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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (25 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) which is an independent statutory agency is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports including Special Needs Assistant (S) support. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support, as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Foireann Roinne (25 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: Bunaíodh Aonad nua tiomnaithe, An tAonad um Oideachas Gaeltachta san Roinn go luath in Eanáir 2017 chun maoirsiú agus tacaíocht a thabhairt do chur i bhfeidhm an Pholasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta 2017-2022 a foilsíodh in Deireadh Fómhair 2016. Beidh maoirsiú á dhéanamh ag an Aonad don Oideachas Gaeltachta ar raon beart a chur i bhfeidhm chun...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (25 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that nearly 50% of schools have applied for inclusion under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) which reflects a very high demand. Details of successful school applicants in respect of Categories 1 and 2 were announced in April last and are published on my Department’s website www.education.ie. Assessment of valid projects in further categories is now being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (25 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (25 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (25 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department has no record of receiving an application for capital funding from the school referred to by the Deputy. Any application received will be assessed in the context of current competing priorities and the need to prioritise available funding for essential classroom accommodation where additional teachers are being appointed.

Topical Issue Debate: Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy complains that I have not heard her when I say I do not agree with her. It is not that I have not heard the Deputy or have not understood her. However, there is room for legitimate difference in this area. NUIG has huge commitment to the Irish language but it has made its decision. I have not repeated what I said before. I went through many of the commitments the university...

Topical Issue Debate: Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Connolly for raising this issue. I do not know whether she will be happy with the answer. I will set out the position as I understand it and I believe it to be correct. Third-level institutions are autonomous bodies and they have the responsibility for making decisions of this nature on their own authority, including in particular matters relating to recruitment and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Insurance (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: Officials in my Department  forwarded the relevant documentation regarding the misclassification of PRSI to the Department of Social Protection (DSP) on this case. A letter issued to the person referred to by the Deputy on 15 December 2016 setting out the position and explaining that any refund due will issue to her on receipt of the monies in this Department from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht Policy (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: A dedicated Gaeltacht Education Unit has been established in the Department of Education and Skills in January 2017 to oversee the implementation of the Policy on Gaeltacht Education. This Unit will be assisted by the Department of Education and Skills’ Inspectorate and An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG) to support schools in the Gaeltacht that are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, a building project for the school referred to by the Deputy was included in my Department's 6 Year Capital Programme. In the context of progressing the proposed project, my Department recently obtained additional documentation from the school in question. This documentation is currently under review and my Department will be in further contact with the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: In line with the Universities Act, 1997 third-level institutions, including Trinity College Dublin (TCD), have autonomy in relation to promotion policies and other human resource policies, subject to the requirement to comply with Government policy in respect of core-funded employment numbers. Employers in the higher education sector are also required to operate in accordance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: Funding for special education provision in 2016 amounted to some €1.5 billion, which was equivalent to over 17% of the gross overall allocation for education and training and an increase of 10% in spending in the previous two years.  This funding provides for a range of supports and services including additional learning and resource teaching support, access to SNA support,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that a two-classroom ASD Unit is being provided as part of the accommodation for the new 1,000 pupil-post-primary school to which he refers and which is currently under construction.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Exemptions (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Teaching Council is the statutory body with responsibility for professional standards at all stages of the teaching career. It has established standards for post-qualification professional practice, as set out in Droichead, the new model of induction and probation for newly qualified primary and post-primary teachers. The Droichead programme was the subject of a three-year pilot before...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the list of the schools in question is available on my Department's website at the following link: As the Deputy may be aware, a process to review the DEIS Programme which began in 2015 is progressing very well and it is my intention to publish a new Action Plan for Educational Inclusion in the coming weeks. The review...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports, including applications for assistive technology. Special Needs Organisers (SENOs) make recommendations to my Department where assistive technology is required. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Critical Incidents in Schools (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: By way of background I might inform you that this Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides guidelines and resource materials for schools to enable them to deal with certain traumatic events which can adversely affect pupils and school staff. The guidelines "Responding to Critical Incidents: Guidelines for Schools and resource Materials for Schools" refer...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (24 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998 the Board of Management of a school is the body charged with the direct governance of that school. Parents can choose which school to apply to and where the school has places available the pupil should be admitted. However, in schools where there are more applicants than places available a selection process may be necessary. This selection...