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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 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 Transport (14 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 are being transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. This figure includes over 135,000 children on mainstream services, 19,800 on children with special educational needs,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for my Department. As the Deputy may be aware, while there can be enrolment pressures and demand for additional school places in some areas, it is important...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that the school in question has submitted an application for capital funding, under my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The purpose of the Additional School Accommodation scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year and where the need...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: In Budget 2024 over €47 million was allocated to continue implementation of the schoolbooks scheme at primary level. On the 8th May I announced details of year 2 of the Primary Schoolbooks Scheme which provides at a minimum free schoolbooks, workbooks and copybooks to pupils in recognised primary and special schools. More than 563,000 pupils enrolled in approximately 3,230 primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter the Department’s pipeline of school buildings for a project to provide 2 classroom SEN base. A Stage 2b report has been submitted and is currently being reviewed from both a technical and cost perspective in accordance with the requirements of the Public Spending Code. All projects, including this one, will undergo the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is not in receipt of an application for the Additional School Accommodation (or 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 available...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 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 Transport (14 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 Funding (14 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 and with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes 31 new school buildings. These 300 projects currently at construction involve a total State investment of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The project referred to by the Deputy is devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of a programme of school building projects. The project will deliver a new purpose-built, 14 classroom school for pupils with special educational needs. The project commenced on site in Q4 2023 and pending no issues or delays, it is estimated to be completed before the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The project, to which the Deputy refers, has been devolved for delivery to Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB) and is part of a campus project. The project is currently at Stage 2a (detailed design) of the architectural design process. The Stage 2a report was received and is currently under review by the Department’s professional and technical team. Once this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, the major school building project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Louth County Council. Construction commenced onsite in July 2023. It is envisaged that, pending no further delays or issues, the build will be complete in early Quarter 2 2025. Louth County Council will keep the school authority informed of the project progress.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 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 and with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes 31 new school buildings. These 300 projects currently at construction involve a total State investment of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, my Department has invested in the region of €4.3 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 34 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 (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question was approved to enter the department’s pipeline of school buildings under my department's Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) Scheme to provide 1 SET room. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. A Stage 3 (tender report) has been received by my department which has been reviewed from both a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (14 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: School Staff (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The information requested by the Deputy is attached. No. of Supply Panel Clusters No. of Teachers (2020) No. of Teachers (2024) Kilkenny 1 3 4 Carlow 2 5 6

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise that approval under the Additional School Accommodation scheme issued to the school in question for the provision of reconfiguration to provide 2 x Engineering/Construction Studies Rooms, 1 x Design Communication Graphics Room, 1 x Technical Graphics Room & 3 x Special Educational Needs classrooms (Including Central Activities Space). The project is being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: In May 2023, I announced that adjustments will be made to the assessment arrangements for students due to sit State examinations in 2024. These are the same as the assessment adjustments that applied for students sitting the 2023 examinations, but updated as relevant. These arrangements were communicated to schools on 18 September 2023, and can be found at the following link:...