scheme Expenditure (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: Substitute teachers are employed by the managerial authorities of schools to replace teachers absent on different types of approved leave such as sick leave and maternity leave. The claims for the payment of substitute teachers are submitted by the individual managerial authorities of schools to my Department using the On Line Claim System.  The substitute teachers are paid on a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (7 Nov 2017)

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: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Nov 2017)

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. Planning permission has been secured with Fire Certificate and Disability Access Certificate applications in progress. Once...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: Universities are autonomous bodies as set out in the Universities Act 1997 and are responsible for their own day to day affairs, including the allocation of all of its income (both public and private) and in relation to its own financial affairs. The Governing Bodies and the management staff of the institutions are responsible for operational matters, therefore, the collection and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (7 Nov 2017)

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, including the funding of student services, is a matter for the individual institution. Student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department is supportive of the proposed acquisition by Carlow IT of a particular site in Wexford for the development of a new purpose-built campus. Funding has been allocated to enable IT Carlow to acquire this site.  We are aware that the ongoing engagement between Carlow IoT and the vendor on the progression of the sale of the site has taken longer...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 409 and 410 together. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), which is an independent statutory agency, is responsible, through its network of Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports, including SNA support. The NCSE allocates such support to schools in accordance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: Under my Department's student grant scheme, eligible candidates may receive funding provided they are attending an approved course at an approved institution, as defined in the scheme. The definition of an approved institution is set out in Section 7 of the Student Support Act 2011 and Regulation 3 of the Student Support Regulations 2017. The Student Assistance Fund (aka the student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: Persons engaging with Caranua are not required to present a public services card and there are no plans for its introduction by Caranua.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that a project for the school referred to is not included in my Department’s 6 year Construction Programme. Due to the competing demands on my Department’s capital budget it is not possible to provide an indicative timeframe for the progression of a building project for the school referred to by the Deputy at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Secondment (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I am aware of the concerns raised by the Education Support Centre referred to by the Deputy. Section 37 of the Education Act 1998 provides the statutory basis for Education Support Centres and outlines the policy framework underpinning their recognition and functions, funding, staffing and governance. The Act empowers me as Minister to make regulations relating to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: The principal support provided by my Department in financial terms is the students grant scheme, which makes available means-tested financial assistance to students in further and higher education. The student grant is administered on behalf of my Department by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). Students experiencing difficulties in completing their application forms, due to issues...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Designation (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, this is a private fee-paying primary school established in 2016. I wish to confirm that my Department has received correspondence from the school which is currently under consideration and a response will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 422, 433 and 434 together. The school to which the Deputies refer is currently located on the Notre Dame campus, Upper Churchtown Road, Dublin 14 pending completion of the permanent accommodation for the school at the St. Tiernan’s Community School site in Balally. This is within the Ballinteer/Stepaside catchment or school planning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that DES Circular 0013/2017 for primary schools and 0014/2017 for post primary schools were published on 7 March 2017. These Circulars set out the details of the new model for allocating special education teachers to schools.  The revised allocation process replaces the generalised allocation process at primary and post primary school level for learning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that DES Circular 0013/2017 for primary schools and 0014/2017 for post primary schools were published on 7 March 2017. These Circulars set out the details of the new model for allocating special education teachers to schools.  The revised allocation process replaces the generalised allocation process at primary and post primary school level for learning...