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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that there is no current Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme application on hand, from the school in question. 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 Staff (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The Special Education Teaching allocation provides a single unified allocation for special educational support teaching needs to each school, based on each school’s educational profile and also encompasses the Language Support (EAL) allocation that schools were allocated in previous years. All schools are advised in the first instance to review whether the needs of newly enrolled...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: A request for additional information was requested from the Deputy. This will be forwarded directly once it is received.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: In line with the arrangements set out as part of the current Government formation, since January 2021 Tusla Education Support Services (TESS), is under the remit of my Department. TESS operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, a piece of legislation that emphasises the promotion of school attendance, participation and retention. TESS has three strands namely the Statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: As you 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: School Funding (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) grant scheme was an action in the new STEM Education Implementation Plan published in 2023. The grant is to support schools in carrying out projects to stimulate an increased interest in STEM and included an application process as with other STEM initiatives in the past such as the STEM clusters project. As you are aware the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department has no current record of receiving an application for additional temporary accommodation from the school in question. The school in question received approval for a permanent build which consists of 2x Special education classrooms, 7x mainstream classrooms and toilets. This project is currently at stage 2b with delivery section. As part of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the deputy refers submitted an Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) application for funding for a roof replacement. The EWS operates on the basis of a minimal scope of works and the school was advised to submit a revised scope of works based on a leak detection test, and an accompanying Itemised Cost Breakdown for the revised scope of works. My Department is currently awaiting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The first school referred to by the Deputy was approved a project under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme to provide a 2 classroom SEN base. This project has been devolved for delivery to the Cork ETB (CETB). My Department are awaiting a stage 1 report submission from the CETB. Once received this will be reviewed and the outcome of the review will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 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 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 to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The permanent school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is part of a campus development and will provide a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including 6 classrooms, for children with special educational needs. The project will be delivered under my Department's ADAPT Programme which uses a professional external Project Manager to co-ordinate and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that requirements for school places is kept under on-going review in the context of available information on population, enrolments and residential development activity. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: All persons featured in this video work are educational professionals and participated on a voluntary basis. The only payments received by participants were their travel expenses (for participating in the production which took place in Dublin), all of which have been vouched. The video piece concludes with a professional voice-over who directs viewers to a government website to find out more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved a project under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme to provide 4 General Classrooms, 1 Technology Room, 1 Technology Preparatory Area, 3 Science Laboratories, 1 Science Prep Area, 1 Art Room, 1 Music Room,1 Multimedia Room , 1 Textile Room 1 Home Economics Room , a 4 Class Special Education Needs Base, 1...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (1 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: While my Department is aware of some local discussions around potential sites for a new school in Carrick-on-Shannon, I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not currently have plans in place with regards to the potential purchase of a new site for the school in question. The long-term school accommodation requirements in Carrick-on-Shannon remain under consideration by my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the state examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (1 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The Teaching Council is the statutory body with responsibility for registering teachers in Ireland. 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 -...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (1 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the decision making authority for a change of status to co-education is the patron/trustees of the schools, subject to the approval of the Department. Local consultation regarding potential change of status to coeducation is encouraged by the Department but it is the responsibility of the patrons to undertake any consultation that they deem appropriate and to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (1 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved for a project under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme to provide five special education classes including hard and soft play areas and a sensory garden. The project has been devolved to the school authority for delivery. The school authority appointed a design team and my Department has received the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Feb 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. My Department is aware of pressures for school places for the 2024/25 school year in Greystones and Kilcoole. A critical next step for my...