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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 202 and 205 together. In response to the Deputy’s questions, all major school projects in Counties Louth and Meath which were on the Construction Programmes announced by the previous Ministers and have not reached tender and construction stage will continue to be progressed through the architectural and design stages and remain to be considered for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The capital funding provided in the primary and post primary sectors in County Meath in the years 2014-2016 is as follows: Year Amount 2014 €24.072m 2015 €31.952m 2016 €39.687m Details of all school capital works that have been funded by my Department, including in the area referred to by the Deputy, may be viewed on my Department's website at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: Article 44 of the Constitution and Section 30 of the Education Act 1998, provides that parents have a right to have their children opt out of religion classes if they so wish. The manner in which any school ensures that the right to opt out of religion classes is upheld is a matter for the school concerned. Each individual school must determine the particular arrangements which are most...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has a statutory role under the Education of Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 to provide me with policy advice in relation to matters concerning the education of persons with special educational needs. The NCSE identified that the current model for allocating resource teachers to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Government has a contingency framework in place which maps the key issues that will be most important to Ireland in the coming weeks and months. The Government has published the key actions that will be taken to address the contingencies arising from the UK's decision to leave the EU. My Department participated fully in and contributed to the preparation of this framework...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I can inform the Deputy that the average time in days between the referral for assessment of a student to my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service and the furnishing of a formal report to Parents and School Authorities was for 2011/12, 78 days; 2012/13, 80 days; 2013/14, 73 days; 2014/15, 75 days; and 2015/16, 66 days. This data is derived from the NEPS Casetrack...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: Tá an chéim le seilbh a fháil ar shuíomh do Ghaelscoil Riabhach beagnach curtha i gcrích agus mura dtagann aon fhadhbanna chun cinn nach bhfuiltear ag súil leo, táthar ag dréim a bheith críochnaithe go luath. A luaithe agus atá seilbh faighte ar an suíomh is féidir leis an tionscadal bogadh ar aghaidh go dtí an obair...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Riachtanais Speisialta Oideachais (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: Is féidir liom a dheimhniú gur chuir an scoil a ndearna an Teachta Dála tagairt di iarratas ar chóiríocht bhreise faoi bhráid mo Roinne. Ta soiléiriú  maidir leis an iarratas iarrtha ag mo Roinn ar an scoil. Nuair atá an t-eolas seo faighte againn déanfar an t-iarratas a bhreithniú tuilleadh agus cuirfear cinneadh in iúl don scoil.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: All teachers receive training in behaviour management and in an understanding of the developmental and emotional needs of children and young people as part of their initial teacher education programme. Individual school management authorities are responsible for health and safety matters within their school. There is no specific training on physical safety for teachers provided by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Education (Admission to Schools) Bill was published on 6 July 2016 and passed second stage on 17 November 2016. Publication of the Bill reflects the commitment in the Programme for Government to publish new School Admissions legislation taking account of current draft proposals and addressing issues including publication of school enrolment policies, an end to waiting lists,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The project to which the Deputy refers was authorised to proceed to tender recently. The Design Team are currently undertaking the pre-qualification of suitable contractors. This process will be completed early in the New Year. It is anticipated that the Design Team will be in a position to issue tender documents to the selected contractors in the first quarter of 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application to my Department for capital funding for the provision of additional school accommodation. The application is currently being assessed a decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as the assessment process has been finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Nov 2016)

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 S support. The NCSE allocates S support to schools in accordance with the criteria set out in my Department's Circular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts for the 2016/2017 school year is set out in the Staffing Schedule (Circular 0007/2016) which is available on the Department website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the 30 September 2015. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school to which the Deputy refers has submitted an application to my Department for capital funding for the provision of additional accommodation. The application is currently being considered in the context of the competing demands on my Department's capital budget, imposed by the need to prioritise the available funding for the provision of essential classroom...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 220 and 226 together. The position is, and for the avoidance of doubt, I can confirm that a teacher who is a sitting member of the Oireachtas cannot retain their post on a job sharing or full-time basis while serving as a member of the Oireachtas. This gives effect to the Government decision of 2011 which revised the employment and pension arrangements...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: Officials from my Department have worked closely with officials from Meath County Council under the Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of a school site for the provision of permanent accommodation for the school referred to by the Deputy. I can confirm that agreement in principle has been reached with a landowner in respect of a site to accommodate the school.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: A scheme was initiated in 1978 for the employment of Clerical Officers in primary and secondary schools. While a small number of these staff remain in schools, the scheme is being phased out and has been superseded by a more extensive capitation grant scheme. The majority of primary and voluntary secondary schools in the Free Education Scheme now receive capitation grant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (29 Nov 2016)

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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (29 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: As you may be aware, a process to review the DEIS Programme which began last year is nearing completion and 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 innovation within and between...