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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The cost of paying post-2011 entrants at the pre-2011 rates consists of two elements: 1. restoration of qualification allowances to post-1 February 2012 entrant teachers to put that cohort into the same position as teachers who entered teaching between 1 January 2011 and 31 January 2012; and 2. restoring all post-1 January 2011 entrants (including the post-1 February 2012 entrant cohort) to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: There are limited alleviation arrangements in place for schools that are acutely affected by the impact of the moratorium at Assistant Principal level. These arrangements are mainly focused at post-primary level. However, it is fair to say that before the moratorium, notwithstanding the fact that one out of every two teachers held a management allowance the workload issue and the pressures on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that, Section 2 of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004, providing for the inclusive education of children with special educational needs, certain sections which placed duties on schools and the sections of the Act which placed the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) on a statutory footing, were commenced in 2005. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 May 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: Student Grants Data (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: If maintenance grants were reintroduced for post-graduate students along similar lines to under-graduate students, the estimated cost would be in the region of €53m. This costing assumes that the number of post-graduate grant holders in receipt of SUSI grants would increase to the level prior to the removal of post-graduate maintenance grants in Budget 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: My Department's policy is to promote a child-centred approach to education of all children with special educational needs, including those with autism, in school settings. As each child with autism is unique they should have access to a range of different approaches to meet their individual needs. This facilitates access to individualised education programmes which can be supported by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I can inform the Deputy that the NEPS model of service is a needs-based model as opposed to a diagnosis-driven model. As the Deputy will be aware, the needs of children and young people occur along a continuum ranging from mild to severe and from transient to enduring. Schools are encouraged to match the level of support provided with the level of need presenting, so that pupils and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The capitation grant at primary level is €170 per pupil. The capitation grant at post-primary level is €296 per pupil. The cost of increasing the capitation grant from €170 to €296 per pupil in primary schools would be circa. €72 million per annum. It is important to note that it is difficult to make precise comparisons between the levels of grants...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will find the following table showing the major higher education capital projects which have, in one form or another, been presented to us for support since the implementation of the funding moratorium in November 2011. The Deputy should note that the Department cannot provide the details of the estimated costs of each of these projects as to do so at this point in time could...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Each 1% increase in capitation and related grants for primary schools would cost approx. €1.9m. Therefore, a 2 per cent, 5 per cent, 10 per cent and 15 percent increase would cost approx. €3.8m, €9.5m, €19m and €28.5m respectively. In relation to capitation levels for future years, the recently published Programme for a Partnership Government commits to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Each 1% increase in capitation and related grants for post primary schools would cost approx. €1.7m.Therefore, a 2 per cent, 5 per cent, 10 per cent and 15 percent increase would cost approx. €3.4m, €8.5m, €17m and €25.5m respectively. In relation to capitation levels for future years, the recently published Programme for a Partnership Government commits to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 130 to 132, inclusive, together. The estimated cost of increasing capitation rates for Youthreach, VTOS and PLC is contained in the following table: %  Youthreach VTOS   PLC 2% 252,826  123,890   128,245 5% 632,065 309,724 320,612 10%  1,264,130 619,448  641,223 15%   1,896,196  929,172 961,835

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Programme for Government 'A Programme for a Partnership Government' has a commitment to enhance the guidance counsellor allocation in our secondary schools. The current budget provides an improved staffing allocation to second level schools for the purpose of enhancing guidance provision. This improvement takes effect from next September. It brings the basis of allocation from 19:1 to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Based on the current number of students that qualify under the Free Fees Initiative, it is estimated that the net cost to my Department of reducing the Student Contribution by €250 would be of the order of €16 million. This figure takes into account the resulting saving to my Department's Student Grant Scheme. It does not however take account of any increase in student numbers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: There were 10,626 students in receipt of the non-adjacent special rate for the 2015/16 academic year. Paying each of these students an additional €30 per week for 36 weeks would cost in the region of €11.5 million. If the €30 per week was calculated over a 52 week period then the cost would be in the region of €16.5 million.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I assume the Deputy is referring to primary schools. The amount of grant paid to an individual primary school for capitation and ancillary services is determined by the school's enrolment, subject to a minimum grant for both capitation and ancillary services in respect of schools with enrolments up to 60, and a maximum ancillary services grant in the case of schools with enrolments of 500 or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The cost of reversing the change to the adjacent rate of the Student Grant, reducing it from 45 kilometres to 28 kilometres; is estimated to be in the region of €27 million. Prior to the introduction of the 45 km rule, circa three-quarters of all maintenance grant holders qualified for the higher non-adjacent grant support. The above costing assumes that a change to the 28 km rule...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Government is committed to progressing the patronage divesting process to provide greater choice to parents in areas of stable population, as well as ensuring that parental preferences are key to patronage decisions on new schools established in areas of demographic growth. Since 2011, the arrangements for the establishment of new schools in areas of growing population have resulted in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Post Leaving Certificate programme is delivered in schools and colleges operated mainly by Education and Training Boards (ETBs) with a small number in Voluntary Secondary and Community and Comprehensive schools. PLC provision has developed over the years in response to demand and the requirements for particular courses in different parts of the country. Approximately half of PLC...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (25 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 145 together. The Programme for Government has a commitment to reduce class sizes at primary level. Budget 2016 provides for a one point adjustment to the staffing allocation to primary schools, which will be implemented for the 2016/17 school year. This will see the primary staffing schedule operate on the basis of a general average of 1...