Results 2,061-2,080 of 19,559 for speaker:Norma Foley
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: My Department supports and encourages the use of School Buildings and School Sports Facilities outside of School Hours for community and recreational purposes, where feasible, including childcare and after school uses. A set of revised procedures on the 'Use of School Buildings and School Sports Facilities outside of School Hours' were published in June 2024. The purpose of these procedures...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 599 to 602, inclusive, together. The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2023/2024 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: Decisions regarding the use and deployment of digital technology in schools is a matter for the Board of Management of each school in the context of their digital learning planning. Schools are advised to consult with members of the school community including parents when planning for the introduction of digital technologies including devices with cost and other implications been fully...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Jul 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: Education Policy (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) is redeveloping the Primary School Curriculum with a commitment to building on the successes and strengths of the, current, Primary School Curriculum published 25 years ago in 1999. This commitment includes fostering a sense of Irish identity which was a key issue in primary education as part of the 1999 curriculum (Government of...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: The position is that the form requested has been completed and has issued to the individual concerned. The form issued on 9th July 2024.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 607, 608 and 609 together. Teaching Transforms is an annual campaign organised by my Department to promote the teaching profession. It encourages students to follow a career in teaching. The aim of the campaign is to increase the supply of teachers, to increase the diversity of the teaching workforce and to encourage career changers to consider teaching as a...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: Since 2020, my department has invested in the region of €4.9 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 900 school building projects and with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes 30 new school buildings. These 300 projects currently at construction involve a total State investment of over €1.2bn....
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: The school campus building project for the schools referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department’s Construction Programme and will deliver a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including 6 classrooms, for children with special educational needs and a new 8 classroom primary school and accommodation, including 2 classrooms, for children with special...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 614, 615, 616 and 617 together. The numbers employed in our schools will reach the highest ever level in the current school year. Currently there are over 42,900 teaching posts allocated across the primary school system. This represents an increase of just over 5,000 teachers when compared with the 2019/20 year when I took up office. In three of the recent...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: My Department recognises that school leaders play a key role in improving student learning outcomes by creating a positive school climate and environment as well as motivating and empowering educators and learners within their school community. It is generally accepted that the quality of school leadership is second only to effective classroom teaching, in having a crucial impact on student...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: 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 similar types of schools equally. The staffing arrangements include a provision whereby schools experiencing...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: The Programme for Government commits to establishing a Citizens’ Assembly on the Future of Education ensuring that the voices of young people and those being educated are central. The establishment of the Citizens’ Assembly on the Future of Education and its Terms of Reference will be the subject of a Government decision and resolutions of the Dáil and Seanad at the...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist for responses to queries arising,...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: The project referred to by the Deputy has been devolved for delivery to Louth and Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB). The project is at Stage 2b of the architectural planning process. The Stage 2b report has been received and reviewed in my Department. My Department has now issued some comments to the design team which must be addressed before this stage can be finalised. Following a...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: Since 2020, my department has invested in the region of €4.9 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 900 school building projects and with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes 30 new school buildings. These 300 projects currently at construction involve a total State investment of over €1.2...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 624 and 626 together. The Department of Education publishes details of the total number of teachers appointed to primary schools, and to Voluntary Secondary and Community and Comprehensive post primary Schools each year, and this information is available at: www.gov.ie/en/publication/c97fbd-teacher-statistics/ My Department does not currently collate, or...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 625 and 627 together. The requested data is set out at the link. We expect preliminary data for academic year 2024/25 to be published in December 2024. Please note enrolment data is taken from the POD and PPOD databases. All enrolments are as per the census date, 30 September, for each year.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: The Digital Strategy for Schools 2027, which builds on the progress made under the previous Digital Strategy (2015-2020), is underpinned by an investment of some €200 million included in the National Development Plan 2021-2030 providing continuity of funding following the €210 million that issued to schools to support the previous strategy. To date, €100 million of that...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jul 2024)
Norma Foley: As requested by the Deputy, please see the following link showing projects for schools in Limerick which received initial approval in 2024. Please note that there are other school building projects in Co Limerick at various stages of progress. The Department's website provides a list, by county, of all projects being progressed under the large scale and additional accommodation scheme. This...