Results 1-20 of 235 for going forward speaker:Norma Foley

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...State per student for the school transport scheme is more than €1,100. That is incredibly good value. It is an excellent system but our objective is to ensure that more people will have an opportunity to avail of it going forward. Therefore, we have an ambitious projection forward of 100,000 additional students availing of the scheme by 2030. The temporary alleviation...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...nearest school, and who applied and paid on time. Specifically regarding primary school level, the issue has not cropped up quite as much at primary school because, generally speaking, children go to their nearest primary school, the local primary school. However, it is our ambition as part of the review I have referenced that the 3.2 km and the 4.8 km will be reduced. It will be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ..., we have a greater ambition in that we want an additional 100,000 students to be in a position to avail of the school transport system. It is for that reason we are looking at flexibilities going forward and reducing the criteria of 3.2 km at primary to 1 km, and the 4.8 km to 2 km. We are also looking at aligning the school transport scheme with the public transport service. That...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Teaching Qualifications (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...in the country in which they did their training. There was a derogation during Covid but that has now expired. The Teaching Council is currently looking at that to see what potential there is going forward. However, teachers are not qualified until they have completed their year of induction.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Teaching Qualifications (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...measure being introduced, that they could complete their induction here in Ireland. From the engagement with the Teaching Council, it is clear that it is looking to see what scope there is going forward, but it is ultimately a matter for the Teaching Council. It must be satisfied the appropriate qualifications are being applied in the appropriate manner for all teachers who wish to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...a point about the sharing of data. I want to acknowledge the co-operation we have received from the school on this, which has been quite phenomenal. That has indicated where there will be a shortfall going forward. As I said, we have already entered into discussions with Clarin College about raising its profile to 1,500. That will be done through staged development. Specifically...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...five-year period. The spurt in growth that has happened there is quite phenomenal. We are engaging and thanks to the co-operation of the principals the specific number that will be required going forward will become more apparent. We are committed to ensuring we will have those places for September 2024.

Seanad: School Enrolments: Motion (17 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...include 31 new school buildings. These 300 projects currently at construction involve a total State investment of over €1.2 billion. As part of a review of the national development plan allocations, Government recently approved new medium-term capital allocations for the Department of Education. This allows us to move forward with plans to further expand the number of available...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disadvantaged Status (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I do not disagree with the Deputy. It is important for the Department to have an independent assessment of the work of DEIS and then we will have an opportunity to see where we can go forward. The OECD Strength through Diversity: Education for Inclusive Societies project is currently engaged in a review. It has been here, and was here last summer. It is reviewing the entire DEIS area. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...is satisfied that the provision of a new school entity at post-primary level in the east Cork area is not required at this time. We will, however, keep it under review. I will specifically refer, going forward, to the plan the Deputy mentioned.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...mid-April we have been fortunate to allocate a third counsellor, and we will continue to recruit in that space. It is interesting that there are two pilots because it will give us greater learning going forward as to whether a combination of the two, or one or the other is the most appropriate with which to move forward. With specific regard to those who are training under the NEPS...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: .... That is being done between the Department’s planning and building unit and the management of patron bodies that represent the schools. Specifically, in terms of the ambitious project that is going forward, in the last number of years under this Government, more than 800 projects were completed. There are currently 300 projects at various stages of construction at this point...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Department of Education: Minister for Education (10 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: We depended on the HSE CHO areas to provide that information. In some areas, we got some of that information. In others, we got less, and in others, it was less again. There was not fairness because we were not getting the information that was needed across those CHO areas. It was determined that there was one place where that information would be available, which is within the school,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Issues for the Department of Education: Minister for Education (10 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: .... When the tender is completed, we will have a better view of who will be involved, what it will involve and so on. The general theme here is that there will be additional well-being supports going into post-primary schools. There is ongoing engagement between the Department of Health and the HSE, especially with well-being and health supports in the community and all that. I want to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...schools immediate needs. This is with a view to making the most appropriate provision possible for the school and for its current and future students and these classrooms have since been delivered. The Department has had on-going engagement with this school with a site visit by the Department's Professional Technical team carried out in recent months. Officials are considering...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...the timing of these examinations. Following completion of this wider evaluation process, the SEC will provide advice to my Department on the future timing of the leaving certificate oral examinations going forward. In the interim, the SEC considered it preferable to extend the Easter holiday timing for a further year and to mirror the arrangements that applied in 2023 again in 2024....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Admissions (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I want to be very clear; the Department carries out considerable forward planning. We have a geographical information system that allows us to look at current data and projected data. We engage with local authorities, school patrons and management bodies. We are consistently planning forward. That can be seen in the 300 projects currently under construction, which I have mentioned. That...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pleananna Oideachais (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...ar líne agus glao ar aighneachtaí scríofa, sraith grúpaí fócais, agus cruinnithe déthaobhacha idir mo Roinn agus páirtithe leasmhara. Tá anailís déanta ag Sealbhú, ionad taighde in DCU, ar an eolas ar fad a bailíodh le linn an chomhairliúcháin. Tá na tuairiscí faoi bhráid an Choiste Stiúrtha...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: ...that we have two different types of models, as it were, so that at the end of the day we will be able to adjudicate which model, or maybe a combination of the two models, will best meet our needs going forward. It is a new step for primary education, but it is a valuable one.