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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (26 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that the school in question has submitted an application to my Department for capital funding for additional accommodation. The application is being 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: Capitation Grants (26 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Action Plan for Education outlines hundreds of actions to be implemented over the 3 year period 2016 to 2019 which include restoring capitation funding as resources permit. Budget 2017 represents the start of a major programme of reinvestment in education, and the first phase of implementation of the Action Plan for Education, aimed at becoming the best education system in Europe...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (26 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: As a consequence of the financial crisis, there was a need to enact a number of measures to reduce public expenditure so as to stabilise the country's public finances. A previous Government reduced the salaries and allowances payable to all new entrants to public service recruitment grades by 10% with effect from 1 January 2011. This decision also required that such new entrants would start...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department's Six-Year Capital Programme priorities building projects for areas of demographic growth. The Programme includes the provision of additional post-primary capacity for the Newbridge area. The Capital Programme also provides for devolved funding for additional classrooms for schools where an immediate enrolment need has been identified or where an additional teacher has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (26 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 377 and 383 together. It is difficult to forecast the full year expenditure for the Department at this stage as we are only just over half way through the year and many Budget 2017 measures will only be implemented from the start of the new academic year in September. My Department keeps expenditure trends under review and provides details on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sexual Offences Data (26 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: My view is that my Department has a role in ensuring that children and young people's awareness of their right to bodily integrity is reinforced through the education system and through the programmes run in our schools and education institutions. Respect for other people and a zero tolerance of any form of abuse whether sexual, physical and emotional is also a fundamental principle of how...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Staff (26 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department operates a number of Home Tuition Grant Schemes and provides funding towards a compensatory educational service for students who are unable to attend school due to chronic illness, children with special educational needs seeking an educational placement, early education intervention for children with autism, children (non-medical or non-special education needs) who are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (26 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: Caranua - the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund - 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. Section 9 of the 2012 Act gives the Board of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (26 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that there are currently no staff in my Department suspended from work on full pay.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures Data (26 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: In accordance with Section 22 of the Protected Disclosure Act 2014, my Department published information on protected disclosures received during 2016 on its website: www.education.ie/en/Publications/Corporate-Rep orts/Annual-Report/. No protected disclosures have been received from Department staff in 2016 or to date in 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (26 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: There are no staff working in the capacity of actuary in my Department.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: I will organise a response for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (13 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: In the post primary sector there are four categories of non-permanent teaching contracts: Regular part-time contracted teacher: A regular part-time teacher is appointed where the need for a teacher is viable for at least a year, e.g., covering concessionary hours or for a career break. Temporary whole-time teacher:A temporary whole-time teacher is appointed to work full hours on a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (13 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: Goal 2 in the Further Education and Training Strategy 2014-2019 relates to active inclusion which aims to support the active inclusion of individuals of all ages and abilities to participate in further education and training (FET) to enable every citizen to fully participate in society. Over €800 million will be invested by my Department through SOLAS, for the delivery by Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (13 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department, through SOLAS and the Education and Training Boards provides for some publicly funded training to the beauty industry.  However the issue of an annual licence and the regulation of industry does not come within the remit of my Department or its agencies.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Jul 2017)

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. However, following the necessary appointment of a replacement Mechanical & Electrical Engineer the Design Team in association with the newly appointed Engineer are working on a revised M&E report which will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Jul 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.  All statutory approvals have been secured.  The Stage 2b submission has been reviewed by the Department....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved funding to provide a two classroom ASD unit under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation Scheme. The school authority have submitted an alternative proposal to my Department which includes additional accommodation to that approved, together with improvement works to the school, with significant cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (13 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: I recently announced that 975 additional SNAs will be available for allocation to schools from September 2017 which is a 7.5% increase to meet the demands for the new school year. A total of 13,990 SNA posts will now be available at a gross annual cost of €458 million. This is more SNAs than we have ever had previously and will ensure that all children who qualify for SNA...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (13 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department published Circular Letter 0015/2015 in February 2015 to advise schools of revised pay arrangements for casual and non-casual teachers which took effect from the commencement of the 2015/16 school year, following agreement at the Teachers Conciliation Council. Prior to September 2015, the daily/hourly rates paid to casual and non-casual teachers per/day hour worked included...