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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 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: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, there are 13 primary schools serving the Swords area. My Department has been in direct contact with a number of these schools in respect of their junior infant capacity. In that regard it is understood that two schools in the area have junior places available should parents wish to avail of them for September 2017. As the Deputy will appreciate, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (4 Jul 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 The 1978 and 1979 schemes are being phased out and have been superseded by a more extensive capitation grant scheme.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: Student Grant Scheme Applications (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually on the website of the Department of Education and Skills. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: As previously advised, where overpayments occur, SUSI treats the overpayment as a debt to the Exchequer and seeks to ensure that all such payments are recovered from the student. This approach is consistent with the general policy and principle regarding the recovery of debt, as set out in the Student Support Act 2011, and is applied to all overpayments. When an overpayment is identified,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department uses data from the Census combined with information from the Primary and Post Primary Pupil Databases to develop projections of full time enrolment at primary and post-primary level. My Department uses also CSO data as one of the key data sources used in the DEIS identification process. The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are provided to assist recognised schools to cater for pupils with disabilities, who have additional and significant care needs, in an educational context and where the nature of these care needs have been outlined in medical and other professional reports as being so significant that a pupil will require additional adult assistance in order to be able to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (4 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 Building Projects Status (4 Jul 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 (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Design Team for the school building project to which the Deputy refers is finalising the Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design submission which will then be submitted to the Department for review. Following receipt and consideration of that report my Department will revert to the school with regard to the further progression of the project at that time.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: An amended Emergency Works Scheme application consistent with the terms and conditions of that Scheme is awaited from the school to which the Deputy refers. My Department has arranged to provide technical assistance to the school with this application which will be dealt with as quickly as possible when received. The school must apply separately under my Department's Additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (4 Jul 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department does not hold a record of staff who apply for transfers to other Departments/ Locations. Staff apply to the relevant Department either directly or via the Central Applications Facility (CAF) which is managed by the Public Appointments Service (PAS).

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: The National Skills Strategy, published in 2016, sets out a vision for the period to 2025 of how Ireland can continue to develop relevant skills across all sectors, including the industrial sector, and ensure that our supply of skills is activated and effectively used in order to help drive Ireland’s growth both economically and societally over the next decade.  The Strategy,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: The main support available to students is the statutory based Student Grants Scheme.  To qualify for grant support, a student has to meet various criteria such as means, residency, nationality and progression. A student who is attending an undergraduate course in Scotland or another EU Member State, can apply for a maintenance grant in respect of an approved course which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are provided to assist recognised schools to cater for pupils with disabilities, who have additional and significant care needs, in an educational context and where the nature of these care needs have been outlined in medical and other professional reports as being so significant that a pupil will require additional adult assistance in order to be able to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are provided to assist recognised schools to cater for pupils with disabilities, who have additional and significant care needs, in an educational context and where the nature of these care needs have been outlined in medical and other professional reports as being so significant that a pupil will require additional adult assistance in order to be able to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is not in receipt of a recent application from the school referred to in respect of its accommodation needs. It is open to any school to submit an application to my Department if they have identified a deficit of classroom accommodation to meet increasing enrolments or to accommodate an additional teacher appointment....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (29 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Based on the number of students that qualified for free fees funding in the academic year 2014/15, and taking into account overall expected increases in student numbers, it is estimated that the net cost to my Department of reducing the Student Contribution by €250 would be €17m. This figures takes into account the resulting reduction to my Department's Student Grant...