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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Welfare Eligibility (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: The criteria required to have incremental credit awarded to qualified Special Needs Assistants(SNA) is set out at www.gov.ie/en/circular/352100e5203d485da40e4f113a5dad5e/, and was agreed with the unions representing the Special Needs Assistants, School Management Representatives, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and the Department of Education. Documentation from the...

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

Norma Foley: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated. When this is completed my Department will reply in writing directly to the Deputy.

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

Norma Foley: The school under reference in Fermoy was established in 2018 under the patronage divestment process. Fermoy was one of a number of areas surveyed in 2012/13 under the patronage divesting process, where there was sufficient parental demand supporting changes in school patronage. The areas surveyed were areas where demographics were not growing and therefore it was unlikely that a new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (23 Jul 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 and general up-keep, and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: Please see table below for pupil-teacher ratio at primary level for the EU, OECD and Ireland from 2014-15 to 2022-23, the latest data available. Year Ireland OECD* EU-27 Average** 2014/15 16.2 15.7 14.2 2015/16 16 15.4 15.2 2016/17 15.7 15.6 14.6 2017/18 15.3 15.3 14.5 2018/19 15.2 15.2 15.7 2019/20 15 14.9 13.5 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (23 Jul 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 and general up-keep, and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....

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

Norma Foley: Further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 11 July 2024 - Subject to the type of provision, the number of SEN classrooms, site and accommodation constraints ancillary accommodation associated with Special Education Needs Bases can include a Central Activities Space, Quiet Spaces, a Multi-Activity Room, Daily Living Skills space, Secure Soft Play Area and Sensory Garden. Special Schools...

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

Norma Foley: For academic year 2023/24 there were 546,758 pupils in primary schools, 9,326 pupils in special schools and 416,620 pupils in post-primary schools. Data is taken from the relevant final enrolments for 2023/24 and can be found at the link below: www.gov.ie/en/collection/63363b-data-on-individual-schools/ Enrolment projection data has been taken from our recently published projection report for...

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

Norma Foley: For academic year 2023/24 there were 43,429 pupils in Irish medium primary schools and 14,236 pupils in Irish medium post-primary schools. At primary level Irish medium schools are those schools with an Irish Classification of "all subject through Irish", for post-primary, Irish medium schools are those schools with an Irish Classification of "all pupils taught all subjects through Irish"....

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

Norma Foley: The Emergency Works application to which the Deputy refers sought funding for the replacement of fencing around the school grounds. The purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) is to provide funding for unforeseen emergencies. Issues such as fencing would generally fall under the area of general maintenance. The application was rejected as the EWS team deemed the application as not sudden...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Process (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: The Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024 was approved by Government on 16 April 2024 and published on 22 April 2024. The drafting of the Bill was informed by consideration of the final report of a survivor-led Consultative Forum, which was supported by professionally qualified facilitators engaged by my Department, alongside other submissions received from...

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 are transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides psychological support to all primary, post-primary, and special schools. NEPS provides access for all schools to:Psychological support in the event of a Critical IncidentA casework service for individual students where there is a need for intensive consultation and assessment via a NEPS psychologist or through...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: The requested information for the years 2019–2023 inclusive is set out below, 2023 being the latest year we have class size data. The figures are based on mainstream classes in mainstream schools and were collated from the relevant Class Size tables. The tables are published on the Departments of Education's website and can be found at the link below:...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sports Facilities (23 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, investment and expenditure on PE Halls is an element of the overall expenditure and investment in the School Building Programme. The provision of General Purpose (GP) rooms and PE Halls, at primary and post primary level respectively, as well as outdoor hard play areas, form part of the accommodation brief for all new school buildings or where a major building or...

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 are transported on a daily basis to...

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

Norma Foley: Prior to 2022, principal release days were allocated on the basis of the number of mainstream teachers in the school. As part of Budget 2022 measures, I ensured that all schools with a teaching principal have a minimum of 37 Principal Release Days. i.e. one administrative day per week. Schools with one special class have 4 additional release days, a total of 41 in the school year and schools...

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

Norma Foley: The current annual rates for Assistant Principal I and Assistant Principal II posts are €10,074 and €4,457 respectively. The cost of an additional 1,700 Assistant Principal I posts for the first year is approximately €2.5m, with a full year cost of approximately €7.5m. The cost of an additional 1,700 Assistant Principal II posts for the first year is approximately...

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

Norma Foley: The large-scale capital project at the school is included in my Department’s construction programme which will be delivered under the National Development Plan (NDP) as part of the Project Ireland 2040 framework. The project is at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning Stage 3 – Tender Action and Award. The tender report was reviewed by my Department, and the Letter of...

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 2023/2024 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 arrived to Ireland from Ukraine are transported on a daily basis to...