Results 101-120 of 235 for going forward speaker:Norma Foley

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: ...become administrative principals if they have two or more special education classes. That is changing the experience of school for so many school leaders and we intend to build on that going forward. One in three staff is now post of responsibility holders or holders of some type of position within the school environment and we will grow that going forward and consider it again when we...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: Just leave that with me. I appreciate the case that the Chair is making. I will look at that and revert to him. In general, considerable investment is now going into the area of special education in excess of €2.3 billion. That is right and proper. We have also recently completed a review of special classes and special school provision. That will very much inform our projections...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: ...engagement. Indeed, the Chair will know that the Taoiseach has also visited. I think Deputy O’Sullivan was in attendance with him. The director of Cork Life would say that we have come forward with a positive proposal for him and for the benefit of the students. There is an opportunity to put the school, as it were, on a positive footing going forward. I can confirm that even...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: Under Project Ireland 2040, the education sector will receive a total of approximately €4.4 billion capital investment over the period 2021-2025. This significant investment allows us to move forward with certainty on our ambitious plans and deliver high quality building projects, with a real focus on sustainability, for school communities across Ireland. This investment will build on...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (26 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: It will go to public consultation. I cannot give the Deputy the exact date of when it will be completed but it is a very positive step forward that it will go to public consultation. With regard to students taking another language, I wish to be very clear that if it has been identified after a series of interventions that a student cannot access the Irish language, it is identifiable. I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (25 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: Under Project Ireland 2040, the education sector will receive a total of approximately €4.4 billion capital investment over the period 2021-2025. This significant investment allows us to move forward with certainty on our ambitious plans and deliver high quality building projects, with a real focus on sustainability, for school communities across Ireland. This investment will build on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: Under Project Ireland 2040, the education sector will receive a total of approximately €4.4 billion capital investment over the period 2021-2025. This significant investment allows us to move forward with certainty on our ambitious plans and deliver high quality building projects, with a real focus on sustainability, for school communities across Ireland. This investment will build on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: ...Education & Training Board (LCETB). A Traffic Management Survey is currently underway. The Design Team is working in consultation with the Department and the Local Authority to inform the design going forward. It is envisaged that when this process is complete, the Department can expect to receive the Stage 1 Report in due course. While this project is still at an early stage,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: ...and relevant research since the current action plan was published in 2013. I have been advised that the steering committee aims to have its work completed by the end of November and I look forward to receiving its recommendations. Regarding teacher supply, a number of important actions have been taken including more than 3,400 primary and post-primary newly qualified teachers this year...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I will be clear on the commitment of the Department to the Cork Life Centre. There is a very clear and obvious commitment by the Department. Again, there is significant funding of €177,500 going from the Department directly to Cork Life Centre and 6,000 co-operation hours between ourselves and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, which in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: ...imbedded in senior cycle. Aspects would be the orals, music at Easter time, that is, outside of school time, and a review on how it operated last year with a view to seeing how we can imbed that going forward. In terms of bullying, I acknowledge the work of Dr. Noel Purdy, as I said initially, who is chairing the steering group. He is of Stranmillis University College, Antrim. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: ...we referenced earlier, there are a number of different centres and different scenarios in operation in each of those centres. There is a demand to find a common link and sustainability for all of them, going forward. The Chairman made reference to the visit the committee made to Mountjoy Prison, which also benefits from co-operation hours. I made the point earlier that many other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: ...about Cork Life Centre; it is about all the centres. There must be equality in terms of what we implement. The implementation group is charged with ensuring the sustainability of all these centres going forward. The Deputy referenced the staff. The staff are employed under the terms and conditions in line with arrangements that apply to settings outside the recognised school system....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: ...had specifically asked for certain clarifications. That was done and published. There has been considerable consultation. The next step is the implementation. There will be opportunities as we go forward. Irrespective of the formula that will be employed, there is a shared agenda to make this work and to make it viable and sustainable. It is not without its challenges. No two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: ...including for extra-curricular reading, required. I have been a beneficiary of that. They demonstrate terrific leadership and collaboration with the schools and we would like to grow and nurture that going forward as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: ...out the postgraduate opportunity for staff with costs covered by the Department. It is equally important to say that students need to have that information. As regards how we will proceed going forward, a public consultation process is open until 18 October 2022. I have invited everyone, and I take the opportunity to reiterate this, to express their thoughts, views and opinions on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: ...currently available at post-primary level, notwithstanding what the Chair said in terms of this type of provision. From the learnings we will have at primary level, there will be opportunities to go beyond that. In the first instance, we will roll this out, evaluate it and see what opportunities there are going forward. I agree with the Chair that this is a necessary and timely...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Educational Psychological Service (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: ...say that the high level working group, which is chaired by the Secretary General, underlining the importance that we in the Department place upon it, is looking at a whole variety of opportunities going forward. Among those is the decision that has been taken to sponsor a cohort of third year students for the 2022-2023 academic year by providing a contribution to their fees and associated...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: ...ground progress is. We also specifically referenced the expectation of proceeding to tender for Griffeen Community College, which will take place later this year. Coláiste Pobail Fóla will also go to tender this year. The Citywest campus project the Deputy referred to is significant and is part of the ADAPT 3 building programme. The project manager has now proceeded to...