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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oibreacha Feabhsúcháin do Scoileanna (30 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Chuir an scoil dá ndéanann an Teachta tagairt Iarratas ar Oibreacha Éigeandála isteach chun síneadh a chur leis an halla spóirt agus leis an seomra foirne a bhí ann cheana, agus é mar aidhm aici dul i ngleic leis an bhfadhb taise atá ann i bhfoirgneamh na scoile freisin. I mí Iúil 2016, moladh d’údarás na scoile an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that a building project for the school referred to is included in my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme (2016-2021). Officials from my Department are working closely with officials from Wexford County Council under the Memorandum of Understanding towards the acquisition of a suitable site for the provision of the school referred to by the Deputy....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Data (30 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of a Category 5 application, toilet facilities project, under the Summer Works Scheme (2016-2017) from the school to which he refers. Nearly 50% of schools have applied for inclusion under the scheme which reflects a very high demand. Details of successful school applicants in respect of Categories 1 and 2 were announced in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (30 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that nearly 50% of schools have applied for inclusion under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) which reflects a very high demand. The current SWS was announced in late 2015 and is being applied on a multi-annual basis for the years 2016 and 2017. We are therefore not accepting further applications at this time. Details of successful school applicants in respect...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Parental Leave (30 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Parental leave is a period of unpaid leave available to teachers for the purpose of the care of children. It is provided for under the Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006 and the European Union (Parental Leave) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 81 of 2013). The provisions of the scheme as it applies to teachers are outlined in Chapter 6 of Terms and Conditions of Employment for Registered Teachers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The Commission in this regard operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in the Certificate Examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (29 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy raises a number of issues. The reason schools give preference to siblings is to try to avoid a situation where parents have to go to different schools. That is acknowledged in admission policies. The Department has much improved its liaison with the local authorities. We rely on local authorities for the identification of new sites and liaise very closely with them in the...

Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (29 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I assure the Deputy that I will be meeting the board and the chairman in the context of the ongoing review. I believe it is important to use this review as an opportunity to ensure we make the system the best that it can be. There will always be problems in the way any official body operates in respect of obligations to meet criteria, receipt of applications and meeting the obligations...

Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (29 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Alan Farrell for raising this issue. It is important to set out the backdrop. Our Department is seeking to provide 20,000 new places every year. This includes 15,000 new places for expanding populations and 5,000 necessary replacements. That is absorbing 80% of our budget. We have to be sensitive and ensure that when we commit to expand capacity, it is genuinely needed....

Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (29 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Daly for raising this issue. I know she has been very persistent in pursuing these issues. As she knows, Caranua is an independent body. It is established under legislation. It has certain purposes and functions that it has to execute. It is funded not by the Exchequer but by a contribution from the religious orders. It has a sum of €110 million to distribute. At...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Mar 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 school and its Design Team are currently completing the Stage 2(b) submission which the Board of Management...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (29 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The property referred to by the Deputy is not in my ownership but rather in the ownership of Údarás na Gaeltachta.  My Department has no current plans for the use of this building. Arrangements in relation to its potential alternative uses, its retention or sale are a matter for Údarás na Gaeltachta as the property owner.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (29 Mar 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 he refers. Nearly 50% of schools (including the school in question) have applied for inclusion under the 2016-17 scheme which reflects a very high demand. Details of successful school applicants in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (29 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that funding was approved by my Department for the provision of additional classroom and resource teaching accommodation at the school referred to by the Deputy. The school authority has since contacted my Department seeking to significantly revise the scope of the building project approved. My Department will be in contact with the school authority concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Playgrounds (29 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the works referred to are eligible to be considered for funding under the Summer Works Scheme, the purpose of which is to devolve funding to individual school authorities to facilitate carrying out small and medium scale works that will improve and upgrade existing school buildings and the grounds within the school site area.  My Department has no record...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (29 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The issue raised by the Deputy is a matter for Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB). I have asked CMETB to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (29 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 91 and 92 together. All of the information requested by the Deputy is not currently available in my Department. Officials of my Department have requested the information from the Higher Education Authority and I will arrange for the information to be sent to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Intellectual Property Protocol (29 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 94 together. The Deputy will be aware that as a country, Ireland has invested significantly in building research capacity in strategic areas allied to industry needs.  This includes investment in top quality researchers, physical infrastructure, equipment and structures to commercialise research. Investment in research is a key element of overall...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (29 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The property to which the Deputy refers is in my ownership. It was agreed as part of the discussions on the property acquisition that my Department would facilitate the occupation of the current schools on the campus during their wind-down period.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (29 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that, in respect of the first school referred to, my Department was advised by the Patron of the decision to close the school.  The closure arrangements to apply in the case of this school are a matter for the school’s Patron.  In this regard, the school Patron has advised that it is intended to close the school on a phased basis to 2019 so as to...