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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department has recently received an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school authority 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (27 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department provides a wide range of supports to all schools, DEIS and non-DEIS, to support the inclusion of all students and address barriers to students achieving their potential. Supplementing the universal supports available to all schools, the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) Programme is a key policy initiative of my Department to address concentrated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 authority 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (27 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department is providing a payroll service for school secretaries with effect from 1st September 2023. The provision of a payroll service is part of a package agreed with Fórsa, the trade union representing school secretaries, following a series of engagements at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). While this agreement includes revised terms and conditions it does not accord...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (27 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: Caretakers are valued and vital members of the school system. The majority of primary and post-primary schools receive assistance to provide for caretaker services under grant schemes. Where a school employs a caretaker under these grant schemes to support those functions, those staff members are employees of the individual schools and as such the responsibility for the terms and conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers includes an extension to the existing school buildings, decanting if required, necessary to satisfactorily develop the post primary school on its existing site to cater for an enrolment of 700 pupils. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority and it has appointed a design team to progress the project. The Stage 2b...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (27 Feb 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 a new extension and refurbishment of the existing building, to provide accommodation for 1000 pupils with classrooms for children with Special Educational needs. My Department want to reassure the Deputy and the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Centres (27 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department has a number of robust processes and procedures in place to enhance and protect the security of its data centres and these are reviewed on a regular basis. For operational and security reasons, my Department has been previously advised by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) not to disclose details of systems and processes which could in any way compromise my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Feb 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: School Accommodation (22 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved the project under My Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for reconfiguration works for the provision of SEN pending the delivery of Modular Accommodation. This project was devolved to the school authority for delivery. In Q3 2023, the school informed my Department that works were completed, however the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (22 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The Public Service Pension (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, which repealed the Pensions (Abatement) Act 1965, provides for the abatement of public sector pensions in instances where a public service pensioner is appointed to a public service position on or after 1 November 2012. Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 24 of 2022 provides guidelines on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project for the completion of a school referred to by the deputy is at Architectural Planning Stage 3 – Tender Action and Award. A tender report is under review by Department Officials. When this review is complete my Department will be in contact with the School Authority and the Design Team to progress the project and to authorise the issue of the Letter of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The Emergency Works application to which the Deputy refers sought funding for the replacement of floor coverings throughout the school. The purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) is to provide funding for unforeseen emergencies. Issues such as floor coverings would generally fall under the area of general maintenance, and funding such as the Minor Works Grant is made available by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department has received an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question. The purpose of the 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 need cannot be met by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I can advise that my Department is in receipt of an application, under the Additional School Accommodation scheme, from Letterfrack NS, Connemara. 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 cannot be met by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (22 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: In relation to school admissions, it is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an admissions policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998 and the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. Under the provisions of the Act, school admission policies are approved by the Patron, following consultation with staff and parents of children who are attending...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Feb 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: Schools Building Projects (22 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers is part of a campus project for two schools in Wexford. The project is devolved for delivery to Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB). The Design Team for the project are currently progressing through the Stage 1 of the architectural process (preliminary design), and will submit the Stage 1 Report to the Department in due course....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers is part of a campus project. The project is devolved for delivery to Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB). The Design Team for the project are currently progressing through the Stage 1 of the architectural process (preliminary design), and will submit the Stage 1 Report to the Department in due course. Following a review and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (22 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme is the universal two-year pre-school programme available to all children within the eligible age range. The ECCE programme and policy, including the age rules, are under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The ECCE programme is available to all children who have turned 2...