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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The large-scale capital project at the school referred to by the Deputy is assigned to my Department’s ADAPT programme. ADAPT is an acronym for Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning and Tendering. Prior to the commencement of the main contract, necessary enabling works under the contract are progressing on site for a number of months. The Enabling works contractor...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise that the teacher referred to by the Deputy was granted a Carer's Leave of absence from her school for a specified period of time. The teacher applied to the Department to cancel the absence and return to work early. Officials from my Department liaised with the school regarding the cancellation of the Carer’s leave as the cancellation has an impact on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: Under Article 42 of the Constitution, the State acknowledges that the primary and natural educator of the child is the family. The State guarantees to respect the right and duty of parents to provide, according to their means, for the religious and moral, intellectual, physical and social education of their children. Parents are free to provide this education in their homes or in private...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: On the 23rd November, the first phase of the Schools PV Programme was launched by Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Ossian Smyth. It will provide eligible schools with 6 kilowatts of roof-mounted solar PV, which equates to approximately 16 solar panels. The scheme will be funded from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: On the 23rd November, the first phase of the Schools PV Programme was launched by Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Ossian Smyth. It will provide eligible schools with 6 kilowatts of roof-mounted solar PV, which equates to approximately 16 solar panels. The scheme will be funded from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Usage (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: On the 23rd November, the first phase of the Schools PV Programme was launched by Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Ossian Smyth. It will provide eligible schools with 6 kilowatts of roof-mounted solar PV, which equates to approximately 16 solar panels. The scheme will be funded from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jan 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 (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with the statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of Teachers in the State. The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The Council...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Galway & Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB). The Design Team for the project are currently progressing through Stage 1 of the architectural planning process (preliminary design), and the Stage 1 Report will be submitted to my Department in due course for review. Once this report is received, reviewed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The criteria required to have incremental credit awarded to qualified Special Needs Assistants(SNA) is set out in Circular 0139/2006. Paragraph 4.2 of this circular sets out the categories of employment that may attract incremental credit. Prior service as a nurse is one of those categories that may qualify an SNA for incremental credit. All Special Needs Assistants start on point 1 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 534 and 535 together. In relation to the school to which the Deputy refers, my Department is aware of some issues and is in close contact with DDLETB in respect of these issues. My Department and DDLETB are currently considering the most appropriate approach to facilitate a comprehensive solution for these issues in the medium term. The option remains open...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, responsibility for delivering a major project for the school referred to by the Deputy has been devolved to Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education & Training Board (DDLETB). The Department has been reviewing the next steps in the progression of the project and I am pleased to advise the Deputy that a feasibility study has been completed which has been shared...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, my Department has invested in the region of €3.5 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 690 school building projects with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects. School building projects at construction involve an overall State investment of over €1.2 billion. We also have over 200 modular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, my Department has invested in the region of €3.5 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 690 school building projects with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects. School building projects at construction involve an overall State investment of over €1.2 billion. We also have over 200 modular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department does not hold a schedule of datasets shared with other bodies covering the past 20 years to date. Where my Department shares personal data with another organisation, it does so on the basis of the lawful grounds set out in Article 6 (and Article 9 if applicable) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 i.e. with the consent of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with the statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of Teachers in the State. The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The school project to which the Deputy refers is devolved for delivery to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) as part of a bundled school building programme. The shared education campus is in the bundle referred to as ‘Project Liffey’. This project is progressing through the various stages in line with necessary governance and compliance. The project is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I can advise Deputy Ring that the Principal of Drom National School Drom, Templemore, Co. Tipperary was contacted by my office on the 28th December in relation to the schools unsuccessful application for the STEM grant and separately on the broadband connection within the school. Follow-up correspondence was received from the principal which will be replied to in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy, is assigned to my Department’s Design and Build programme. The Invitation to Tender for Greystones CC issued in April 2023, as part of a bundle of projects issued to the Department's Framework of Design & Build Contractors. Given the scale of works involving new purpose built accommodation for 10 schools, some of which are on campus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy, has been approved a project under my Departments Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme. This includes for the provision of 1 general classroom, 1 music room, 1 textiles room, 1 art room, 1 graphics room, 1 multimedia room, 1 science lab, 1 science prep area, 2 technology and shared prep area, and a 3 classroom SEN base. A Stage 1 report was...