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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: As of the 31st March 2016 the apprenticeship population was 9,628. This includes 820 redundant apprentices. The apprenticeship population fluctuates based on the number of apprenticeship registrations and the numbers completing their apprenticeships. As apprenticeship registrations in the existing trades have been increasing in recent years, more apprentices are in the earlier years of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The National Skills Strategy target covers both apprenticeship and traineeship whereas the Programme for Government commitment referred to only covers apprenticeship. There is a separate commitment in the Programme for Governemnt to significantly increase the number of traineeship places.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. Currently the SEC operates a Scheme of Reasonable Accommodations at the Leaving and Junior Certificate examinations for candidates with special needs in the examinations. The Scheme applies to candidates who have a physical or medical disability, including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Currently the SEC operates a Scheme of Reasonable Accommodations at the Leaving and Junior Certificate examinations for candidates with special needs in the examinations. The Scheme applies to candidates who have a physical or medical disability, including visual and hearing impairments, or a specific learning difficulty (dyslexia is one such specific learning difficulty). All applications...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Internship Scheme Placements (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Job Bridge is a national internship scheme administered by the Department of Social Protection. The scheme was introduced to provide a pathway to appropriate employment, training and education opportunities for a specific cohort of jobseekers on the Live Register. Recognised Schools and Education and Training Boards may participate in the scheme if they wish under Department of Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: My Department is aware of the issues referred to by the Deputy. The Department has been in contact with the school Principal and has agreed to facilitate the school with the advance payment of the next tranche of capitation funding to enable it to address these issues. The school has been advised to contact the Department with regard to the schools funding requirements.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy is aware that the existing Gaeltacht entry scheme to the primary Bachelor of Education allows for the reservation of up to 10% of places in the colleges of education for Gaeltacht applicants. To qualify as a Gaeltacht applicant a person must be resident in an officially designated Gaeltacht area and it must be confirmed that the normal language of the home is Irish. The 20 year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy is aware, a project for the schools to which he refers is included in my Department's 6 Year Construction Programme that was announced in November last. The project will facilitate the proposed amalgamation of the two primary schools in Dingle. My Department has been liaising with the schools and their Patron in relation to the amalgamation proposal and also in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Officials in my Department have commenced the process referred to by Deputy and a letter has issued to the person concerned acknowledging same. The determination on the case will issue within 3 months of the date of receipt of the application.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: My Department is in receipt of an application for the provision of additional accommodation from the school referred to by the Deputy. The application is currently under consideration and my Department will be in direct contact with the school when a decision is made.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy was approved capital funding in 2015 for the provision of significant additional permanent classroom accommodation to meet essential school accommodation needs. In that regard, my Department has not been contacted by the school concerned regarding the question of temporary accommodation.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that a suitable permanent site for the school to which he refers has been identified and the acquisition process is underway. When this process is complete, the proposed project for the school concerned will progress into architectural planning.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that a suitable site has been identified and the acquisition process is underway for the purpose of providing permanent school accommodation in Carrigtwohill. As the Deputy will be aware, however, a process is currently underway by the Patron in relation to the proposed amalgamation of the two schools concerned. The building project that it will be possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the school in question is co-located in a permanent building with another school in Kilbarrack. This arrangement is possible due to declining enrolments in the other school. I also wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provided funding to the school last November to re-configure its existing accommodation to facilitate the delivery of additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. Under the terms of my Department's Scheme children are eligible for school transport where they reside not less than 3.2 or 4.8 kilometres from and are attending their nearest national school or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) will be applied on a multi-annual basis for the years 2016 and 2017. The Deputy will be aware that details of the 197 successful school applicants in Categories 1 and 2 under the SWS (2016-2017) were announced on 28th April last, details of which are also published on my Department's website, www.education.ie. Under SWS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: I understand that the Deputy is referring in this case to the formal proposal received by my Department to amalgamate the two primary schools in Doneraile, County Cork. In that regard, I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department will be in direct contact with the school authority in the matter shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that details of the successful applicants under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) (2016-2017) were announced on 28th April last, details of which are published on my Department's website, www.education.ie. €30 million of the €80 million announced for the multi-annual Summer Works Scheme (2016-2017) is now being allocated for vital gas works and electrical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: Officials in my Department have confirmed that the student referred to by the Deputy, has appealed the decision of the awarding authority to the statutory independent Student Grants Appeals Board. The appeal was received by the Board on 28 April 2016 and will be heard within the 60 day timeframe provided for in the Student Support Act 2011. The Board will notify the student directly of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Drugs Strategy (18 May 2016)

Richard Bruton: My Department is represented on the Steering Group that has been established by the Department of Health to develop a new National Drugs Strategy. As part of the development of the new strategy, the Department of Health has engaged an independent expert team to conduct a review of the implementation of the current strategy. Officials from my Department met with the expert team conducting...