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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: The terms of reference for the review are being finalized and will be in the public domain shortly.  It is envisaged that the initial phase of the review will be conducted by an economist on secondment to my Department from the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service and that this initial phase will be concluded before the end of the summer.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can advise the Deputy that the staffing complement of my Department in whole time equivalents as at the end of 2016 was 1203.24. This figure excludes 21.5 temporary staff and 15.63 staff on long term unpaid leave.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: This building referred to is not in my ownership. Queries by third parties in relation to the future use of the building are best directed to the property owner. The patron of the schools referred to is the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, and queries in relation to the property referred to might be best directed to the Diocesan office in the first instance.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 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: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers applied to my Department for funding under the Emergency Works Scheme for structural improvements to the school building. My Planning and Building Unit has requested additional information from the school authority and once this is received and assessed a final decision will issue directly to the school authority.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the school in question has submitted an application to my Department for capital funding for additional accommodation.  The application will be 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: Departmental Correspondence (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Officials in my Department have confirmed that 923 written submissions were received to the dedicated email address admissions_religion@education.gov.iethat was set up to facilitate receipt of written submissions to the Consultation on the role of denominational religion in the school admissions process and possible approaches for making changes. I am not aware of any further submissions and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Education provision for Travellers and Roma is provided in accordance with my Department’s policy of inclusion.  A number of Traveller-specific supports remain in the system to assist with the transition to the mainstream system of pupils, previously provided for in segregated provision.  These comprise of 141 alleviation resource teacher posts for schools with significant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department is considering the correspondence from the person to whom the Deputy refers and a response will issue to her in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department has confirmed with the Higher Education Authority (HEA) that any eligible UK students who enrol for eligible courses for the 2017/18 academic year in a third level college recognised for the purposes of free fees will be able to avail of the Department's Free Fee Schemes. Eligibility under the Free Fees Initiative Scheme is determined at date of entry to the course. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that DES Circular 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 the new model for allocating special education teachers to schools. The revised allocation model replaces the generalised allocation process at primary and post primary school level for learning support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: There are 278 teachers at secondary level that are employed on contracts of less than ten hours per week.  There are 3,160 secondary level teachers employed on temporary contracts. Teachers employed by the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) are paid on their individual payrolls. The information in relation to the ETBs would have to be obtained from them individually. It is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Voluntary contributions by parents are permissible provided it is made absolutely clear to parents that there is no question of compulsion to pay and that, in making a contribution, they are doing so of their own volition. The manner in which voluntary contributions are sought and collected is a matter for school management, however their collection should be such as not to create a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Residential Institutions Redress Scheme was established under the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 to administer a redress scheme to persons who as children were abused in any of 139 scheduled institutions. Awards under the scheme were made following applications from and evidence provided by the survivors, including evidence of having been a resident in one or more of these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: In early May, the Christian Brothers congregation wrote to me on the wider issue of the transfer of ownership of its playing fields to the Edmund Rice Schools Trust, ERST. The correspondence also noted the proposal to dispose of part of the lands used by the school to which the Deputy refers and it states that contracts have already been signed with a developer. My Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that a major building project for the school in question is due to be completed shortly (this will provide capacity for in excess of 570 pupils approx.). The project also includes a special needs unit.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: Details of the capital projects approved by my Department between the dates requested are available on my Department's website www.education.ie.They can be found under "schools and colleges - services - school buildings" and then separately under Summer Works Scheme 2016/2017, Additional Accommodation and Emergency Works. On 3 May last, I announced the 438 projects proceeding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (27 Jun 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 224 to 227, inclusive, together. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tabular statements. Civil service clerical officers in permanent employment in my Department as of 31 May 2017 by county Area Nos. Cavan 1 Cork 3 Donegal 1 Dublin 58 Galway 1 Kerry 1 Kildare 1 Limerick 2 Louth 1 Mayo 1 Meath 2 Offaly 39 Sligo 2...