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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (17 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: Child Protection (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The primary statutory responsibility for child protection lies with the Child and Family Agency. The role of my Department is to provide guidance and support to schools in implementing child protection policy and to refer any allegations my Department receives to the Child and Family Agency or to An Garda Síochána where appropriate for investigation. My Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department has offered training on child protection to all schools at primary and post primary level. Training has been offered to the Designated Liaison Person and Deputy Designated Liaison Person in all schools in the form of seminars. In addition, training has also been offered to all schools in the form of facilitated whole staff school visits.  As well as the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The primary statutory responsibility for child protection lies with the Child and Family Agency. The role of my Department is to provide guidance and support including training to schools in implementing child protection policy and to refer any allegations my Department receives to the Child and Family Agency or to An Garda Síochána where appropriate for investigation. My...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School opened in September 2016 and is currently operating in temporary accommodation in Stepaside. In line with the arrangements in place under the Memorandum of Understanding on the acquisition of school sites for school planning purposes, my Department is working closely with Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides an educational psychological service to schools through the direct assignment of a NEPS psychologist and in some cases through by providing schools access to the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA) where schools can have an assessment carried out by a member of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Test of Interactive English (TIE) is an international 'English as a Foreign Language' exam which was first launched in 2000.  It was developed in Ireland by the Advisory Council for English Language Schools (ACELS), a Government agency which was responsible at that time for quality assurance in English language teaching. Upon its establishment in November 2012, Quality and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has now completed the assessment of the school's application for an additional mainstream classroom and a letter has issued to the Board of Management in this regard. In July 2015, the Department approved a devolved grant for the provision of a mainstream classroom for the expected appointment of a third mainstream class...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) programme is one of a number of options made available by my Department for Senior Cycle students which schools can choose from, based on the education needs and interests of their student.  Other options include Transition Year, Leaving Certificate Established and the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme.   The LCA is a two-year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 376 and 399 together. As the Deputies will be aware, a building project for the school, referred to, is included in my Department's 6 Year Construction Plan. My Department is liaising with the school, in question, in relation to its project and in that regard provided the school in December last with Schedules of Accommodation for the project. My...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school referred to by the Deputy applied for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme for new windows, electrical works and heating works. The scope of the works applied for are outside the terms of the Emergency Works Scheme. Works of this nature should be applied for under any future Summer Works Scheme. In the interim the school authority have been advised...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The school to which the Deputy refers applied for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme to provide additional parking and a set down area at the school. As the scope of the works were outside the terms of the scheme, the application was refused. The mechanism for applying for funding for works of this nature is my Department's Summer Works Scheme. It is open to the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can inform the Deputy that my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychology 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 on the Department's website. Under this scheme schools can have an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The longer term options in respect of the provision of improved accommodation for the school, to which the Deputy refers, are currently being considered in the context of other school developments in the area and the reorganisation of existing accommodation. In that context, my Department is currently liaising with the school authorities in the area, including the school in question, with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Data (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The number of full time undergraduate enrolments by domicile origin for the last ten academic years is provided in the following table. Full-time Undergraduate Enrolments in All HEA-Funded Institutions by Academic Year Domicile 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 Ireland 109,554 112,178 117,701 126,610 132,117 134,550 135,346...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that my Department has received an application for prefab replacement and other ancillary works from the school referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy may be aware, it is my intention to replace purchased school prefab accommodation with permanent accommodation, where the need is established, over the lifetime of my Department's capital programme. A funding provision...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Road Safety (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: In general, individual school authorities are responsible, in the first instance, for ensuring the safety and welfare of children and others in their care. The issue of road safety measures outside the vested site areas of schools on public roads, such as road signage, traffic calming measures etc., is a matter, for the relevant Local Authority. Local Authorities have the power to decide...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, the new Programme for Government outlines that this new 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department provides supports for students in higher education with disabilities through the Fund for Students with Disabilities.  The Fund for Students with Disabilities (FSD) is administered by the Higher Education Authority on behalf of my Department. The FSD provides funding to students in approved colleges of further and higher education for the delivery of key services,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The application to which the Deputy refers is under consideration in my Department.  A decision will be taken as quickly as possible and the school will be notified directly of the outcome.