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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (10 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware 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). I can inform the Deputy that my Department, over the course of recent economic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (10 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 149 and 150 together. Special Needs Assistants (Ss) are allocated to mainstream Primary, Post Primary schools and to Special Schools to assist children with special educational needs who also have additional and significant care needs.  Such support is provided in order to facilitate the attendance of those pupils at school and also to minimise...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (10 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Education (Admission to Schools) Bill was published on 6 July 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, introduction of annual enrolment structures, and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (10 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The information sought by the Deputy can be found at www.ncse.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Education Review (10 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department implemented a pilot of the proposed new Resource Teacher allocation model over the 2015-016 school year. A review of this pilot has been completed and a report of the review is currently being finalised. I understand that the review will indicate that the new model has been positively received by schools and parents. Throughout the pilot my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: In accordance with the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. Responsibility for arranging the provision of storage space rests with the Board of Management. My Department has not issued any guidance to schools on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (10 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 155 and 156 together. Budget 2017 provides for 2,400 additional teaching posts by the end of 2017. This includes 100 posts arising from enhancements to guidance. The allocation of a whole time equivalent of an additional 100 teachers to second level schools is a restoration of a further 16% of the teaching resources that were removed when the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (10 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I can inform the Deputy that the data requested in her question is currently being prepared within my Department and will issue to her shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (10 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The information is in the following tables. Primary School Capitation 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012  2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 Amount allocated 73.3m 84.2m 95.2m 110.7m 112.2m  107.4m 102.4m 103.5m 103.7m 103.8m 105.7m Standard Capitation rate Mainstream pupil  141.58 157.58 173.58 200.00...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (10 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that 279 applications were received in Categories 1 and 2 under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) 2016-2017. Details of the 197 successful school applicants in Categories 1 and 2 were announced on 28th April last, particulars of which are also published on my Department's website, www.education.i.e. Under SWS (2016-2017), valid applications from schools that were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (10 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: On 27thOctober, the NCSE announced that following the second round of resource teaching allocation support for the 2016/17 school year, 7430 resource teacher posts have now been allocated to schools. The provision to increase this current allocation of 7430 posts, from 85% to 100%, would cost approximately 1311 additional teaching posts, at approximately €78.5M per annum, for a full...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually on the website of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 previous 30 September. Budget 2012 increased the appointment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (10 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The role of the Education Disadvantage Committee was to advise the Minister for Education and Science on policies and strategies to be adopted to identify and correct educational disadvantage. Expenditure by the Department in respect of the EDC during its term of office was as follows: 2003 -  €38,000 2004 -  €62,000 2005 -  €75,000 2006 - ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Funding (10 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: In September, I launched the first ever Action Plan for Education aimed at making the Irish education and training service the best in Europe by 2026. This plan, which incorporates my Department's Strategy Statement as well as the Action Plan of Education outlines over one hundred actions to be implemented across the period 2016-2019. It provides the strategic framework for planning and...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (9 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I acknowledge what the school is doing. A doubling of the size of the school represents a significant expansion. The Department, without knowing the details of circumstances locally, will have to consider capacity in other schools and where pupils are being drawn from. There is a matrix of criteria that the Department uses in assessing applications. As stated, it will be in touch with the...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (9 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. Generally, the main point about demographic pressure is that we are catering for 20,000 extra places every year which puts much pressure on the system. There are ways of deciding where extra places are needed which look at planning issues. It needs to look at schools in a whole neighbourhood, not just individual schools. In 2015 the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (9 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 and 98 together. The means test arrangements of the Student Grant Scheme are applied nationally on the same basis to both employed and self-employed applicants. Gross income before the deduction of income tax or the universal social charge, is assessed with certain specified social welfare and health service executive payments excluded. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (9 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: Very significant numbers of third-level students move out of home to go to college and continue to be supported by their parents while in full-time education. Confirmation that a student is living separately from his/her parents is, of itself, not sufficient to establish independent status.  When considering whether a student meets the conditions to be assessed independently of his or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school in question is included in my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme (2019/21). My Department is aware of the school's accommodation needs and will liaise with the school in due course in the context of progressing the project into the architectural planning process.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (9 Nov 2016)

Richard Bruton: Two applications were received by my Department for patronage of the new post-primary school to open in 2017 to cater for the area referred to by the Deputy, one from Educate Together and the other from the relevant Education and Training Board (ETB). The patronage assessment process is detailed and rigorous and is conducted in a careful and transparent manner.  The draft...