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Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Patronage (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can assure the Senator that my Department and I work with all patrons. We support Educate Together in its work as a patron, which is certainly recognised. Obviously, the Department cannot favour one particular group that is campaigning for a school because the process under which a school patron is selected is based on parental preferences. Everyone has to have an equal opportunity of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Justice Rulings (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Department is aware of the submission by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in relation to the implementation of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in the Louise O’Keeffe case. A number of other submissions have also been made in relation to the case. Given that the State is a party to the case and are tasked with implementing it's findings we are not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Administration (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: Geographical areas are not categorised as DEIS. New schools included in the revised list of DEIS schools are those identified as having very high concentrations of pupils from disadvantaged areas. No schools have been removed from the current revised list of DEIS schools. In the context of the DEIS programme it is important to note that the categorisation of a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 235 to 239, inclusive, together. My officials expect to receive a copy of the report on the review being carried out by Waterford Institute of Technology this week. The President delegated his function in the review to avoid any possible conflict of interest. The purpose and reason for the review is to confirm that WIT’s interests had been...

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

Richard Bruton: The enrolment of a child to a school is a matter in the first instance for the parents of the child and the Board of Management of a school.  My Department has no role in relation to processing applications for enrolment to schools.  Where a parent seeks to enrol their child in a school and that school refuses to enrol a pupil, the school is obliged to inform parents of their right...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: Circular 0074/2016 sets out the arrangements for panel access for fixed-term/temporary and part-time teachers to the Supplementary Redeployment Panel for the 2017/18 school year. The base school for panel purposes is the school within that panel area where the majority of teaching service was given in the 2016 calendar year orthe school in which the applicant is contracted to teach on or...

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

Richard Bruton: The information sought by the Deputy on enrolments for the past six years is as follows:- 2016/17 - 227 2015/16 - 244 2014/15 - 274 2013/14 - 291 2012/13 - 310 2011/12 - 324  This information is compiled from the returns made by the school to my Department of students enrolled in the school as at 30th September each year. In respect of estimated figures for enrolments for 2017/18...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy is referring to the report of the Technical Working Group (TWG) which was set up by the Teaching Council to formulate advice on teacher supply. I intend to publish the TWG’s report shortly. The aim of my Department's policy is to achieve a balance between the supply of, and demand for, teachers. The Deputy will see from the Report that this is particularly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that 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. I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) through...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (4 Apr 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 aim of this new model is to deliver better outcomes for children with special educational needs. Substantial research,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The review of the supports and barriers to accessing higher education for lone parents is currently being finalised and will be completed shortly. The review is being conducted by a multi-disciplinary team from NUI Maynooth. The review process is being overseen by a steering committee comprising officials from my Department and from the Departments of Social Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Policy Advice on Autism was formally launched by the NCSE on 15th July 2016.  The report acknowledges that there has been substantial investment in the education of students with autism over the 14 years since the publication of the last major report on autism in 2001.  The reports sets out 11 recommendations for further improvement and outlines associated actions to give effect...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Intellectual Property Protocol (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: A review is being carried out by Waterford Institute of Technology.  The purpose of the review is to confirm that WIT’s interests had been appropriately represented and protected, all relevant policies, protocols and procedures had been complied with and satisfactory governance processes had been applied in the case concerned.   My officials expect to receive a copy of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: The number of schools per county that have contacted my Department to request that they be included in the DEIS, either directly or by representation, is detailed in the following table. County Number of Schools Carlow 3 Cavan 1 Clare 2 Cork 6 Donegal 13 Dublin 16 Galway 7 Kerry 3 Kildare 2 Laois 1 Leitrim 1 Limerick 2 Louth 1 Mayo 5 Meath 3 Monaghan 2 Offaly 1 Roscommon 3...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Intellectual Property Protocol (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: All HEIs are requested yearly as part of their governance statements to state that a code of conduct for Governing Body members and a Code of Conduct for Employees has been adopted and is being monitored.Guidelines for these codes are included in the IOT and University Codes of Governance (section 3.2). The University Code of Governance has been implemented since 2007 and was updated in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Intellectual Property Protocol (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: Knowledge Transfer Ireland, the organisation that oversees the implementation of the National IP Protocol, has confirmed that the following third level institutions have a specific stand-alone spin-out policy document in place. HEIs with specific spin-out policy: - University College Cork - University College Dublin - University of Limerick - Maynooth University - Athlone Institute of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Intellectual Property Protocol (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI), established by Enterprise Ireland in partnership with the Irish Universities Association, is the custodian of the national IP Protocol. As previously indicated, a national IP Protocol “Putting public research to work in Ireland” was developed by a task group comprised of leaders from industry, the investment community and TTOs in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm for the Deputy that Circular 0055/2014 applies to the position of Youthreach Resource person.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application to my Department for additional accommodation. My Department has requested additional information from the school together with clarification on information provided in respect of their application.  Once this information is received the application can be considered further and a decision conveyed to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (4 Apr 2017)

Richard Bruton: Prior to August 2015, the daily/hourly rates paid to casual and non-casual teachers per day/hour worked included an element in respect of annual leave. This practice was known as ‘rolled-up holiday pay’. The practice was changed with effect from 1 September 2015 to bring the method of remunerating casual and non casual teachers into line with the European...