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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...grant scheme and those in receipt of the Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) or Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) allowances are exempt from paying the contribution. QQI certification fees are also waived for those students. Additional charges may also arise depending on the nature of the individual course, the need for class materials and equipment, as well as additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...Office in the third level institution attended. In addition to the supports provided by my Department, the option of tax relief at the standard rate of tax may be claimed in respect of tuition fees paid for approved courses at approved colleges of higher education including approved undergraduate and postgraduate courses in EU Member States and in non-EU countries. Further information...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...managements annually and are available on the Department website. At post primary level teaching posts are allocated on the basis of 19:1 with a ratio of 18.25 applying in DEIS schools and 23.1 in fee charging schools. The staffing schedule at primary level operates on the basis of 1 classroom teacher for an average of every 28 pupils, with lower thresholds for DEIS Band 1 schools. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: .... My Department provides funding to voluntary secondary schools by way of per capita grants. DEIS capitation is paid based on a school's relative level of disadvantage against all other schools. Fee charging schools do not receive any capitation or related grants from my Department. Information on the funding allocated to schools in County Louth, as requested by the Deputy, is not readily...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (24 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...My Department provides funding to voluntary secondary schools by way of per capita grants. DEIS capitation is paid based on a school's relative level of disadvantage against all other schools. Fee charging schools do not receive any capitation or related grants from my Department. Information on the funding allocated to schools in County Tipperary, as requested by the Deputy, is not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (23 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...payments under the Student Grant Scheme. Those who do meet the qualifying conditions for the special rate of grant under the Student Grant Scheme are eligible to have their post-graduate tuition fees paid up to the maximum fee limit of €6,270. Alternatively, a postgraduate student may qualify to have a €2,000 contribution made towards the cost of their fees. The income...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (23 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware the Student Contribution stands at €3,000 for the current academic year, 2015/16. It should be noted that some 50% of students who qualify for free fees funding have the Student Contribution paid on their behalf by the Exchequer under my Department's Student Grant Scheme. An Expert Working Group chaired by Peter Cassells is currently preparing a report on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Debt Collection (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...to day operational affairs, for which the Governing Bodies and the management staff of the institutions are responsible. The collection and administration of the student contribution and tuition fees, where a student is not eligible for funding under my Department's free fees schemes, is a matter for the third level institution to which a student is attending. In relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy will be aware, in order to qualify for tuition fee funding, students must be first-time undergraduates, hold inter aliaEU/EEA/Swiss nationality in their own right, and have been ordinarily resident in an EU/EEA/Swiss state for at least three of the five years preceding their entry to an approved third level course. Where students do not qualify for free fees funding they must...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...2013/14 over 15,000 students received assistance. In addition to the supports provided by my Department, the option of tax relief at the standard rate of tax may be claimed in respect of tuition fees paid for approved courses at approved colleges of higher education including approved undergraduate and postgraduate courses in EU Member States and in non-EU countries. Further information...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Apart from the recognised fee-charging second level schools, recognised schools are not permitted to charge mandatory fees or payments from existing pupils or from those seeking admission to the school. Recognised schools in the Free Education Scheme have teaching resources and other funding allocated to them on a different basis from those schools that charge fees. The Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: After-School Support Services (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...-up service that collects the child from school. The Programme also provides a full day care rate of €105 per week, for a maximum of 10 weeks, to cater for school holiday periods. In all cases, the maximum fee payable by parents is €15 per week per child. Eligibility for this Programme is determined by the Department of Social Protection. - The Community Employment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (22 Sep 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has no role in relation to the fees charged by private colleges. Such matters are solely the responsiblity of the management authority of the particular College.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (16 Jul 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware the Exchequer funds tuition fees costs in respect of eligible students who are pursuing full-time undergraduate courses of study under my Department's Free Fees Initiative. The main conditions of the scheme are that students must be first-time undergraduates, hold inter alia EU/EEA/Swiss nationality in their own right, and have been ordinarily resident in an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...assessments through SCPA. Under this scheme schools can have an assessment carried out by a member of the panel of private psychologists approved by NEPS, and NEPS will pay the psychologist the fees for this assessment directly. It is the responsibility of the school Principal in the first instance to identify and prioritise pupils for assessment under the process described above.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (15 Jul 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...year. Students who qualify for grant assistance under my Department's Student Grant Scheme (50% Approx.) have the contribution paid for them. There were some 129,300 students in receipt of free fees funding in the academic year 2013/14. Based on this figure the total cost of reducing the Student Contribution fee by €250 would be in the region of €32m; with a reduction...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Staff (15 Jul 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...Assessments (SCPA). Under this scheme schools can have an assessment carried out by a member of the panel of private psychologists approved by NEPS, and NEPS will pay the psychologist the fees for this assessment directly. The staffing structure of NEPS for professional grades comprises posts at Director, Regional Director, Senior Educational Psychologist and Educational Psychologist...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Facilities (14 Jul 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...and the responsibility for day to day operational affairs rests with the Governing Bodies and management staff of the institutions. As the Deputy will be aware, students who qualify for free fees funding at third level are liable to pay the Student Contribution which includes funding towards student services including counselling services. A working group was set up by the HEA, at the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Places (14 Jul 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: Where a student is pursuing further education and training in Education and Training Board courses, there are no fees to be paid. For students pursuing an approved Post Leaving Certificate course there is a €200 annual Post Leaving Certificate programme participant contribution. The following categories of participants are exempt from paying the contribution: - Full medical card...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Expenditure (7 Jul 2015)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...entering postgraduate courses from the 2012/13 academic year onwards are not entitled to maintenance payments under the Student Grant Scheme, but may qualify in some circumstances for limited fee support. Those who meet the qualifying conditions for the special rate of grant under the Student Grant Scheme are eligible to have their post-graduate tuition fees paid up to the maximum fee...