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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Lansdowne Road Agreement (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Decisions in respect of union membership are matters for the individual teacher concerned and my Department does not have a position on this issue.  Where teachers have questions as to the benefits of membership of a particular union, those questions should be addressed to the relevant union. The current position is that the Lansdowne Road Agreement as set out in Section 2 of Circular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provides a range of resources for pupils with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD), of which Dyslexia is one such SLD. My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides an educational psychology service to all primary and post primary schools through an assigned NEPS psychologist and in some...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 and 108 together. The statutory based Student Grant Scheme is not available to persons in the asylum protection system. However, an administratively based Pilot Support Scheme was introduced in 2015 for persons who are in the protection system (other than those at the deportation order stage) and who are either asylum applicants, subsidiary protection...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: On 18th January last, I announced that a new model for allocating Special Education Teaching Resources to mainstream primary and post primary schools will be introduced from September 2017. The  aim of this new model is to deliver better outcomes for children with special educational needs. Large amounts of research, analysis, consultation with service users and stakeholders,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Extra Curricular Activities (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The position is that my Department has not issued any guidelines to schools in relation to the organisation of evening study and I have no plans to do so. It is a matter for each individual school to decide at local level whether they wish to organise evening study. If a school wishes to facilitate evening study, in keeping with good practice, this should involve consultation with teachers,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Supervision and Substitution Scheme (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Supervision and substitution duties are core duties for all teachers since the Haddington Road Agreement. A limited group of teachers were allowed to opt-out of the duties in return for a pay reduction. Department Circular 0006/2014 states that with effect from the beginning of the 2013/14 school year, participation in the Supervision and Substitution scheme is compulsory for all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Staff (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tables. LIT - Tipperary Campuses Staffing figures (WTEs) Dec-12 Dec-13 Dec-14 Dec-15 Dec-16 Academic 55.05 55.45 60.49 64.73 66.23 Non Academic 40.94 41.24 40.17 33.99 32.46 Total staff 95.99 96.69 100.66 98.72 98.69 LIT - Tipperary Campuses Student Numbers 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 Full Time Students...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: DEIS is my Department's main policy initiative to tackle educational disadvantage and the DEIS Plan 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: DEIS is my Department's main policy initiative to tackle educational disadvantage and the DEIS Plan 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: DEIS is my Department's main policy initiative to tackle educational disadvantage. The DEIS Plan 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 Plan 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: Disadvantaged Status (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The new DEIS Plan provides for a verification process and any school wishing to seek verification of the information used to assess the level of disadvantage of its pupil cohort may submit an application for same to . It is important to note that the school details published on 13th February represent a first step in the application of the assessment process to support pupils in schools with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: DEIS is my Department's main policy initiative to tackle educational disadvantage. The DEIS Plan 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that a project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included on my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme.  It is my Department's intention to arrange a site visit to the school in the context of initiating the architectural planning process for the project. My Department will be in contact with the school in due course in that regard. In the interim an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is open to school authorities to submit applications for additional accommodation under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme www.education.ie. All applications for additional accommodation are considered in the context of the very significant challenges facing my Department in prioritising available capital funding for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. Information will be sent directly to the Deputy as soon as it is compiled.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: On 17 November 2015 the establishment of three new primary schools in 2017 and one new primary school in 2018 was announced by my Department. The new primary school for Pelletstown, Dublin 7 (also known as Scribblestown or Ashtown) was part of this announcement.  In relation to the demographic analyses, my Department uses a Geographical Information System...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: Post-Primary schools are required to provide Physical Education for all students. The recommended time currently is two hours of Physical Education per week at all class levels.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to be able to inform the Deputy that all aspects of the tendering process for the Maynooth Education campus project have been satisfactorily completed and my Department gave approval to the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board on 27th February last to issue a Letter of Intent to award a contract to the preferred bidder.  The conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers is at an advanced stage of the tender process. The School was authorised to issue a Letter of Intent to the preferred tenderer on 17thJanuary 2017. The completed supplementary tender report is expected in my Department in early March and subject to no issues arising it is anticipated that construction will commence in the second quarter of 2017. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (1 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application for major capital works to my Department. Applications for major capital works are considered in the context of the very significant challenge facing my Department in prioritising available capital funding for essential mainstream classrooms to meet the demand for extra school places and where an...