Written Answers Nos. 135-152
135. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress which has been made since June 2017 with regard to securing planning permission for a permanent home for a school (details supplied). [40242/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraBallinteer Educate Together National School is currently located on the Notre Dame campus, Upper Churchtown Road, Dublin 14 pending completion of the permanent accommodation for the school at the St. Tiernan’s Community School site in Balally. Outline planning permission was submitted to the relevant local authority in December 2012 but was refused on the grounds of site access. This was appealed by my Department to An Bord Pleanála but subsequently withdrawn to facilitate submission to the local authority of an amended outline planning permission in 2013, which was also refused on similar grounds.
This decision was appealed by my Department to An Bord Pleanála but was refused. However, the Board considered that the matter of assessing alternative means of accessing these lands would benefit from a co-ordinated approach by my Department and the local authority in the interests of achieving a comprehensive and balanced solution to ongoing access issues on this educational campus.
This is a complex planning issue and my Department is in ongoing contact with the relevant parties, including meeting with the local authority and third-party landowners on a number of occasions, with a view to finding an acceptable solution to the access issue. All aspects are being progressed in close liaison with the local authority and it is imperative, that all of this work is done to the satisfaction of the local authority in order to ensure that a third planning application is successful. My Department is fully committed to bringing this project to a satisfactory conclusion as soon as the planning issues have been resolved.
136. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of members of the inspectorate who are engaged or have previously engaged in post-primary inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40276/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra137. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of members of the inspectorate who are engaged or have previously engaged in post-primary inspections that have served as school principals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40277/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra138. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of members of the inspectorate who have served as principals in a DEIS post-primary school or elsewhere or as deputy principals, excluding those that subsequently became principals, in a DEIS post-primary school or elsewhere. [40278/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra139. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the post-primary inspectorate who regularly engaged in inspections; the number that have served four or more years as permanent teachers in a DEIS school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40279/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 36 to 39, inclusive, together.
Excluding the members of the Senior Management Team of the Inspectorate, there are currently fifty-five post-primary inspectors in service. With the exception of an inspector who has recently joined the service and is on induction, all regularly engage in inspection. The criteria for appointment as a post-primary inspector are included in the application process which is managed by the Public Appointments Service. While, to date, experience of having served in a leadership or management role in a second-level school or centre for education is listed as a desirable attribute in the recruitment process, experience as a principal, deputy principal or teacher in a DEIS school is not an essential requirement for these posts. Therefore, the Department does not currently hold the information requested by the Deputy.
140. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 January 2017 in voluntary secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40312/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra141. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 January 2017 in community schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40313/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra142. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 January 2017 in comprehensive schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40314/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra143. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 January 2017 in voluntary secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40315/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra144. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 January 2017 in community schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40316/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra145. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 January 2017 in comprehensive schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40317/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra146. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in voluntary secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40318/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra147. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in community schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40319/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra148. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in comprehensive schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40320/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra149. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in voluntary secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40321/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra150. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in community schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40322/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra151. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in comprehensive schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40323/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 140 to 151, inclusive, together.
The information as requested by the Deputy is being compiled and I will arrange for it to be forwarded to him.
The deferred reply under Standing Order 42A was forwarded to the Deputy.
152. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers in the voluntary secondary school sector who were in receipt of the gross additional payment of €796 in lieu of the supervision and substitution allowance in respect of the 2016-2017 school year on 2 June 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40324/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe number of teachers in the voluntary secondary school sector that were in receipt of the gross additional payment of €796 in lieu of the supervision and substitution allowance in respect of the 2016/2017 school year on 2 June 2017 is 1,113.
