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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Cases (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department, or bodies under the aegis of my Department, have taken only one legal case against another Department, Government agency or State body in the past five years. I can inform the Deputy that this case was an appeal to the High Court of decision of the Information Commissioner in 2019 regarding documents the Department considers to be subject to legal privilege. The case was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) is under the remit of my Department. TESS operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, a piece of legislation that emphasises the promotion of school attendance, participation and retention. TESS has three strands namely the statutory Educational Welfare Service (EWS) and the two school support services the Home School Community Liaison (HSCL)...

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 are being transported on a daily basis to schools throughout the country. This figure comprises over 135,000 pupils travelling on mainstream services, 19,800 pupils with special educational needs, and 6,800 pupils who...

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 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 (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: This school campus building project provided a new 16 classroom primary school for the school referred to by the Deputy and a new 16 classroom primary school for another primary school. The project was delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme under a single contract. The combined total spend for both schools under this contract amounted to some €12 million...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Louth and Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB). This project will deliver 5 classrooms, a GP room, a library/resource area, a special education tuition room. a multi purpose room, other ancillary accommodation along with a 2 Class SEN Base. I am pleased to advise that the project is currently onsite and is expected...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: The first phase of the Schools PV Programme was launched on 23 November 2023. It provides eligible schools with up to 6 kilowatts peak of roof-mounted solar PV, which equates to approximately 16 solar panels and offers an opportunity for schools to reduce their carbon emissions and their energy costs. Each school which has been approved for funding under the programme is required to inform...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Folúntais ar Bhoird Stáit (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 641 and 642 together. Mar fhostóir, is faoin BOO é féin earcú agus ceapachán ball foirne aonair ag BOO chuig poist cheadaithe, ag brath ar chomhlíonadh le próisis agus nósanna imeachta ábhartha earcaíochta. Maidir le post an Stiúrthóra i BOO, níl aon riachtanas de chuid na Roinne Oideachais go...

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: 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 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: Teaching Qualifications (23 Jul 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: School Funding (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: School Staff (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 648 and 650 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. 649 and 651 together. The requested data is set out in the table. We expect preliminary data for academic year 2024/25 to be published in December 2024. County Kerry enrolments 2019-2023 School Level 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Primary 15,990 15,662 15,450 15,947 16,101 Special 233 248 277 277 287 Post-Primary ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (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 €200m included in the National Development Plan 2021-2030 providing continuity of funding following the €210m that issued to schools to support the previous strategy. To date, €100m of that funding has issued to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: As requested by the Deputy, please see the link below, which sets out projects for schools in Kerry which received initial approval in 2024. Please note that there are other school building projects in Co Kerry 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 is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Jul 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: Departmental Correspondence (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question. The purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (or ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is...

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 2023/24 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 were transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, the purpose of the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) is to enable individual school authorities to undertake small-scale building works on a devolved basis and, ideally, can be carried out during the summer months or at other times that avoid disrupting the operation of the school. The SWS operates on a multi-annual basis for categories of works such as roof works, window...