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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my department is in receipt of an application under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question for 2x Mainstream classrooms, 1x Special tuition room and 1x UAWC. The Government has now concluded the review of the National Development Plan which sets out the capital allocations for each Government Department for the 2026 to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 Government has now concluded the review of the National Development Plan which sets out the capital allocations for each Government Department for the 2026 to 2030 period. The NDP outcome involves an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school referred to was approved to enter my Department's pipeline of building projects under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for the provision of 1 mainstream classroom along with a prefab replacement project delivering 3 mainstream classrooms & 2 special education tuition rooms. The project is devolved to the school authority for delivery. I can confirm that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the two schools in question to provide both mainstream and Special Educational Needs classrooms. The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom and accommodation for students with special educational needs is available...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 456 and 457 together. My Department has an obligation to publish a list of any payments over the value of €20,000 each quarter. In line with my Department's Communications Guidelines all such reports are published in PDF format. This is to avoid potential manipulation of the data contained in such reports. The finalised table of payments is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: My Department’s main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in the area. Parents have the right to choose which school to apply to and where the school has places available for the relevant year, the student should be admitted. However, in schools where there are more applicants than places available, a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers was granted capital funding for the provision of two Special Educational Needs Classrooms (SEN), under my Department’s SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. 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 ease the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: The major building project referred to by the Deputy will deliver a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school with 6 classrooms for children with special education needs. The project will be delivered under my Department's ADAPT 4 Programme - Programme Innovate. This programme will be led by Integrated Project Teams consisting of highly skilled and experienced design professionals, architects,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers submitted an application for funding under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) for roof works. The EWS operates on the basis of a minimal scope of works to remedy an emergency situation and the roof survey to which the Deputy refers was sought by the EWS team in order to inform an appropriate scope of works to remedy the issues with the roof. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: My Department recognises the importance of the Minor Works Grant to primary schools. The Minor Works Grant is provided to all primary and special schools, to enable them undertake small-scale minor maintenance and improvement works on a devolved basis. Schools have the autonomy to use this funding for maintenance and small-scale improvements to school buildings and grounds. Given that each...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: Under Section 38 of the Teaching Council Act, all initial teacher education programmes must be accredited by the Teaching Council for registration purposes. The Council reviewed its policy on standards for programmes of initial teacher education and published updated standards in Céim Standards for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) in October 2020. The revised standards place inclusive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: Recognising the vitally important role of secretaries and caretakers within school communities, I and my officials have been working intensively with stakeholders, with the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) and with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, to establish a platform for meaningful discussion and resolution. On Friday 5th September, following constructive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school referred to by the Deputy is currently based in temporary accommodation. It is intended that the school will relocate to a former primary school building that is currently occupied by a special school, pending the construction of a new school building for that special school. The new school building for the special school is currently underway and it is envisaged that it will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Funding (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: My Department has successfully secured REPowerEU funding to expand the School Pathfinder Decarbonisation and Retrofit Programme during summer 2025. The Department’s application drew on data collected through the Energy Inventory Pilot, which covered schools in Kildare, Meath, Offaly, Wicklow and Wexford. A total of 40 schools across these five counties were included in the initial...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: After-School Support Services (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. The Department of Education and Youth acknowledges the increasing demand for after-school places and the essential role these services play in supporting children and families. While the direct provision of after-school care is not within the Department’s remit, the department works closely with the Department of Children,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Uniforms (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: I recognise that back-to-school costs can place real financial pressure on families. Decisions on school uniforms are a matter for individual schools and Boards of Management. Circular 0032/2017 sets out the principles of cost-effective practice to be adopted by schools to reduce the cost of returning to school. Under these measures, schools are advised that they should select school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Teaching Council, as the professional regulatory body for teaching, has statutory responsibility for the accreditation of initial teacher education (ITE) programmes and for the registration of primary and post-primary teachers. Revised standards for the accreditation of programmes of ITE, Céim – Standards for Initial Teacher Education, were published by the Teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: Tackling education disadvantage and helping students reach their full potential is a key priority for the Minister for Education and Youth. Currently, the DEIS programme supports almost 1,200 primary and post-primary schools, reaching approximately 260,000 students, with an annual investment of over € 180 million. The DEIS programme is targeted at schools with the highest levels of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Sep 2025)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy has noted, the Programme for Government commits to expanding the Junior Certificate School Programme (JCSP) Library Project. The JCSP Demonstration Library Project was developed in 2002 under the Early Literacy Initiative. Within the Demonstration Library Project, there are 32 professional librarians employed by the CDETB who are based in 30 schools that works part of a network...

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