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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: At the outset, it is important to say my department is fully committed to ensuring that every child has an appropriate school place. In order to assist with the enrolment of children without a school place, my department shares information on available capacity with the Education Welfare Service (EWS), which operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, a piece of legislation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: As you may be aware, the purpose of the Climate Action Summer Works Scheme (CASWS) 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 CASWS operates on a multi-annual basis across a number of categories. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: Supporting youth services is a priority for the Department of Education and Youth, ensuring that young people in Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB) and across the country have access to valuable resources and opportunities. The Department recognises that evolving demographic patterns can place additional demands on youth service provision. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 282, 294 and 295 together. This Government is committed to ensuring that every child has a positive school experience, with access to qualified and engaged teachers who are dedicated to supporting their learning. A range of measures have been introduced to support schools in their recruitment efforts. One such measure is the PME Fee Refund Scheme. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and in line with the Teaching Council Registration Regulations, 2016. As set out in the Schedule of the Regulations, the Council registers teachers under five routes of registration: Route 1 - Primary, Route 2 - Post-primary, Route 3 - Further Education, Route 4 - Other and Route 5 - Student Teacher. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school in question. The school was issued a provisional letter of offer following their application for capital funding and the application is currently in the assessment process. The Government has now concluded the review of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 287 and 288 together. As the Deputy is aware, through Senior Cycle Redevelopment programme, the specifications for all Leaving Certificate curricular subjects are scheduled to be redeveloped by 2029, in annual groupings. The first tranche of 9 new and revised subjects have been introduced for this academic year and are available to study for all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the deputy that high-level statistics on the Exemptions from the study of Irish are published on the department’s website: The number of exemptions from the study of Irish granted to post primary students in 2023/24 by county are as follows: Post Primary Exemptions Granted 2023/24 Carlow 325 Cavan ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers to was granted approval for the provision of two special educational needs (SEN) classrooms under my Department’s SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme in January 2025. This programme involves the use of Project Management supports which is designed to enable the accommodation to be provided as quickly as possible and help...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: The project for the school to which the Deputy refers, has been devolved to Le Cheile Trust for delivery of the project. Following a stage 2a meeting in Q4 2024 additional information was requested from the Design Team. This has been recently received and is currently under review in accordance with Public Infrastructure Guidelines. The outcome of this review will be communicated to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm that my department is in receipt of an application for funding under the Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question. The school was issued a provisional letter of offer following their application for capital funding and on the basis of the agreed brief the Department's project managers were appointed to carry out a viability report on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm that my department is in receipt of an application for funding under the Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question. The school was issued a provisional letter of offer following their application for capital funding and on the basis of the agreed brief the Department's project managers were appointed to carry out a viability report on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm that my department is in receipt of an application for funding under the Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question. The school was issued a provisional letter of offer following their application for capital funding and on the basis of the agreed brief the Department's project managers were appointed to carry out a viability report on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school referred to by the Deputy were approved a project under my Department Modular scheme which has delivered four mainstream classrooms and two science labs in modular units as Phase 1 of this school permanent extension. As part of this project there is also ongoing reconfiguration works inside the school to provide two special education classrooms. As Phase 2 the school has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of Architectural planning- Stage 2B (Detailed Design) on the Department's ADAPT Programme. The ADAPT Programme uses a professional external Project Manager to achieve the best possible timeframe for the project through the stages of Architectural Planning to Tender and Construction. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: There is a major project for the school referred to by the Deputy which will provide a new extension to cater for 1,000 pupils plus Special Education Needs classes. The project is at completion of Stage 2(b) of the architectural design process. Stage 2(b) involves detailed design, securing all statutory approvals and the preparation of tender documentation. Planning Permission was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: Between 2023 and 2025, there has been an 8% increase in funding allocated under the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme (LYCGS), reflecting the Department’s continued commitment to supporting youth engagement at the community level. The LYCGS supports volunteer-led youth clubs and groups by providing grant aid towards their operational costs. Administered locally by the sixteen Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: The project referred to by the Deputy is a campus project devolved for delivery to Galway and Roscommon Educational Training Board (GRETB). This project was approved to proceed to tender and moved to Stage 3 of the architectural planning design process - Tender Action – Evaluation and Award in February 2025. The Department awaits the outcome of the tendering process to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm that my department is in receipt of an application for funding under the Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question. The school was issued a provisional letter of offer following their application for capital funding and on the basis of the agreed brief the Department's project managers were appointed to carry out a viability report on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (23 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: I assume that the Deputy is referring to the fact that further education teachers may have qualified with an Ordinary Bachelor’s Degree at Level 7 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) whereas applicants wishing to apply for a Professional Master of Education (PME) must have a minimum Honours Bachelor’s Degree, at Level 8 on the NFQ, along with other entry...

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