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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse Reports (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Government remains committed to implementing the recommendations of the Ryan Report. The commissioning of a Memorial to recognise the suffering of abuse victims in State run institutions was one of the recommendations. To commission this, an international competition was held and the winning entry was called the Journey of Light and was designed by Studio Negri and Hennessy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse Reports (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse has ceased receiving submissions or hearing evidence.  It published its final report (the Ryan report) in May 2009.Should a survivor wish to tell his/her story of institutional life, there is a national confidential counselling service available run by the HSE. 

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The commencement notice for the project referred to by the Deputy was lodged on 24 April 2017 and subject to no issues arising construction will commence in May 2017

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department will continue to work closely with the Education and Training Board and An Foras Pátrúnachta in relation to the provision of appropriate accommodation for the establishment of the Gaelcholáiste and has been in contact with both parties recently in this regard.   Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board is continuing to examine the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm for the Deputy that the school and its design team have not yet submitted the report to my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The documents referred to by the Deputy are awaited from the Design Team. Upon receipt and review of the Stage 2(b) 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: Schools Building Projects Status (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The delivery of the project referred to by the Deputy has been devolved to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board for delivery. As the Deputy is aware planning permission has recently been granted for this project. The ETB are currently reviewing the planning conditions to evaluate any possible implications on design and cost. Once this evaluation has been completed the ETB...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, a building project for the school to which she refers was included in the Department's 6-Year Construction Programme.  My Department has undertaken a site visit to the school in the context of the preparatory work associated with the project. The next step involves initiating the architectural planning process for the project and my Department will be in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The delivery of the two new post-primary schools have been devolved to Kildare and Wicklow Education & Training Board (ETB). I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the preferred contractor responded to the Letter of Intent on the 21 March last. The documentation provided on foot of the Letter of Intent, is currently being examined by the ETB's Design Team and their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department has no objection in principle to the use of a schools recreational facilities for community use. To encourage schools in this respect, my Department issued a circular to all school authorities in late 2005 urging trustees and Boards of Management to make their facilities available where possible for community education and recreation purposes. Decisions in relation to the use of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: The report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education is currently under consideration by the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills. The report sets out a number of potential funding options for higher education in the period to 2030, including increased state funding with deferred payment of student fees. Following on from the report as the Minister for Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: Firstly, I wish to advise the Deputy that there is no inconsistency in my Department's use of school level data on education achievement. The use of school level data, i.e. standardised test results, is not used in the identification of schools for inclusion in the DEIS programme nor is it used to calculate the social context element of the school's profile in terms of the new SEN...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 171 together. 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 process replaces the generalised allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Data (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: It is the intention of my Department to make available to all schools information relating to this process and their own individual school data.  Arrangements for this are in hand and schools will be advised in due course. However it is not proposed to publish this information generally as there is a significant risk that this would allow crude comparisons to be drawn in terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (3 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: Departmental Expenditure (3 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department has not made any payments to this individual within the timeframe indicated in the Question. The information sought by the Deputy in regard to the state bodies under the aegis of my Department is not routinely collated by my Department. Officials are making enquiries with the state bodies under the remit of my Department and will supply the information sought by the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: Whatever the committee prefers, I will be happy.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Chairman for the invitation and her introduction. I agree wholeheartedly about the need to have a meaningful Estimates process. We have tried to do that in how we have presented them and have provided information on inputs, outputs and, where possible, outcomes. Through the Action Plan for Education process, we are trying to create a more meaningful environment in which...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. I am very glad to have been able to sit down with the three teachers' unions and hammer out a deal with them which effectively restored three quarters of the gap for newly qualified teachers. The two scales are now identical at the later points, so we have made very substantial progress on that in these negotiations. Furthermore, we have...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (2 May 2017)

Richard Bruton: There will be 580 special education and-----