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

Richard Bruton: The legislative proposals referred to by the Deputy are set out in the table. Legislative Proposal Regulatory Impact Assessment Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill 2011 Completed and published Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 Completed and published Education and Training Boards Bill 2012 Completed and published Education (Admissions to Schools) Bill 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The building project for the school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2(b) – Detailed Design, which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Cert and Disability Access Cert and the preparation of tender documents. Planning Permission has recently been secured for this project and a decision on the other statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (9 Mar 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. Such placements facilitate access to individualised education programmes which may draw from a range...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (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 for primary schools while DES Circular 0014/2017 sets out the position for post primary schools. Schools will also receive...

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 the 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...

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

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers is one of thirty such schools which were identified under the new assessment methodology as having a sufficient level of disadvantage to raise it from Urban Band 2 to Band 1 status under the DEIS Plan 2017. The staffing schedule for all primary schools, which includes details in relation to the allocations under DEIS, will be available to schools...

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

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the deputy that the list of all DEIS schools in the country is available on my Department's website at the following link: http://www.education.ie/en/Schools-Colleges/Services/DEIS-De livering-Equality-of-Opportunity-in-Schools-/ The list can be filtered on a county by county basis. The list of schools announced for inclusion in DEIS Plan 2017 is also available at the above...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (9 Mar 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 or the school in which the applicant is contracted to teach on or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Freedom of Information Requests (9 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: There were no Freedom of Information requests received by the Department of Education and Skills that the Chief State Solicitor's Office incurred expenses on dealing with for the past three years to date.

National Educational Psychological Service: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:"recognises: — the strong commitment of this Government and the last Government to the issues of student mental health and wellbeing, and special educational needs; — that the Government’s commitment to special educational needs is evidenced in particular...

Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Reports (8 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I reiterate that I do not have responsibility for the HR policies of colleges. Those colleges have fought hard for the autonomy they have secured and Deputy Burton would have been one of those advocating the independence of the governance of colleges. My work is to ensure the framework of performance for these colleges is shaped in such a way that they deliver high quality, see more young...

Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Reports (8 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The report of the chair of the expert group on fixed term and part-time issues in lecturing in Ireland was published in May 2016 and contains a number of recommendations which will assist in addressing concerns raised about the level of part-time and fixed-term employment in lecturing in the third level sector. My Department issued directions to the sector on 4 July 2016 to implement the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (8 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the primary school in question is recognised as a single stream school and is expected to continue operating at this level. There is no requirement therefore for additional classrooms.   The Deputy will be aware that the school building in which the primary school is accommodated is also hosting a new post primary school during its start-up...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (8 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: In March 2015 my Department approved a devolved grant for the provision of two mainstream classrooms with en-suite toilets and the conversion of an existing classroom to a multi-purpose room at the school to which the Deputy refers. The School subsequently submitted an application for funding for a GP room which the school said it would co-fund.  In the circumstances, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (8 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The project referred to by the Deputy was advocated during consultation meetings surrounding the development of a local authority strategy. The ETB in question is a member of the strategy group established by the local authority and has participated in its public consultation process. The project is a matter for the local authority in the first instance in line with its...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is my Department's intention to construct two new 16-classroom schools to be co-located on a campus site serving the Dublin 13 area.  The building projects will shortly be progressed to tender stage.  The schools in question are currently operational.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (8 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy is as follows and refers to the school year 2016/2017: Number of primary school teachers being paid a qualification allowance at the pass rate: Pass Primary Degree allowance - 6,550 Pass Masters Degree allowance - 96 Pass Higher Diploma in Education allowance - 504.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: In overall terms the Department has no evidence of a recent or current general shortage of primary teachers, including for substitute positions. However, I am aware that some schools are experiencing difficulty in recruiting substitute teachers, 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: Third Level Staff (8 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Report of the Chair of the Expert Group on Fixed Term and Part-Time issues in Lecturing in Ireland was published in May 2016 and the Report contains a number of recommendations that will assist in addressing concerns raised about the level of part-time and fixed-term employment in lecturing in the third level sector. My Department issued directions to the sector on the 4th July...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commemorative Events (8 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department is keen to support Famine commemoration where it is feasible and practicable to do so. My officials will seek further clarification regarding the project outlined in the submission. This will include seeking copies of the literature being proposed for issue to schools and clarification regarding how the project would work during the period when schools are closed...