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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (2 May 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department is committed to providing funding to recognised primary and post-primary schools in the free education scheme by way of per capita grants. The two main grants are the Capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, general up-keep etc. and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 May 2024)

Norma Foley: A potential property has been identified to provide permanent accommodation for the school referred to by the Deputy. An architectural consultant has determined that it is feasible to develop this site and property to provide the accommodation required by the school. Given the commercial sensitivities associated with acquisitions generally I am not in a position to comment further at this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (2 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 159 and 160 together. My Department has a strong record with respect to sustainable energy in school buildings and this performance has been recognised at both national and international level with sustainable energy awards for excellence in design and specification. My Department’s approach to the decarbonisation of the school sector is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (2 May 2024)

Norma Foley: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with the statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the State. The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The project for the school referred to by the Deputy when complete will provide a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school building and accommodation, including 4 classrooms, for children with special educational needs on the permanent site for the school. The decision to grant planning permission for the permanent school was received from An Bord Pleanála on 25th October 2023. Projects...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The school referred by the Deputy has been approved to be included in the Department's school building pipeline for a project that involves providing 2 mainstream classrooms, 4 special education tuition rooms, and converting 2 special education classrooms under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. I can confirm that documentation submitted for the project in the fourth...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 161,600 children, including over 135,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 19,800 pupils with special educational needs, and 6,800 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine are transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 May 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, my Department has invested in the region of €4.5 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 800 school building projects. Construction is currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes 31 new school buildings. Projects at construction involve a total State investment of over €1.2bn. I recently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 May 2024)

Norma Foley: Please find attached requested data. The data provided is for the 2022-2023 academic year, the latest year we have final enrolment data. The data was collated from the relevant primary and post-primary school lists which can be found at the link below. We expect to publish final data for academic year 2023-2024 in June 2024. www.gov.ie/en/collection/63363b-data-on-individual-schools/

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question has been granted funding through my Department's Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme to establish a one classroom SEN base. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. A Stage 3 (tender report) has been received for evaluation. Once this report has been reviewed My Department officials will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 161,600 children, including over 135,000 pupils traveling on primary and post primary services, 19,800 pupils with special educational needs, and 6,800 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine are transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was granted funding under my Department's Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) Scheme to provide one mainstream classroom, one SEN classroom, and refurbishment works to provide two classrooms SEN and six SET rooms. The responsibility for this project has been devolved to the school authority. The project is currently at Stage 2a and the school has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The Leave of Absence following Assault Scheme is contained in the Department’s Circular Letter 0061/2017 for teachers and 0062/2017 for SNAs. It provides for special leave with pay (subject to specified limits) to a teacher or special needs assistant who is unable to perform their duties due to a physical injury following an assault that happened in the course of their duties and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the state examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Insurance (1 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that where persons consider that they may be entitled to a refund of social insurance contributions, they may apply to the Department of Social Protection for such a refund. Details of the criteria for qualification in respect of a refund of contributions, and details of how persons can apply for a refund, is available at Prsi Refund (mywelfare.ie)

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 161,600 children, including over 135,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 19,800 pupils with special educational needs, and 6,800 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine are transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (1 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that in Q1 of 2023 formal approval was issued to an ongoing ASA project nearby allowing them to utilise an adjacent department-owned land for traffic management associated with that school and the school in question. This is a very positive step forward for the future of both projects, which should assist in terms of alleviating significant planning concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB) for the provision of a new 32-classroom primary school and a 2-class SEN base. Following receipt of a detailed design and planning report from LCETB's design team, my Department recommended enhancements to the project, which related principally to the proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 and 148 together. The school to which the Deputy refers is currently located in interim accommodation on the Dunshaughlin GAA Site. My Department is currently working on providing additional interim accommodation in order to meet the demand for September 2024/2025 school year and expects to lodge an application for an extension to the planning permission...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The Leave of Absence following Assault Scheme is contained in the Department’s Circular Letter 0061/2017 for teachers and 0062/2017 for SNAs. It provides for special leave with pay (subject to specified limits) to a teacher or special needs assistant who is unable to perform their duties due to a physical injury following an assault that happened in the course of their duties and...