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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department allocates 75 Behaviour for Learning Programme posts to schools through the National Behaviour Support Service (NBSS).  The NBSS Behaviour for Learning Programme explore ways in which an individual teacher can develop a school ‘Behaviour for Learning Programme’ specifically targeted at students in need of intensive individualised intervention.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: DEIS is my Department's main policy initiative to tackle educational disadvantage. The DEIS Plan for 2017 sets out our vision for future intervention in the critical area of social inclusion in education policy. In its initial application, the new identification model has identified that there are schools in disadvantaged areas, not previously included in DEIS, whose level of disadvantage is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school authority (Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Educational Training Board) was advised by my Department last week, following a review of it’s Stage 2A (Developed Design Stage) submission, that it may now proceed to Stage 2B (Detail Design Stage) which includes the seeking of all statutory approvals including Planning Permission, Fire Safety Certificate and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264, 352 and 353 together. Schemes were initiated in 1978 and 1979 for the employment of Clerical Officers and Caretakers in primary and secondary schools. Staff employed on these schemes are paid directly by my Department and are not paid via grant funding.Currently there are a total of 420 people employed on these schemes. The 1978 and 1979 schemes are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Mar 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: Schools Review (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: This review is currently ongoing as part of the overall demographic analyses of all school planning areas nationwide at primary and post primary level to determine where additional school accommodation is needed. As this process is detailed and rigorous and will take some time to complete, it is anticipated that decisions based on the review will be announced later in 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, following discussions on patronage divesting with education stakeholders and patron bodies in 2016, I recently announced new plans aimed at providing more multi-denominational and non-denominational schools across the country, in line with the choices of parents, families and school communities and the Programme for Government commitment in this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268 to 271, inclusive, together. My Department allocates the recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to the HEA designated higher education institutions including the Institutes of Technology (IoTs) such as Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT). The HEA allocates this funding to the institutions and the internal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of the tender process. The School Authority was authorised to issue a Letter of Intent to the preferred tenderer on 17thJanuary 2017. The Design Team has informed my Department that the completed supplementary tender report will be forwarded to my Department this week and subject to no issues arising it is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school and its design team have not yet submitted the report to my Department. Upon receipt and review of the Stage 2b submission my Department will revert to the Board of Management with regard to the further progression of the project at that time.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Mar 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: Gaelcholáistí Issues (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: As part of the November 2015 announcement on the new primary and post-primary schools which will open in 2017 and 2018, and in view of the continued support for a Gaelcholáiste, it was confirmed that a Gaelcholáiste to serve the North Kildare area will open in 2019, subject to the continued viability of the Irish-medium Aonad at the school referred to by the Deputy.  ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Army Barracks (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department understands that Cavan Monaghan ETB is currently considering various options in relation to the long-term future use of the accommodation facilities available on the Barrack’s site. In that regard, my Department expects that the ETB will be in contact with my Department when it has advanced its consideration of the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Intellectual Property Protocol (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Research is firmly on the national agenda with an investment of approximately €727m per annum being made by government into the publicly funded research system.   This is aimed at building industry-relevant research capability and creating commercial opportunities through industry-academic research partnerships. This commitment by government is further reflected in Innovation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department considers it important that there is an adequate supply of suitably qualified teachers including teachers qualified to teach through Irish available to meet the needs of primary and post primary schools. Accordingly, my Department asked the Teaching Council to consider the matter of teacher supply and the Council set up a Technical Working Group (TWG) to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280 and 281 together. For school planning purposes, my Department plans school provision across a framework of 314 school planning areas in order to assess and meet changing demographic needs throughout the country.  My Department uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify the areas under increased demographic pressure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Students (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department does not have a role in relation to organisations or agencies that arrange for international students to be placed with host families for the duration of their stay in the State.  Accordingly, any child protection arrangements and Garda vetting requirements in respect of these organisations or agencies, including any child protection measures or requirements for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Students (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Officials from my Department have now received the requested information from the Higher Education Authority. The tables provide details of the fee charged to international non-EU students for each year studying medicine, for each university offering medicine as an undergraduate degree and for each academic year since 2010/2011. The table also provides the total fees collected by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Relations (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 284 and 285 together. Decisions in respect of union membership are a matter for individual teachers and my Department does not have a position on this issue.  Where teachers have questions as to the implications of joining or leaving a particular union, their questions should be directed to the relevant union. The current position is that the Lansdowne...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: This Government is committed to building upon our provision of STEM education in primary, post-primary and third level education in order to ensure that we have the graduates to fulfil the existing and growing needs in STEM.  Innovation 2020 - the Government’s five-year strategy on research and development, science and technology, has the goal of making Ireland a global innovation...