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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The criteria for the award of incremental credit to recognised post-primary teachers is set out in Circular 29/2010. These terms were agreed under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council which is comprised of representatives of teachers, school management, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of Education and Skills and is chaired by an official of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that a major building project for the school to which he refers was included on the 6-year Construction Programme announced last November. Official from my Department will be in direct contact with the school authorities shorty in relation to the steps to be taken to progress the school project into architectural planning.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: Both my Department and the Higher Education Authority are aware that a masterplan is in place for the project referred to by the Deputy. However, to date, a formal funding application regarding the masterplan has not been received from either of the third level institutions concerned. Consequently, my Department has not made any commitment to funding this project at this time. Any such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: All mainstream Primary schools have been allocated significant additional teaching resources under the General Allocation Model (GAM) to cater for children with high incidence special educational needs, including Specific Learning Disability (SLD), of which dyslexia is one such SLD. All Post Primary schools have also been allocated additional teaching resources for pupils with high...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Expulsions (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The position regarding expulsions is that Section 29 of the Education Act, 1998 provides for an appeal by a parent or guardian to the Secretary General of my Department or in the case of an Education and Training Board (ETB) school to the ETB in the first instance, where a Board of Management of a school, or a person acting on behalf of the Board, expels a student . In the case of a school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy is not available in the format required. I will arrange for data on the overall numbers of PORs for recent years to be forwarded to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The filling of promotion posts in schools is primarily a matter for the management authority of each school in accordance with appointment procedures agreed between the managerial authorities, teacher unions and my Department. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to teachers employed in the ETB sector and the status of their posts is not available in my Department as it is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (21 Jul 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 engage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that this Government is committed to ensuring that all children with Special Educational Needs, including those with autism, can have access to an education appropriate to their needs, preferably in school settings through the primary and post primary school network. Such placements facilitate access to individualised education programmes which may draw from a range...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2b - Detailed Design, which includes the applications for Planning Permission, Fire Cert and Disability Access Cert and the preparation of Tender Documents. A decision to grant planning permission for the project was issued by the Local Authority on 4 July 2016. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table. It should be noted that over this period approximately 80% of funding to Skillnets has been used to provide training programmes to those in employment, with the remaining 20% dedicated to the provision for those who are unemployed. It should also be noted that Skillnets programmes are often of relatively short...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216 and 217 together. The National Training Fund (NTF) was established in 2000 to raise the skills of those in employment and to provide training to those who wish to acquire skills to take up employment. It is also used to provide information in relation to existing, or likely future requirements for skills in the economy. All training programmes are funded...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Living Wage (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The data requested by the Deputy are not collected or collated by my Department. There are over 3,700 individual employers in the education and training sector.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Living Wage (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: For the Deputy's information, the Living Wage is a voluntary societal initiative centred on the social, business and economic case to ensure that, wherever it can be afforded, employers will pay a rate of pay that provides an income that is sufficient to meet an individual's basic needs, such as housing, food, clothing, transport and healthcare. The Living Wage is voluntary and has no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Retirements (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The policy of my Department is to ensure, as far as possible, that the Managerial Authorities of Primary and Post Primary schools give priority to unemployed registered teachers who are fully qualified when filling vacant teaching posts. It is schools that employ teachers and not my Department. However my Department has issued a number of Circulars addressing this issue in recent years....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The annual cost of employing an entry grade teacher at primary or post primary level in a full time post at current pay rates is €33,316. This rate includes employers PRSI. This rate is effective from 1 January 2016. A circular outlining the new pay rates for primary teachers wef 1st September 2016 will be placed on my Department's website in the near future. The position in regard...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The cost of the Minor Works Grant for the school year 2015/2016 which issued last November amounted to €28.7m. An increase of 10% would bring the cost of the Minor Works Grant to €31.6m a rise of €2.9m. The Deputy is no doubt aware that under the provisions of Circular Letter 0062/2013 the Minor Works Grant is only paid as funding permits.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, the review of the DEIS programme is currently underway and it is my intention that a New Action Plan Educational Inclusion will be published by the end of this year. The review is looking at all aspects of DEIS, including the identification process for the inclusion of schools in the programme, the range and impact of different elements of the School Support Programme,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Modern Language Teaching (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The language priority in our primary education is to provide high-quality language learning experiences to our pupils in our two national languages, Irish and English. A new Primary Language Curriculum, incorporating Irish and English, has been developed by the NCCA. The first phase will be introduced for Junior Infants to 2nd classes from September 2016. This curriculum aims to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (21 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Higher Education System in Ireland is undergoing a programme of unprecedented modernisation and reform. Through implementation of the National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030, the aim is to develop the higher education system to equip people with the knowledge and skills necessary to live fulfilled and rewarding lives, and to meet the social and economic challenges facing Ireland....