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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoil Issues (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Minister for Regional Development, Rural Affairs, the Arts and the Gaeltacht and her officials are briefed on education matters as they relate to the Gaeltacht and in particular as they relate to the 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language and the Gaeltacht Act 2012. The Government has set out its commitments to the Gaeltacht and to the Irish language in the 20 Year Strategy for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Arts in Education Charter (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Arts in Education Charter, launched in 2013, has been a landmark development in relation to the promotion of arts education and arts in education in Ireland. The Charter is an initiative of my Department, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, working in association with the Arts Council. My Department is involved in ongoing liaison with the Department of Arts, Heritage and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department. Officials of my Department have asked the Higher Education Authority to request the information from the Universities and I will arrange for it to be sent to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: Funding provided from the National Training Fund (NTF) for Skillnets programmes for the years 2011 to 2016 is set out in the following table. Funding for Skillnets programmes from the National Training Fund from 2011 to 2016. 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Estimate €000 €000 €000 €000 €000 €000 Skillnets - Training Networks Programme 14,500...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Skills and Labour Market Research Unit in SOLAS, on behalf of the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN), monitors participation in lifelong learning in Ireland, comparing the results with other EU Countries. Reports on this monitoring work are published on the EGFSN website www.skillsireland.ie. The most recently published report relates to data collected from the Quarter 4 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Universities Act, 1997 contains a provision for universities to borrow within a framework agreed with the Higher Education Authority. This framework, which was agreed with my Department and the now Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, has been in operation for many years. A similar provision to allow Institutes of Technology to borrow is contained in the Institutes of Technology...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Data (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: Higher Education Institutions have responded positively in recent years to increasing student demand despite challenging financial circumstances, and have continued to provide opportunities for increasing numbers of students to undertake a higher education qualification. In the last five years alone, there has been a significant increase in both undergraduate and postgraduate numbers....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies Data (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The information requested on unfilled board positions in bodies under the aegis of my Department and in regard to the Higher Education sector is included in the following table. Certain of these vacancies are in the process of being filled via the Public Appointments Service. The Deputy should note that Board appointments, while made by me as Minister, are not in all cases made at my sole...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, the new Programme for Government outlines that this new Government will continue to support the creation of Technological Universities. This is in line with the National Strategy for Higher Education to 2030 which provides a framework for the development of the higher education sector to 2030. The national strategy was developed by the Strategy Group on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Deputy for his invitation to meet with his constituent. I am engaged in a round of initial meetings with stakeholder organisations across the sector and I regret that I cannot provide for the meeting requested. The Programme for Government 'A Programme for a Partnership Government' has a clear commitment to enhance the guidance counsellor allocation in our secondary schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that no application for funding has been received from the school, referred to, in respect of this issue. I understand that this school has sufficient classroom accommodation to meet its needs. I understand also that it is the school's intention to utilise the prefab in question for ancillary purposes. On this basis, my Department raised no objection to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: Under the Constitution and in accordance with Section 30 of the Education Act 1998, 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: Third Level Data (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 174 and 181 together. The Higher Education Authority (HEA) does not collect statistical data on students from the Republic of Ireland studying in the United Kingdom. However, I understand from the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland that in the academic year 2014/15 there were 2,345 full-time and part-time Republic of Ireland domiciled enrolments...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (5 Jul 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 a summary of 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: School Accommodation (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted applications to my Department for capital funding in relation to its school accommodation. The applications concerned are currently being considered and my Department will be in contact with the school concerned shortly. I also wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not received a request for a meeting from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm to the Deputy that further information has been supplied by the school, referred to, in relation to its application to continue the rental of a prefab unit. This information is currently being assessed and a decision will be conveyed to the school authority as soon as this process is finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of a Category 9 application for structural improvement works under the Summer Works Scheme (2016-2017) from the school to which he refers. Valid SWS (2016-2017) applications from schools in respect of Categories 3 to 10 that were not reached under round one approvals announced on 28th April last, will, subject to the overall...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Places (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: This is an operational matter for SOLAS and I have asked them to contact the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) is responsible for processing applications from schools for special needs assistants (SNA) supports. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in making recommendations for support, which are set out in my Department's Circular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Assistance (5 Jul 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Disability Access Route to Education (DARE) is a third-level admissions scheme for students with a disability. The DARE scheme is operated by a number of higher education institutions and not by my Department. Admissions under the DARE scheme are regulated by the institutions themselves. Each higher education institution determines its own admission policy in relation to DARE, the...