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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: To satisfy the terms and conditions of the student grant scheme in relation to progression, a student must be moving from year to year within a course, having successfully completed the previous year or be transferring from one course to another, where the award for the subsequent course is of a higher level than the previous course. The objective of this policy is to help as many students as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: A response to the Deputy’s query issued recently. I understand that the student referred to by the Deputy, lodged an appeal with the Student Grants Appeals Board (SGAB) on 31stAugust 2016. The appeal will be heard within the 60 day timeframe set out in the Student Support Act, 2011. The decision of the SGAB will be communicated directly to the student in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Sep 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 SNA support. The NCSE allocates SNA support to schools in accordance with the criteria set out in my Department's...

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

Richard Bruton: Special Needs Assistants (SNA) may be employed by recognised schools or Education and Training Boards. The provision of SNA support is made through an independent process managed by the National Council for Special Education. The criteria by which SNA support is allocated to pupils is set out in my Department's Circular 0030/2014. The purpose of the Special Needs Assistant Scheme is to...

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

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that a building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department's six year construction programme. This school project necessitates the acquisition of a suitable site and this process is currently in train. The architectural planning process for the new school building will commence as soon as the site is secured....

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

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school in question is included in my Department's six year construction programme. In this regard, my Department has undertaken a site visit to the school in the context of initiating the preparatory work associated with advancing the project. Pending completion of the project, my Department has approved funding to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: All current members of the Board of the Higher Education Authority have been appointed in line with the terms of the Higher Education Authority Act, 1971.  I selected the most recent appointees to the Board in July 2016, and all of those appointees had come through the State Board appointments process ran by the Public Appointments Service. It should be noted that the legislation does...

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

Richard Bruton: There are currently one hundred and two thousand salary and pension payments issued on a fortnightly basis by my Department to serving teachers and non teaching staff employed in primary, secondary and community/comprehensive schools and retired staff who previously served in these schools.  The serving teachers and non teaching staff paid on these payrolls are employed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that in the current school year (2016/2017) the DEIS School Support Programme provides support to 826 schools serving a total of 171,031 pupils. There are 641 schools at primary level serving 103,630 pupils (116 of which are Urban DEIS Band 1 primary schools in Dublin and 44 of which are Urban DEIS Band 2 primary schools in Dublin). There are 185...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: A response to the Deputy’s query issued recently. I understand that the student referred to by the Deputy, lodged an appeal with the Student Grants Appeals Board (SGAB) on 31stAugust 2016. The appeal will be heard within the 60 day timeframe set out in the Student Support Act, 2011. The decision of the SGAB will be communicated directly to the student in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Sep 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 SNA support. The NCSE allocates SNA support to schools in accordance with the criteria set out in my Department's...

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

Richard Bruton: Special Needs Assistants (SNA) may be employed by recognised schools or Education and Training Boards. The provision of SNA support is made through an independent process managed by the National Council for Special Education. The criteria by which SNA support is allocated to pupils is set out in my Department's Circular 0030/2014. The purpose of the Special Needs Assistant Scheme is to...

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

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that a building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department's six year construction programme. This school project necessitates the acquisition of a suitable site and this process is currently in train. The architectural planning process for the new school building will commence as soon as the site is secured....

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

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school in question is included in my Department's six year construction programme. In this regard, my Department has undertaken a site visit to the school in the context of initiating the preparatory work associated with advancing the project. Pending completion of the project, my Department has approved funding to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: All current members of the Board of the Higher Education Authority have been appointed in line with the terms of the Higher Education Authority Act, 1971.  I selected the most recent appointees to the Board in July 2016, and all of those appointees had come through the State Board appointments process ran by the Public Appointments Service. It should be noted that the legislation does...

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

Richard Bruton: There are currently one hundred and two thousand salary and pension payments issued on a fortnightly basis by my Department to serving teachers and non teaching staff employed in primary, secondary and community/comprehensive schools and retired staff who previously served in these schools.  The serving teachers and non teaching staff paid on these payrolls are employed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Retirements (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: My Department is not aware of any case where provision has been made for those retired from the Community School sector to receive 5 years enhancement as per technical and specialist civil servants on pension. Public sector pension schemes by their nature have varying rules governing their administration. They are mainly statutory schemes, set up by or under Acts of the Oireachtas....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (29 Sep 2016)

Richard Bruton: For student grant purposes, students are categorised according to their circumstances either as students dependent on parents or a legal guardian, or as independent mature students. For a dependent student, the reckonable income for grant purposes includes both his/her own income and that of his/her parents/legal guardians. A student may be assessed as an independent mature student if he or...