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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware I have secured funding in Budget 2023 and 2024 to pilot for the first time the provision of direct counselling and wellbeing supports in almost 650 primary schools across the country. This complements the excellent work that schools already undertake in respect of wellbeing, as well as other services provided by the state, such as the National Educational Psychologists...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (5 Mar 2024)

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school referred to has been approved for a project under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme. The project will provide the following accommodation at the school - 2 classroom SEN base, 12 SET rooms and reconfiguration of an existing staff room to provide HSCL room and new staff room. This project has been devolved for delivery to the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 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 Scheme (ASA) 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: Education Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The Physical Activity in Teaching and Learning Pilot Programme was launched on Thursday 22 February 2024 by the Minister for Sport and Physical Education, Thomas Byrne TD. A lottery system will not be used to select schools to participate in this Pilot Programme. Every application form received will be read and assessed against the stated criteria as set out below. The purpose of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing arrangements include a provision whereby schools experiencing rapid increases in enrolment can apply for additional permanent mainstream posts, using projected enrolment. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of surplus permanent teachers to other schools where vacancies exist. Ensuring efficiency in the annual redeployment processes is significant in terms of managing the overall teacher numbers. At Post-Primary level, following discussions between the relevant stakeholders, a voluntary redeployment scheme has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Mar 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 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 (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The Major Building Project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning -Stage 2(b) – Detailed Design, where the design team secure all statutory approvals and prepare the suite of tender documents. A revised planning permission is required as the original grant of planning permission for phase 2 of the major project has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Gaeltachta (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: Mar is eol don Teachta, bunaíodh an Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta faoi fhorálacha Alt 31 den Acht Oideachais 1998 le freastal a dhéanamh ar riachtanais oideachais na scoileanna Gaeltachta agus na scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge. Tá feidhmeanna maidir le múineadh na Gaeilge i scoileanna eile na tíre ag an gComhairle chomh maith....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of ground rents paid by my Department from 2016 to end 2023 is contained in the attached document. Information with regard to ground rents payable in 2024 is currently not available. With regard to payment by agencies under my remit, the matters raised by the Deputy are dealt with at local level by the agencies rather than centrally within...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Planning Issues (5 Mar 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 the Department. As the Deputy may be aware, for school planning purposes, the Department of Education divides the country into 314 school planning areas...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project at the school referred to by the Deputy, is at Architectural planning Stage 3 - Tender Action and Award. The project brief includes the Demolition of the existing school and the phased construction of a 1,000 pupil School with classrooms for Children with special Special Education needs and a PE Hall. The project is at an advanced stage of Architectural...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bus Services (5 Mar 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: Bus Services (5 Mar 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 Admissions (5 Mar 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 the Department. As part of planning for September 2024, data on applications for admission has been received by the Department from post-primary schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: Ensuring that every child's experience in school is positive and that they have qualified, engaged teachers available to support them in their learning is a priority area of action for the Government. While schools in certain locations are experiencing challenges in both recruiting teachers and obtaining substitute teachers, the vast majority of sanctioned teacher positions are filled. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers submitted an application for funding under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) for works to the school’s life safety systems. This application was assessed and approved by my Department and the school has been informed of this approval.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 Mar 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Mar 2024)

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