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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: In calculating reckonable income under the Student Grant Scheme, the awarding authority considers income from all sources earned inside and outside the State within a specified reference period, including income from gifts and inheritance. Article 24(6) of the Student Grant Scheme 2017 provides that gifts or inheritances received in the reference period will be included as reckonable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: Budget 2017 sets out the resources available for schools in the 2017/18 school year.  This Budget represents the start of a major reinvestment in education, and the first phase of implementation of the Action Plan for Education, aimed at becoming the best education system in Europe within a decade.  The budget provides for over 2,400 additional teaching posts for our...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (12 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 Status (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department's six year Capital Programme priorities building projects to meet demographic demand and this includes schools in County Kildare. The Capital Programme also provides for devolved funding for additional classrooms, if required, for schools where an immediate enrolment need has been identified or where an additional teacher has been appointed. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 Jul 2017)

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelcholáistí Issues (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: Maynooth Community College opened in 2014 with an Irish-medium Aonad and it was stated that should the Aonad demonstrate sufficient viability after four years from its date of establishment, a Gaelcholáiste would be established, in a partnership patronage model between Kildare and Wicklow ETB and An Foras Pátrúnachta.  As part of the Major School Building Projects...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the project to which he refers is on site.  The contract has a twenty-four month duration.  The project is expected to be completed in early 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: Higher education institutions such as Dublin Institute of Technology are autonomous bodies and are responsible for the day to day operations of the Institute including the use of buildings, procurement of goods and services, and provision of services for students.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Property Ownership (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: The ownership of St Laurence’s currently rests with the Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA) until such time as the campus is fully developed at which point it will revert to DIT.  However, in line with the arrangements in place between the GDA and DIT, DIT is fully responsible for the operation of that building.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Electoral Divisions Establishment (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: In order to plan for school provision and analyse relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. I wish to advise the Deputy that a townland or electoral division can fall into more than one school planning area. The information requested by the Deputy is set out below in tabular form. School Planning Area Electoral Divisions Townlands...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, in accordance with the 1998 Education Act.   The core function of the redeployment arrangements at Primary level is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus full-time permanent/CID holding teachers to schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is the body responsible for organising and planning provision for children with Special Educational Needs, including establishing ASD early intervention classes and special classes in mainstream primary and post primary schools. There are currently 126 Early Intervention classes for children with ASD in recognised primary and special schools....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department recently received additional information in respect of the proposed project for the school referred to. My Department is currently considering the information and will be in further contact with the school shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, the project for the school referred to, is included in my Department' six year Construction Programme.  My Department has recently received a request for changes to the proposed project, which is currently under consideration.  My Department will be in contact with the school authorities on the matter shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Languages Programme (12 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: In 2015 the Framework for Junior Cycle was published and along with it provision for the delivery of short courses upon implementation of Junior Cycle. New subject specifications for Junior Cycle are being implemented on a phased basis, with Modern Languages being introduced from September 2017. A short course in Polish has been developed and is being piloted in four schools in 2017 as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (11 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: It is the policy of my Department that all children with Special Educational Needs, including those with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Stage 2(b) Detailed Design Report was recently submitted to my Department by the Board of Management and its Design Team. Following receipt of that submission, my Department authorised the Board of Management to instruct its Design Team to commence the pre-qualification process for the assessment of suitably qualified contractors to which the project can be tendered....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Grievance Procedures (11 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that, under the Education Act 1998, legally, all schools are managed by the school Board of Management, on behalf of the schools patrons or trustees or Education and Training Board (known as the management authority). It is the management authority that employs the school principal, teachers and other staff members. In ETB schools, the ETB is the employer....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (11 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department has been advised by the school referred to that it is withdrawing its application for the provision of additional accommodation for the establishment of a National Council for Special Education (NCSE) approved Early Intervention Unit (EIU).  My Department understands, however, that the school concerned are proposing to apply for accommodation to facilitate the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (11 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers was established in 2016.  It is currently operating from part of Nagle Community College, Mahon, Blackrock, Co. Cork.  An extension of this arrangement was recently agreed with the school authority pending the delivery of alternative temporary accommodation which is currently being arranged by the school’s patron body. The...