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Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The response that I have received, which I presume is accurate, states that an extension of the arrangement at the Nagle community college was recently agreed with the school authority pending the delivery of alternative temporary accommodation, which is being arranged by the school's patron body. It therefore appears that the present situation is there is an extension of the arrangement at...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: There are always projects and we must ensure that this situation continues. We will attempt to accommodate this project as quickly as possible. We have given pre-clearance to the approval of the contractors and it is hoped that we will soon be in a position to allow it go to the next stage.

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter on the Educate Together secondary school and Gaelcholáiste Carrig Uí Leighin. As the Deputy is probably aware, Cork Educate Together secondary school was established in 2016. It is currently operating from part of Nagle community college, Mahon, Blackrock, County Cork. An extension of this arrangement was recently agreed with the school...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Property (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Boyd Barrett for raising this important issue, which has given rise to some considerable concern. It is important to note that the decision to dispose of land owned by the Congregation of Christian Brothers is a matter for the congregation. It is not a matter over which I have direct control. In early May, the congregation wrote to me on the wider issue of the transfer of...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Property (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: In the first instance, the ERST is the patron. It must be satisfied that it is making adequate provision for the school and its future needs. As I said, that is the responsibility of the patron and it will have to satisfy itself in its discussions with the congregation that it can do that. Neither I nor my Department are party to an agreement made in 2008. I am not aware of the agreement...

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: Caranua has its own independent board and does not require permission from me to arrange its accommodation.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: Equality and fairness are of course at the heart of everything this Government is trying to do, particularly in the education area where I am particularly focused on creating better opportunities for people from disadvantaged areas in our schools system and in higher education. The public service agreements have allowed a programme of pay restoration for public servants to start. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can inform the Deputy that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychology service to all primary and post primary schools through an assigned NEPS psychologist and in some cases receive assessment services through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA). Under this scheme schools can have a student assessment carried...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can inform the Deputy that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychology service to all primary and post primary schools through an assigned NEPS psychologist and in some cases receive assessment services through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA). Under this scheme schools can have a student assessment carried...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is my Department's intention to relocate the school in question to the property referred to in the details supplied to meet the school's permanent accommodation needs. The property transferred to the Minister’s ownership last year. My Department has inspected the property which is a listed structure. The position is that the building requires...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware the building project for Malahide Portmarnock Educate Together Secondary School is included in my Department’s six year construction programme. Officials in my Department are liaising with officials in Fingal County Council in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding in relation to the identification and acquisition of a suitable site for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that a permanent accommodation solution for the school to which he refers, has been identified. My Department will be in contact with the school authority in this regard in due course. Due to the sensitivity of the position, my Department is unable to comment further at this time. It is my Department's intention to progress a building project for the school in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no record of receiving an application for additional temporary accommodation from the schools in question. It is open to the schools to submit an application to my Department and an application form may be accessed on my Department's website .  Any application received will be considered in the context of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on the Department's website. 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 clear and transparent manner and treats all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: Please find the information in the following tables as requested by the Deputy. Waterford Institute of Technology Extracts from Financial Statements 2006-2016 WIT Transfer to WIT Diverse Campus Services Total for Academic Year Accumulated Reserves Year  Surplus/Deficit Surplus/Deficit Surplus/Deficit Surplus/Deficit €'000s €'000s €'000s...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (23 May 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: Institutes of Technology Expenditure (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The information sought by the Deputy will be forwarded when available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The following table details of the non-progression rates for the academic years 2007/08 to 2008/08; 2012/13 to 2013/14 and 2013/14 to 2014/15. Data is not available for all of the years requested. The Higher Education Authority (HEA) has recently published (April 2017) it's latest Study of Progression in Irish Higher Education, which provides an analysis of data relating to non-progression of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Staff (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The following table details of the Waterford Institute of Technology staffing for the years 2007 to March 2017.  Waterford Institute of Technology # # # # # # # # # # # # 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Mar-17 Academics 581.21 579.38 540.41 519.64 501.36 488.00 489.23 482.00 483.57 491.43 491.06 Non-Academics 301.51 296.45 301.35 283.03 254.71 262.32...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (23 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The eligibility criteria for the July Provision Grant Scheme 2017 is set out in the Department's Information Note on the scheme which was published with the application forms and is available on the Department's website at www.education.ie.  The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for a Partnership Government includes a commitment to examine the adequacy of current special...