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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to vacant properties follows. The information provided refers to property which is in my ownership where there are no immediate plans for school development. Properties in the Ownership of the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of which there are no immediate plans for School development. Location County Size (Acres) Local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school building project to which the Deputy refers is currently under construction in line with the planning permission granted by the Local Authority. The traffic management facilities on the site were the subject of pre-planning discussions with the Local Authority. The issue of road safety measures in general in the road network outside the area of vested school sites such as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (11 Apr 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 school 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: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Programme for a Partnership Government states that a new model of In-School Speech and Language Therapy will be established. It commits to investing an extra €500million in education by 2021, through measures including childcare subventions, HSE Speech and Language Therapists, to bring the number up to 1,102 (a 25% increase). The Programme for a Partnership Government also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school referred to by the Deputy is one of 13 new schools for ASD and Complex Needs that are currently being supported by my Department under a transitional agreement. This includes regular engagement between the schools Patron Bodies and my officials through a Consultative Group forum. Officials in my Department are in contact with the school referred to by the Deputy and I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers has been approved funding for electrical works under my Departments Summer Works Scheme 2016/2017. The school recently requested a funding uplift for the project on foot an increased scope of works.  Further information has been requested from the school on foot of this development.  When  this has been received and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Justice Rulings (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: Child protection has been a high priority for Government for many years and it is now current practice to review child protection measures regularly.  As part of this on-going process, it is a criminal offence where a person fails to disclose to the police information in relation to certain serious offences, including sexual offences against children and vulnerable persons. We have also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, officials from my Department have been working closely with officials from the relevant Local Authority to secure a suitable site to facilitate the delivery of permanent school accommodation for the school to which he refers. Agreement in principle has been reached in relation to the acquisition by the Department of a site in the ownership of the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 263 and 265 together. This Government is committed to ensuring that all children with Special Educational Needs, including those with autism, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: For school planning purposes, my Department divides the country into 314 geographic areas known as school planning areas which facilitates the orderly planning of school provision and accommodation needs.  In identifying the requirement for additional school places in a school planning area, my Department uses a Geographical Information System to identify the areas under...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: Department of Education and Skills Circulars DES 0013/2017 and DES 0014/2017 set out details of a new model for allocating Special Education Teachers to mainstream primary and post primary schools. The Education Research Centre has calculated profiled allocations for all schools, based on the criteria set out in these Circulars. Where new schools have opened recently, once the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of a Category 10 application, external environment project, under the Summer Works Scheme (2016 and 2017) from the school to which she refers. Details of successful school applicants in respect of Categories 1 and 2 were announced in April last and are published on my Department’s website www.education.ie. Assessment of valid...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Army Barracks (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department was in contact with Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board in relation to this matter when the initial parliamentary question was asked on 21 March 2017 and also in relation to this follow-up parliamentary question. As outlined in my reply to Dail question 276 of 21 March 2017, my Department understands that the ETB is currently considering...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The building project to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2(b) detailed design stage, which includes the application for statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documents. All statutory approvals have been secured. The Design Team are currently completing the Stage 2(b) submission which the Board of Management will then submit to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the current Summer Works Scheme is being applied on a multi-annual basis for the years 2016 and 2017. Details of successful school applicants in respect of Categories 1 and 2 were announced last April and are published on my Department’s website www.education.ie.Assessment of valid applications in further categories is now being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home School Community Liaison Scheme (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The matter referred to by the Deputy relates to the assignment of a Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) Coordinator where the assignment of the current Coordinator serving the school in question is due to expire at the end of the current school year.  The reassignment of HSCL duties is part of the normal cycle of the HSCL scheme and the allocation of a full or a shared teacher to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Lansdowne Road Agreement (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The current position is that the Lansdowne Road Agreement as set out in Section 2 of Circular 0045/2016 applies to teachers employed in Education and Training Board schools and centres (except for Designated Community Colleges).  The agreement also applies to teachers employed in Designated Community Colleges, Community and Comprehensive Schools and Voluntary Secondary Schools who are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is the body responsible for organising and planning provision for children with Special Educational Needs, including establishing ASD early intervention classes and special classes in mainstream primary and post primary schools. There are currently 126 Early Intervention classes for children with ASD in recognised primary and special schools....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), which is an independent statutory agency, is responsible, through its network of Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports, including SNA support. The NCSE allocates SNA support to schools in accordance with the criteria set out in my Department's Circular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: Student grant applications are means tested on gross income from all sources earned inside and outside the State within a specified reference period. The means test arrangements of the Student Grant Scheme are applied nationally. The assessment of income from the same starting point is deemed to be fair and reasonable because this approach eliminates any distortion which might arise from...