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

Richard Bruton: An application for compensation for loss of hours for the person referred to by the Deputy has been received in my Department.  Information required to process the claim has been requested from the school and any payment due will be processed on receipt of this information.

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

Richard Bruton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE), which is an independent statutory agency, is responsible, through its network of Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports, including SNA support. The NCSE allocates SNA support to schools in accordance with the criteria set out in my Department's Circular...

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

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that a permanent accommodation solution for the school to which he refers, has been identified. My Department will be in contact with the school authority in due course. However, due to the sensitivity of the position, my Department is unable to comment further at this time.

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

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that capital funding to schools is approved by my Department under the following schemes i.e. Major Projects, PPP Projects, Additional Accommodation, Emergency Works, Summer Works, ICT Infrastructure and Minor Works Grant Schemes. The total value of grants approved under these headings to schools in County Wexford is set...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Proposed Legislation (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 403 and 404 together. The General Scheme of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Amendment) Billis currently being prepared by my Department. The purpose of this Bill is to address some issues that are impeding Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) from fulfilling its intended responsibilities in certain areas. The General Scheme contains new...

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

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no record of receiving an application from the school for capital funding for the works referred to in the details supplied. The relevant application form may be accessed on my Department's website at www.education.ie  In that context, the assessment of further applications from the school for capital funding, at this time, must be...

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

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that details of all school capital projects including projects in Co Mayo referred to by the Deputy, that have been approved by my Department since January 2015 under the Additional Accommodation scheme, Summer Works scheme and Emergency Works scheme may be viewed on my Department's website, , and this is updated regularly. The capital projects approved under these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Garda Vetting of Personnel (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: Since the introduction in 2006 of the non-statutory Garda vetting arrangements the Teaching Council has played a central role in the vetting of registered teachers both for the purposes of registration with the Council and as a conduit for school employers for the purposes of the vetting of registered teachers for employment. Under the non-statutory vetting arrangements, vetting of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be  aware, a process to review the DEIS Programme began last year and is now nearing completion.  It is my intention to publish a new Action Plan for Educational Inclusion in the coming weeks. The review process is looking at all aspects of DEIS, including the range and impact of different elements of the School Support Programme, the potential for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: My Department operates a Home Tuition Grant Scheme for children, other than those with special education needs, who do not have a school place, are without the offer of a school place and for whom a school place is being actively sought. The purpose of this Grant Scheme is to provide funding towards provision of a compensatory educational service for children who do not have a school place....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Records (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: The costs involved in renting off-site storage for the Department's records is a matter for the Property Management Section of the Office of Public Works, which acts on behalf of the Department in relation to the rental of off-site storage. The figures in the following table refer to the cost per year (inclusive of VAT), for the past three years, for archiving the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. Ultimately it is a matter for each individual school to determine which particular measures are most suited to its individual circumstances and to how the school concerned organises teaching and learning. It is also a matter for each school, at local level,...

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

Richard Bruton: The Department has not identified a future education requirement for the building in question. In that regard, as the building is owned by the school's Patron, it is a matter for the Patron to determine the future use of the building in question.

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

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department expects to be in a position to convey a decision to the school in question on its application for additional accommodation shortly.

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

Richard Bruton: Universities and institutes of technology, as autonomous institutions under the terms of the Universities Act 1997 and the Institutes of Technology Acts respectively, are responsible for the day to day management of their own affairs, including matters relating to the recruitment of staff. Therefore the filling of particular posts within institutions is a matter for the institutions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy may be aware, a process to review the DEIS Programme began last year and is now nearing completion.  It is my intention to publish a new Action Plan for Educational Inclusion in the coming weeks. The review process is looking at all aspects of DEIS, including the range and impact of different elements of the School Support Programme, the potential for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (17 Jan 2017)

Richard Bruton: I have set out in tabular format the number of full time equivalent civil service workers in the salary band range requested by the Deputy. The data in the table sets out the number of staff with an active record on my Department's human resource system for each year requested. It includes staff on secondment into my Department but it does not include staff on secondment out of...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware the project in respect of the education campus in Buncrana was announced as part of the Six Year Capital Programme in 2015. A preferred site option was identified and officials from Donegal County Council, on behalf of my Department, have engaged with the landowner in question with a view to its acquisition.  These negotiations have not yielded a...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department provides a range of resources for pupils with Specific Learning Disabilities, of which Dyslexia is one such SLD. All mainstream schools have been allocated additional teaching resources to cater for children with SLD, either under the General Allocation Model at primary school level, or through High Incidence and learning support allocations for post primary...

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

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that additional funding has been approved and the school authority have been informed.