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

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually on the website of the Department of Education and Skills. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September.   Staffing arrangements for the...

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

Richard Bruton: I understand the Deputy is referring to the non-pay allocation within the entity. With regard to the current year funding (2017) and the non-pay allocation for the entity in question this has been calculated taking into account student enrolment numbers and head office costs. The 2017 initial allocation is higher than the initial 2016 allocation by over €150,000. As enrolments in...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department's records do not contain any overnight claims for staying in Dublin submitted by Ministers or Ministers of State since 2011.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I thank Senator Boyhan for raising this huge issue. Before I came in I took the opportunity to look back at some of the debate in the House on the Ryan report, which revealed the full horrors of what happened in residential institutions where sexual abuse was reported to be endemic in boys' institutions and physical and emotional abuse and neglect were routine. Members of the congregations...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I share the Senator's disappointment that today's report from the Comptroller and Auditor General reveals that we are not moving further to a position in which the church honours even the two commitments it made. The indemnity commitment was €128 million and there was an additional commitment of €352 million. We have not succeeded in seeing those transfers being made. They...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Departmental Circular 0018/2015 - the Code of Practice for the Governance of Education and Training Boards (ETBs) - sets out the terms of reference for Audit Committees established by ETBs including their authority and duties. The Audit Committee should consist of six members, at least  three of whom are not members of the Board. The Code provides that the Chief...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Data (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that new Circulars which provide details of the scheme for the new model for allocating special education teachers to mainstream schools have now been published on my Departments website. DES Circular 0013/2017 provides details for primary schools while DES Circular 0014/2017 sets out the position for post primary schools....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Intellectual Property Protocol (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: 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 key element of overall enterprise policy and seeks to drive innovation and competitiveness in business and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Knowledge Transfer Programme (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Start-ups are a powerful engine of job creation and economic growth throughout the country. Knowledge Transfer Ireland(KTI), in conjunction with the HEA, publishes an Annual Knowledge Transfer Survey (AKTS) to collect information on those spin-out companies that were reported as “active” at year end. As reported in the most recent survey, there were 110 active spins outs in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research Funding Applications (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be forwarded as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: A significant benefit of the new identification process for DEIS Plan 2017 lies in its capacity as a uniform system adopting common criteria and a consistent application across all primary and post-primary schools.  The identification process used two key data sources namely the DES Primary Online Database (POD) and Post-Primary Online (PPOD) Databases, and CSO data from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The total funding for DEIS in 2017 by my Department is €115 million. There are additional supports available from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, under the School Completion Programme and the Department of Social Protection for the element of the School Meals Programme provided to DEIS schools. In the current school year (2016/2017) the DEIS School Support Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Relations (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Under the Lansdowne Road Agreement, the Government committed that compulsory redundancy would not apply to public servants. This protection is not available to staff who are outside the terms of that Agreement. By deciding to reject the Lansdowne Road Agreement, the ASTI has placed its members outside that Agreement and therefore the Agreement’s benefits and protections will not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Service Pay Commission (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Government is committed to continuing to work with unions inside the public service agreements in progressing consideration of pay and conditions issues.The work of the Public Service Pay Commission is now underway in this regard.  The Government has stated that it intends to initiate negotiations on a successor to the Lansdowne Road Agreement once the initial report from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff (9 Mar 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 (apart from Designated Community Colleges). The Agreement also applies to teachers employed in Designated Community Colleges, Community and Comprehensive Schools and Voluntary Secondary Schools who are TUI...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (9 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. A key element of DEIS Plan 2017 is the availability of a new identification process for the assessment of schools for inclusion in DEIS using centrally held CSO and DES data. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: In overall terms, my Department has no evidence of an overall shortage of teachers at post primary level. I am aware that some schools are experiencing difficulty in recruiting substitute teachers for certain subject areas such as Home Economics, and I am committed to examining all possible means of addressing this issue. The Deputy will be aware that a Technical Working Group (TWG) was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is not in receipt of a current application for capital funding from the school referred to by the Deputy. Any application received will be assessed in the context of current competing priorities and the need to prioritise available funding for essential classroom accommodation where additional teachers are being appointed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that new Circulars setting out the scheme for the new model for allocating special education teachers to mainstream schools have now been published on my Departments website. DES Circular 0013/2017 provides details of the scheme for primary schools while DES Circular 0014/2017 sets out the position for post primary schools. Schools will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Stádas Thionscadail Tógála Scoileanna (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: D’fhaomh mo Roinn deontas deabhlaithe suntasach i mí Mheán Fómhair 2014 don scoil faoi chaibidil chun méadú buan a thógáil agus oibreacha athchumraithe a dhéanamh. Mar thoradh air seo d’fhéadfaí an chóiríocht réamhdhéanta a bhaint ó láthair na scoile. Fuair mo Roinn togra le déanaí chun...