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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department provides for a range of placement options and supports for schools which have enrolled pupils with special educational needs in order to ensure that, wherever a child is enrolled, they will have access to an appropriate education. Children with special educational needs may be enrolled in a mainstream school and attend all mainstream classes and receive additional teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of a Category 6 (Roof Works) application 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: Autism Support Services (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: 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 of appropriate educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Staff (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The appointment process to fill the current vacancies on the Board of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) is underway. My Department will be in direct contact with the HEA when the process is completed. 

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Is féidir liom a chur in iúl don Teachta Dála go bhfuil an sceideal foirne d’iar-bhunscoileanna eisithe ón Roinn le déanaí. Níl sé ceart ná cóir an gnó a pléadh ag Coiste Caibinéid na hEalaíona, na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta, agus na nOileán a scileadh, de bharr prionsabail rúndachta  an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: In line with the Government decision of 19 May 2015 a series of reforms to the student immigration system for international education are being implemented. These reforms include the restriction of the list of education programmes considered to justify the granting of permission to students to live and work in Ireland (known as the Interim List of Eligible Programmes – the ILEP)....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: 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 of appropriate educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The project to which the Deputy refers was authorised to proceed to tender in October 2016. This project is the second phase of accommodation for the school in question and will cater for an additional 650 pupils. The Design Team has rerun the pre-qualification of suitable contractors and is currently finalising a shortlist of up to ten contractors who will be requested to tender for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 240 and 241 together. An Occupational Health Strategy is in place as a supportive resource for teachers and special needs assistants (Ss). The aim of this strategy is to promote the health of teachers and Ss in the workplace, with a focus primarily on prevention rather than cure. The Occupational Health Strategy comprises the Employee Assistance and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will appreciate that in the absence of all of the relevant details that would be contained in an individual's application form, including those relating to nationality, residency, previous academic attainment and means, it would not be possible for me to say whether or not a student would qualify for a grant or what level of grant would be appropriate. Under the terms of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that schools will receive details of their allocations under the new model for allocating special education teachers to mainstream schools this week. A new Circular setting out details of the scheme will also be published this week. The aim of this new model is to deliver better outcomes for children with special educational needs. Large...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Inclusion in all its forms, including Travellers, is a key component of our primary and post-primary education. At primary level, schools are expected to provide a broad and balanced curriculum that reflects the interests of their pupils and the school's context. The Primary Curriculum 1999 is complemented by Guidelines on Traveller Education in Primary Schools (DES, 2002) and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The key data sources used under the new DEIS identification process are the DES Primary Online Database (POD) and Post-Primary Online (PPOD) Databases, and CSO data from the National Census of Population as represented in the Pobal HP Index for Small Areas. Variables used in the compilation of the HP Index include those related to demographic growth, dependency ratios,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Garda Vetting of Personnel (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: In April 2016, the Minister for Justice and Equality commenced the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 (the Vetting Act) which put in place statutory requirements for the Garda vetting of persons involved in working with children and vulnerable persons. The Vetting Act applies not just to schools but to any relevant organisation that employs,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Staff (7 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Last month I met with the individuals referred to by the Deputy and they provided me with details regarding their complaints against the University of Limerick(UL). The issues raised have previously been the subject of a review by Mazars into the processes employed by  UL to enquire into the allegations. Following that process the HEA have been in...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I thank all Deputies who contributed to this debate. The core issue that is causing concern, which I think is shared by Deputy Thomas Byrne of Fianna Fáil, is that if, as provided for in this Bill, we expand the scheme to people who did not apply to the redress board, we would be expanding it substantially to a new category of applicant. There is serious concern as to whether we can...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Clare Daly for tabling this Bill. To prepare myself for this debate, I went back to when this was debated in the Dáil in June 2009. It is a very sad indictment of both the State and society that led to the events described in the Ryan report that led to the establishment of this fund. It is worth recalling that the Dáil then acknowledged the pain and suffering...

Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017: First Stage (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: No.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: No.

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy raised a range of issues. There is very good progress on equality of access. More people with a disability and more people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds are getting into our higher education system but we need to do more in that area. In terms of funding higher level, for the first time this year we committed to €36 million. A funding slope upwards is committed...