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

Richard Bruton: Work is currently under way on the development of an Entrepreneurship Education Policy Statement.  It is the intention that the policy statement, which it is proposed will be launched in the second quarter of 2017, will cover the whole of the education and training system, including primary and post primary schools. New Entrepreneurship Education...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department is not aware of the research methodology used in the preparation of this survey as referred to by the Deputy and is therefore not in a position to comment on its findings. However, we are aware of other recent surveys in the area of international student satisfaction. For example, an independent survey (Study Portals) has ranked Ireland No. 1 in the EU for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 289 and 290 together. My Department allocates recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for direct disbursement to the HEA designated higher education institutions, including the Universities and Institutes of Technology. The HEA allocates this funding to the institutions and the internal disbursement of that funding is then a matter for the...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, the building project for the new post-primary school to serve the Malahide and Portmarnock school planning areas is included in my Department’s current six year construction programme.  My Department is working towards the acquisition of a suitable site to provide the permanent location for this school and I can assure the Deputy that this acquisition...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, the building project for the new post-primary school to serve Swords is included on my Department’s six year construction programme.  My Department has worked closely with Fingal County Council in respect of this and conveyancing is currently underway in respect of a site for the permanent school accommodation. Due to commercial sensitivities...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, a school building project for the school to which he refers is included on my Department's capital programme. Officials in my Department have been liaising with officials in the relevant Local Authority to acquire a site for the school in line with the Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of school sites, and this process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: On 4 November 2016 I met with a number of abuse survivors including the person referred to by the Deputy. A wide range of issues were raised with me at that meeting, mainly relating to the operations of Caranua (the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund). At the meeting I noted the statutory independence of Caranua and I outlined potential courses of action open to applicants to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (21 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Since November 2011, when the one person one salary (OPOS) principle came into force, it has been a requirement that public servants and public sector employees (with the exception of worker directors of commercial state bodies) who sit on state boards may not be paid board fees. The agencies under the aegis of my Department are aware of this one person one salary policy...

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

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school referred to has been approved a grant under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme 2017 to provide 5 mainstream classrooms. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority and it is now a matter for the school authority to advance the project.

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

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the list of DEIS schools by county is available on my Department's website by clicking on the following link. . As the Deputy may be aware the identification process was based on the use of centrally held data and was applied uniformly across the country, therefore there was no application process. DEIS is my Department's main policy initiative to tackle...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 298 to 300, inclusive, and 309 together. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department consistently monitors demographics to identify where additional school places will be required.    My Department’s six-year capital programme priorities building projects for these areas, including Counties Sligo and Leitrim.  In this regard,...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 301 and 310 together. Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to all schools is published annually on my Department’s website. The teacher allocation process operates in a clear and...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 302 to 306, inclusive, and 312 together. Funding for special education provision in 2017 is estimated to amount to some €1.68 billion, which is equivalent to over 19% of the gross overall current allocation for education and training and an increase of 12% in spending in the past two years. This funding provides for a range of supports...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department is very aware of the importance of smaller urban or rural schools to their communities and particularly the most dispersed and remote communities. To sustain primary schools in these communities my Department has a more favourable staffing schedule for small schools that are more than 8km distant from the next nearest school of the same type of patronage and language...

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

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy on the number of higher education grant applications received and their current status for the current academic year in counties Sligo and Leitrim is set out in the table.  Leitrim and Sligo Applicants for the current year (2016-17) Home Address County Status Award/Ref/Can 2016-17 Leitrim Awarded 842 Leitrim Cancelled 30...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department does not hold any information on the number of available substitute teachers in any county, including County Kildare. In overall terms the Department has no evidence of a recent or current general shortage of  teachers, including for substitute positions.  However, I am aware that some schools are experiencing difficulty in recruiting substitute teachers, and I am...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 314 and 321 together. The school referred to by the Deputies was established on 1stSeptember 2011 following the amalgamation of a number of schools in the area. Where amalgamations take place, comprising DEIS and Non-DEIS schools, DEIS status is not transferred to the newly amalgamated school. Notwithstanding this fact, my Department continues to...

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

Richard Bruton: The Department has provided DSP with basic school data, including total number of pupils, in comma-separated value (CSV) format to assist DSP in the development of their new School Meals Programme application.

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

Richard Bruton: The project for the school to which the Deputy refers is one of the research strands in the programme for the introduction of Nearly Zero Energy School Buildings. Nearly zero-energy means a building that has a very high energy performance. The project is currently at a detailed stage of design, tender documentation is being prepared by the Design Team and expressions of interest from...

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

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the list of DEIS schools by county is available on my Department's website by clicking on the following link. . As the Deputy may be aware the identification process was based on the use of centrally held data and was applied uniformly across the country, therefore there was no application process. DEIS is my Department's main policy initiative to tackle...