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Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: There are leaving certificate students listening to that. It is wrong that the Deputy is peddling that because exceptional students, whether in a community school, a DEIS school or a private school, will not be discriminated against because it is an all-school mark. It is a grade. It is a-----

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: It is a calculated grade coming from the school based on the performance.

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I used the example of an incredible school in the city centre here, Larkin College, where I spoke to a teacher who talked about the progression within one year. That progression would be monitored. That progression will not disadvantage a student in any way.

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I want to try to stick to the issues raised by the Deputy. He raised the issue of whether I will publish the public health advice. To be clear, the public health advice meant that we could model what the leaving certificate would look like. Using the public health advice, therefore, we modelled the leaving certificate with one exam per day, papers taking one and half hours, staggered entry...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I will try to answer as many of the Deputy's questions as I can in the short time available to me. I will ensure she gets a formal response to any that are unanswered. I agree with her regarding the impact in terms of the primary school transition. I re-emphasise that we had a meeting this morning with our officials on that issue. We are getting a lot of correspondence from both parents...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I thank the Deputies for their questions. Deputy Feighan raised the issue around the advisory group. The advisory group is a collection of management bodies, parent representative groups, student representative voices and the two main unions for the post-primary sector - the TUI and ASTI. The group has been working through a lot of issues and has met seven times. Each time it has met, it...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: If the Deputy wants to put down all the questions I will get a formal response for her.

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Finally, as it is important, may I make this point on the disadvantaged schools and the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS scheme? DEIS status exists for a reason, which is to support those schools. Whenever I have visited a DEIS school in my 18 months in this job, and I have been in many, I speak individually to the teachers, the principals and students and they talk about...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: There were a lot of questions there and I will try to rattle through them as best I can. In respect of the challenges of tutors outside school, I do not want to put out information before it is decided because we will be in a position next week to give guidance to schools. That information is critical but we have identified students who, for example, are taking music and have a music tutor...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Mar is eol don Teach, rinne mé cinneadh agus d'fhógair mé an cinneadh sin an tseachtain seo chaite-----

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Chuir mé an ardteistiméireacht ar athlá agus rinne mé an cinneadh fáchoinne córas úr na marcanna réamhbheartaithe agus an t-eolas fáchoinne na tuismitheoirí agus na mic léinn atá i gceist anois. Sin an fáth go raibh mé ag obair le mo chuid oifigeach ar an phlean sin agus bhí mé ag an chruinniú ar maidin leis...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: It is the policy of my Department 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 of appropriate educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application, for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation scheme, from the school authority in question. The application is currently being assessed and on completion of the assessment process the school authority will be informed directly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for additional school accommodation from the school referred to by the Deputy. Once the assessment process has been completed the school authority will be contacted directly with a decision.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has received an application, from the school in question, for capital funding under the Additional School Accommodation scheme. Officials from my Department are in contact with the school authorities regarding additional information. When this information is received, the application will be assessed and the school authority will be informed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application, for capital funding under the Additional School Accommodation scheme, from the school authority in question. The application is currently being assessed and as soon as the assessment process is completed the school authority will be informed directly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question applied for funding under my Department's multi-annual Summer Works Scheme (SWS) 2020 onwards for 'External Environment Projects.' The Deputy may be aware that I announced details of the schools that will receive funding in summer 2020 in respect of applications submitted for 'Life Safety Systems Projects.' Commensurate with the level...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The costs incurred by the Department in relation to access to online and hardcopy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 are set out in the following table. 2017 2018 2019 2020 to date €22,681.09 €16,914.04 €21,470.78 €3,454.85 The Department currently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: My Department uses specialised security software and associated hardware to monitor internet requests, log activity, apply internet content filters, and report on browsing history on the corporate desktop only. Internet activity is recorded only on devices inside the Department's networks and not on devices outside the Department's networks e.g. Smartphones. The production servers only...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The purpose of the Home Tuition Grant Scheme is to provide funding towards the provision of a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of specific reasons, are unable to attend school. Home tuition is not an alternative to a school placement and is provided in very limited and specific circumstances. By its nature, it is intended to be a short term intervention. The...