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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I can inform the Deputy that my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist for responses...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Budget 2020 has provided for improved teacher staffing levels for small schools. This measure will see a more favourable pupil teacher ratio in small schools from September 2020. This improved schedule will apply in two, three and four teacher schools and ensure one less pupil is required to retain/recruit a teacher. This has been implemented in the recently published Circular 0018/2020...

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

Joe McHugh: The Educational Disadvantage Committee (EDC) was established under Section 32 of the Education Act, 1998, to advise the Minister for Education and Skills on policies and strategies to be adopted to identify and correct educational disadvantage. The Committee's final report 'Moving Beyond Educational Disadvantage' was published in December 2005. The Government decided, as part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I would like to inform the Deputy that the school in question has been approved Emergency Works funding for roof works. As this is a devolved project, it is a matter for the school authority to progress the works.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Furniture Provision (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I would like to inform the Deputy that a furniture grant for the school in question has been approved. The school was asked to provide the necessary documentation in order to release the approved funding but this documentation has not been received to date.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy will be aware, the decision making authority for any amalgamation belongs to the Patron/Trustees of the school and this is subject to my Department's approval. My Department understands that the body of work required for the amalgamation of the schools to which he refers is being progressed by the Patron.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Extra Curricular Activities (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Travel advice for all Irish citizens is provided through the and the most recent correct information will be available from there. The Department of Education and Skills issues information updates to schools, preschools and third level institutions on Covid-19 as they are received from the Department of Health, HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre and Dept. of Foreign Affairs and...

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

Joe McHugh: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that an application for major capital funding has been received from the school in question. Under the National Development Plan (NDP), increased funding has been provided for the school sector capital investment programme. This funding allows for a continued focus on the provision of new permanent school places to keep pace with demographic demand and also...

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

Joe McHugh: I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department does not have any Emergency Works Application on hand for the school in question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The Gaeltacht placement for student teachers in primary Initial Teacher Education is really important as an immersive Irish language experience. It is improves their communicative competence in Gaeilge, in the context of their future role as teachers of Irish and other subjects through Irish. It also enhances their understanding of life and culture in the Gaeltacht and the reality of life in...

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

Joe McHugh: Schools have been notified of the arrangements for the allocation of SNA support in respect of students in mainstream classes for 2020/21. The arrangements include the following provisions: - 2019/20 mainstream class SNA allocations will be frozen, from the date of issue of Circular 0030/2020, and will automatically rollover into the 2020/21 school year. This means that no school will...

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

Joe McHugh: My Department is not aware of a shortage of special education places in Co Wexford. Since 2011, the number of special classes in mainstream schools has increased almost threefold, from 548 to 1,618 for the 2019/2020 school year. There are currently 60 special classes in Co. Wexford, 15 in post primary and 45 in primary schools. 167 new special classes have been established nationally for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 241 together. As autonomous, independent higher education institutions it remains a matter for individual institutes of technology that are engaged in a consortium seeking to progress proposals for technological university designation under the 2018 Act to progress their proposals appropriately subject to their particular circumstances. Upon...

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

Joe McHugh: As the Deputy will be aware, a major project to provide an extension to the school in question is included in my Department's building programme to be delivered as part of the National Development Plan (NDP). It is intended that the project , when completed, will provide capacity for 1,000 students. In the meantime, I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has approved additional...

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

Joe McHugh: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school in question is included on the Department's Capital Programme to be delivered as part of the National Development Plan (NDP) and a site is being acquired for this purpose. My Department is engaging directly with the school in the context of the planning work associated with the project.

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

Joe McHugh: Schools have been notified of the arrangements for the allocation of SNA support in respect of students in mainstream classes for 2020/21. The arrangements include the following provisions: - 2019/20 mainstream class SNA allocations will be frozen, from the date of issue of Circular 0030/2020, and will automatically rollover into the 2020/21 school year. This means that no school will...

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

Joe McHugh: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school to which he refers has been approved funding for a project, under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme 2019, for six mainstream classrooms including en-suite WCs, two SET rooms, and one Assisted Users WC. I can further advise the Deputy that this project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority and is currently at the...

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

Joe McHugh: While it had been my Department’s intention to run the extended school year (ESY) scheme – also known as the July Provision Scheme – this year if possible, given the current school closures and public health restrictions, my Department is now reviewing this. My Department is considering contingency measures, including changes to the format of the scheme. Any changes will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home School Community Liaison Scheme (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: The assignment of HSCL Coordinators is addressed in my Department's Circular 0016/2019 "Home School Community Liaison Scheme: Assignment of Home School Community Liaison Coordinators within DEIS schools." . The Circular specifies that "A teacher shall be assigned to the post of HSCL Coordinator for a maximum of 5 years to be completed on the 31st August of the fifth year. All assignments...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (13 May 2020)

Joe McHugh: Under the employment contract for Assistant Lecturers in the Institute of Technology/Technological University sector, an Assistant Lecturer teaches such assigned classes as deemed appropriate by management, day or evening, up to 630 hours per annum, with a norm of 18 class contact hours per week. The equivalent figures for Lecturers in that sector are 560 hours per annum with a norm of 16...