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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: Following a review of the brief for Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire, my Department has approved a significant increase to the brief, which will now provide a 16 classroom school on the site at Dominick Street. The original brief was for an 8 classroom school.    Due to this increase in the scope of works for the project, my Department will tender for a replacement Design Team...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department provides funding to all recognised primary schools by way of per capita grants including to the school referred to by the Deputy. The two main grants are the Capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, general up-keep etc and the Ancillary Services grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers is co-located in a permanent school building with another school in Kilbarrack which has spare capacity. In late 2015, my Department provided funding for reconfiguration works in the building to provide improved accommodation for the school. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department’s current priority is focused on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 Oct 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 also includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: Schemes were initiated in 1978 and 1979 for the employment of Clerical Officers and Caretakers in primary and secondary schools. Staff employed on these schemes are paid directly by my Department and are not paid via grant funding. The 1978 and 1979 schemes are being phased out and have been superseded by a more extensive capitation grant scheme. The majority of primary and voluntary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: Celbridge Community school, which is under the joint patronage of Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board and Educate Together, opened in 2015 in temporary accommodation. I can confirm that agreement in principle has been reached in respect of the potential acquisition of a site for permanent accommodation. The next stage in the acquisition process is the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can inform the Deputy that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist for responses to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application to my Department for significant capital funding for additional accommodation.  The application is currently being assessed and my Department expects to be in a position to convey a decision on the application to the school shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oibreacha Feabhsúcháin do Scoileanna (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: Cheadaigh mo Roinn deontas cineachta suntasach i Meán Fómhair 2014 don scoil i dtrácht le haghaidh leathnú buan agus oibreacha athchumraíochta trína ndéanfaí gach cóiríocht réamhdhéanta a bhaint de láithreán na scoile. Fuair mo Roinn soiléiriú i dtaca le moladh le haghaidh réimse níos leithne...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved funding to build a standalone extension comprising 4 mainstream classrooms, 2 SET rooms and a WC for assisted users. The school authority has sought significant additional funding to provide car parking on a greenfield site at the rear of the school. My Department’s Planning and Building Unit have requested the school authority to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: Following a review of the brief for Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire, my Department has approved a significant increase to the brief, which will now provide a 16 classroom school on the site at Dominick Street. The original brief was for an 8 classroom school. Due to this increase in the scope of works for the project, my Department will tender for a replacement Design Team to take the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Data (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. The locations referred to by the Deputy are situated close to the border of two school planning areas, Scribblestown/Finglas West school planning area which is currently served by three post-primary schools and Cabra/Phibsboro/D7 school planning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: Officials in my Department have been working towards the acquisition of a permanent site to meet the needs of the school to which the Deputy refers and have engaged with officials in Dublin City Council in that respect.  My Department has reached agreement with the landowner and the acquisition is currently progressing through the conveyancing stage.  Following the completion of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Statutory Instruments (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department arranges for the secondment of teachers from their teaching posts for the purpose of developing and providing CPD for teachers and for appointment as Directors of Education Support Centres (ESC's). By their nature, secondments are not permanent appointments and are renewed each year subject to ongoing need and policy requirements. Secondment arrangements provide flexibility...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Design Team appointment for the major building project referred to by the Deputy has recently been completed and the project has now entered early architectural planning / design stages. My Department has authorised the Design Team to commence Stage 1 of architectural planning as per the Department’s Design Team Procedures 2012. Stage 1 is the initial sketch design stage and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: The major building project for the school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design.  The design team are currently working on completing Stage 2(b) of the architectural planning process. When complete the stage 2(b) report will be submitted to my Department. When this submission has been received and reviewed my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: Caranua, the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, is an independent statutory body established pursuant to the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 to oversee the use of the cash contributions of up to €110 million, pledged by the religious congregations, to support the needs of survivors of institutional child abuse. The determination of the criteria by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: As requested by the Deputy, the following is a list of the schools in County Kildare built under the Department's 'Rapid' Design and Build Programme. The Departments 'Rapid' Design & Build Programme was launched in 2008 by the then Minister for Education and Science, Mary Hannafin. County Roll No School Name Project Year Completed/Occupied 1 Kildare 20159C Gaelscoil Nás na...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (3 Oct 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that on 26thSeptember my Department announced that it will be putting in a place a comprehensive package of measures to ensure fire safety measures in schools meet best practice.  Ensuring the safety of all those who work and learn in our schools is a main priority of the Department of Education and Skills. These measures are being undertaken as an added...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Richard Bruton: Unfortunately, I do not have access to that information here. I will revert to the Deputy.