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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (28 Feb 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: Living Wage (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The data requested by the Deputy is not collected or collated by my Department.  There are over 3,700 individual employers in the education and training sector.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides an educational psychological service to all primary and post-primary schools through an assigned NEPS psychologist and in some cases through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA), full details of which are in the NEPS section of my Department's website. Under this scheme schools can...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The School to which Deputy refers is included on my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme for the provision of a school extension. Officials from my Department met with representatives of the school in October last to discuss the schools accommodation requirements.  A Department Inspector subsequently visited the school to review the schools existing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Feb 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: Third Level Participation (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: A number of measures are supporting increased rates of transition to further and higher education by students in disadvantaged second level schools. These include the actions that are being progressed as part of the implementation of the National Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education 2015-2019 and the new DEIS Plan. The new DEIS Plan identifies more than 100 actions targeted at our...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Remuneration (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: Following enquiries from my officials, I understand that discussions are taking place locally and under the auspices of the Workplace Relations Commission between Trinity College Dublin and the unions that are addressing the concerns of staff. Accordingly, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on these issues while these discussions are ongoing. In May 2016 I welcomed the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Feb 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 31 January 2017. When the completed supplementary tender report is received and considered and assuming that no issues arise my Department will then revert directly to the school regarding progression of the project to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The major building project to which the Deputy refers is currently at an advanced Stage of Architectural Planning, Stage 2(b) which includes applications for Planning Permission, Fire Safety Certificate, Disability Access Certificate and the preparation of tender documents.  All statutory approvals have been obtained. Following the appointment of a replacement Mechanical &...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The building project for the new post-primary school to serve Carpenterstown/Castleknock is included in the Department’s 6 year construction programme. Officials in the Department are liaising with officials in Fingal County Council in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding in relation to the identification and acquisition of a suitable location for the school and are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers was allocated funding under the 2015 Additional Accommodation Scheme to provide a library, Kitchen & breakfast area, 8 learning support rooms and toilets. The delivery of the project has been devolved to the school authority. The progression of the project is now, therefore, a matter for the Board of Management. It is understood...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The level of funding provided by my Department to primary and post-primary schools is primarily based on their pupil enrolment levels. This enables the grant funding to automatically adjust to reflect annual changes in demographics. The current circulars in relation to ancillary grants are Circular 0080/2016 at primary level and Circular 0081/2016 at post-primary level....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Land Transfers (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: There are a number of legal and technical matters to be resolved pertaining to the proposal by the club referred to by the Deputy. I can confirm that officials from my Department have consulted with the school authorities in relation to the proposal and the matter is being progressed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: On 18 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, and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: On 18 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, and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the deputy is available in the following table. Please note that all pupil figures for the 2016/2017 academic year are currently provisional. Mainstream Junior Infants Academic Year Standard Description Mainstream Pupils 2015/2016 Junior Infants 71564 2016/2017 Junior Infants 68449

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Catchment Areas (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: Each new school is established to meet a projected demographic need to cater for children living within a specific school planning area to be served by the school. As part of the process, agreement to a range of commitments must be specifically confirmed in writing by prospective school patrons. These commitments include a requirement that the prospective patron is willing to prioritise...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Data (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: All parents are given the option of having their child's religion recorded as part of their record on the Primary Online Database (POD). Religion is considered sensitive personal data under the Data Protections Acts and therefore is only recorded on the system where there is explicit written consent from the pupil's parents. Initial data on the religious composition of pupils in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that both the financial robustness and cost benefit analysis reports have been completed for the project in question.   The National Finance Development Agency carried out the financial robustness assessment at my Department's request. The local Education and Training Board, who is delivering the project, was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (28 Feb 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...