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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: Individual employees with queries on employment matters should be directed back to their employer and union where appropriate.  If the union wants to raise issues, there are structures within which they can do so either with the employer or with the Department.  Matters relating to industrial relations or terms and conditions are handled by the mechanisms in place to deal with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: On the 1 May 2020, the Taoiseach announced as part of the "Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business" that schools will commence opening on a phased basis at the beginning of the 2020/2021 academic year.  On Friday my Department published the report to Government “Planning for reopening schools in line with the Roadmap for reopening society and business”...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home School Community Liaison Scheme (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: The Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) Scheme is a school-based intervention provided to DEIS schools to address the needs of all pupils/families at risk of educational disadvantage through acknowledging and developing the role of the parent as prime educator. Currently, all DEIS Urban Primary and DEIS Post Primary schools are included in the Home School Community Liaison...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that decisions in relation to schools re-opening and operating will be underpinned by the ongoing Public Health advice. Engagement is underway with stakeholders in the education sector to develop contingency plans for the re-opening and operation of schools. On 12th June, 2020, my Department published a plan for reopening schools in line with the Roadmap for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: My Department has published details of a summer programme for children with special educational needs enrolled in special schools, special classes and mainstream classes.  The programme incorporates some aspects of the July Provision of previous years.  Summer Provision 2020 – Reconnecting with Education, is a significantly expanded programme for children with complex...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: The vital importance of history, both national history and world history, and the study of history is central to an understanding not just of the past but also of the conditions which created the society in which we live and the many factors which influence the way people live their lives and the attitudes, both positive and negative, which exist in our society. I believe it is important that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (16 Jun 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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has received a Stage 2b report from the school to which he refers.  My Department will be in contact with the school directly once its review of this report has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. The arrangements for panel access for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (16 Jun 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 roll over into the 2020/21 school year. This means that no school will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: Education Centres are statutory bodies recognised under Section 37 of the Education Act (1998) and are managed by local voluntary Management Committees which are elected annually. My Department arranges for the secondment of teachers from their teaching posts for the purpose of developing and providing CPD for teachers and for the appointment as Directors of Education Support Centres...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: The Teaching Council is the statutory body with responsibility for professional standards at all stages of the teaching career. It has established standards for post-qualification professional practice, as set out in Droichead, the integrated professional induction framework for newly qualified primary and post-primary teachers. Due to Covid-19 and the unprecedented situation of school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: I published detailed guidance for schools on the operation of the calculated grades process on 21 May. The guidance was developed following extensive consultation with representatives of teachers, principals and school management authorities. The guidance document sets out procedures if there is not sufficient evidence available in the school on which to base a sound estimate, such as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: Budget 2020 has provided for 1,064 additional SNAs posts, for allocation in 2020, which will bring the total number of SNA posts in schools to over 17,000 in 2020, an increase of over 60% since 2011. 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: -...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm that the school in question submitted an application for capital funding under my Department's multi-annual Summer Works Scheme (SWS) 2020 onwards for Fabric Defects (Category 9). In late 2019, I announced details of the schools that will receive funding in Summer 2020 in respect of applications submitted for "Life Safety Systems projects" (Category 1). Commensurate with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: My Department has published details of a summer programme for children with special educational needs enrolled in special schools, special classes and mainstream classes. The programme incorporates some aspects of the July Provision of previous years. Summer Provision 2020 – Reconnecting with Education, is a significantly expanded programme for children with complex special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts is published annually on the Department website. 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. The staffing schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: To support schools in prioritising the continuity of teaching and learning during the period of school closure due to public health restrictions following the issue of €50m in ICT grant funding, my Department advised schools of the direct drawdown mechanisms for the purchase of laptops. Schools were informed that HEAnet would operate an aggregated order process on its Single Provider...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: My Department has published details of a summer programme for children with special educational needs enrolled in special schools, special classes and mainstream classes. The programme incorporates some aspects of the July Provision of previous years. Summer Provision 2020 – Reconnecting with Education, is a significantly expanded programme for children with complex special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (16 Jun 2020)

Joe McHugh: As part of the collaborative response to this pandemic with key tertiary education stakeholders, the Department has established working groups composed of experts to assess and respond to the impacts of Covid 19 across the Sector. These working groups members are reviewing immediate operations, medium term contingency planning and the review of specific and acute needs within Tertiary...