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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The State Examinations Commission (SEC) is the independent body responsible for the administration of the Final Examinations that form part of the assessment procedures for Junior Cycle.  In a recent statement, the SEC has provided reassurance in relation to concerns that some Junior Cycle students may not have opportunities to complete all elements of the SEC’s Junior Cycle Final...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: 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 data.  The key data sources 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can inform the Deputy that my Department promotes a comprehensive and whole-school approach in schools to the promotion of well-being and positive mental health focusing on the entire school community, as well as groups and individual young people with identified need.  This spans the curriculum in schools, whole-school ethos, quality of teaching, learning and assessment, student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Grants (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The current qualifying distance of 45km for the higher non-adjacent rate of student grant, takes into account a reasonable radius within which students may commute on a daily basis. The measurement of the distances relating to the award of adjacent or non-adjacent rates of student grant is a matter for the relevant grant awarding authority. The distance measurement for student grant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Grants (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to increase financial supports for post graduate students with a particular focus on those from low income households. In response to this commitment, I secured additional funding of €4 million in Budget 2017 to facilitate the reinstatement of full maintenance grants, from September 2017, for the most disadvantaged post graduate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The School Building project referred to by the Deputy is on my Department's 6 year construction programme. As the Deputy will appreciate, the success of the schools building programme is predicated on the need to ensure that at any given time, there are sufficient number of school projects available to proceed to construction. If this is not the case, there is the risk that capital...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: 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 data.  The key data sources 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 230 and 233 together. The State Examinations Commission (SEC) is the independent body responsible for the administration of the Final Examinations that form part of the assessment procedures for Junior Cycle.  In a recent statement, the SEC has provided reassurance in relation to concerns that some Junior Cycle students may not have opportunities to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of a Category 5 application, toilet improvement project, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: Eircodes have been appended to addresses on the Department’s Financial Management System and post-primary school addresses on the Department’s central database. Work is currently ongoing to add the Eircode functionality for primary school addresses. A project will commence shortly in my Department to investigate options for the matching of Eircodes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: 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 data.  The key data sources 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: 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 data.  The key data sources 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: 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 data.  The key data sources 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, the building project for this new post-primary school to serve the Swords school planning area is included on my Department's Six Year Construction Programme 2016-2021. My Department has worked closely with Fingal County Council in respect of this and conveyancing is currently underway in respect of a site for the permanent school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: The enrolment of a child to a school is a matter, in the first instance, for the parents of the child and the Board of Management of a school. My Department has no role in relation to processing applications for enrolment to schools and it does not maintain details of waiting lists in schools. However, parents/guardians who may need advice or are experiencing difficulties in locating a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to confirm that the Design Team for the project referred to by the Deputy was appointed by my Department and not by Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that a comprehensive examination of the Tender Report for the Maynooth post-primary schools project has been completed by my Department’s Professional and Technical staff.  Currently, matters are in hand to complete the necessary Financial Robustness element of the tender process and to update the Cost Benefit Analysis Report with the tender...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Clár Tógála Scoileanna (21 Feb 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department accesses the European Social Fund (ESF, including the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI)), the European Globalisation Fund (EGF), PEACE IV and Erasmus+ funding.  EU Funding is also available to researchers and institutes under the Horizon2020 programme. The ESF operates within the Multi-Annual Financial Framework and the ESF allocations are agreed for the 2014-20...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (21 Feb 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government outlines that this Government will continue to support the creation of Technological Universities. This is in line with the National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030 which provides a framework for the development of the higher education sector to 2030.  With regard to the institute of technology sector, the Strategy...