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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 Dec 2023)

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, using...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available and will take some time to compile. Once the information has been compiled, it will be forwarded to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: The Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 was published last year and is underpinned by an investment of €200m to support its implementation, committed to under Ireland’s National Development Plan (NDP). The first tranche of €50m issued to all recognised primary and post-primary schools in late 2021. The previous Digital Strategy for Schools 2015 to 2020 saw overall...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: Further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 5 December 2023, Currently there are 455 schools renting prefab accommodation, 323 primary schools and 132 post primary schools. A total of €28m was spent on renting prefabs in 2022. It is expected that there will be similar expenditure in 2023. Below is a breakdown of the 455 primary and post primary school's rental contracts for each...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2022/2023 school year, over 149,000 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2022/2023 school year, over 149,000 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services were provided...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (13 Dec 2023)

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. The Department is aware of pressures for school places in School Planning Areas across North Kildare and North Wicklow. A critical next...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (13 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that revised pay scales have been in place for new entrants to the public service, including teachers, with effect from 1 January 2011. I can confirm that my officials have checked the position with this person's current employer (Mayo Sligo Leitrim ETB) and I can confirm that this person is not currently employed as a teacher. This person is employed as a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (12 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: In line with the arrangements set out as part of the current Government formation, since January 2021 Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) is under the remit of my Department. TESS has three strands namely the statutory Educational Welfare Service (EWS) and the two school support services, the Home School Community Liaison Scheme and the School Completion Programme. The three TESS strands...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Lottery (12 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has not been able to find any records for the mentioned application or approval of funding to the company specified in his question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (12 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, for school planning purposes, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical Information System to anticipate school place demand. Information from a range of sources, including Child Benefit data, school enrolment data and information on residential development activity is used for this purpose. Additionally, Project...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, my Department has received an initial design (Stage 1) report and this report is currently being reviewed by my Department's professional and technical officials. This review is nearing completion and my Department will confirm the outcome of the review to the school authority shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (12 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: It is the Section 29 appeals process to which the correspondence relates. Section 29 of the Education Act 1998 as inserted by Section 7 of the Education (Admissions to schools) Act 2018 provides for an appeal, where a board of management, or a person acting on behalf of the board of management (normally the school principal) refuses to admit a student to a school, suspends a student for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: Earlier this year the Department received a report from a Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) working group. The report proposed the creation of a national relocation scheme whereby teachers would identify the locations that they would like to relocate to through a portal and then effectively “swap” with teachers in that location. The proposal included findings from a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: The school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy was delivered under my Department's Design and Build Programme and provides a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school with accommodation, including 7 classrooms, for children with special educational needs. The Letter of Acceptance (LOA) for the building project issued to the preferred tenderer on the 31st May 2022 commencing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (12 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department is committed to providing funding to recognised primary and post-primary schools in the free education scheme by way of per capita grants. The two main grants are the Capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, general up-keep etc. and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (12 Dec 2023)

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: State Examinations (12 Dec 2023)

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: School Funding (12 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department is committed to providing funding to recognised primary and post-primary schools in the free education scheme by way of per capita grants. The two main grants are the Capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, general up-keep etc. and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (12 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department aims to deliver high quality and inclusive education for all children and young people that addresses their needs, interests and ambitions. Forbairt, the Annual Statement of Priorities 2023, provides a roadmap to the delivery of the strategic and operational priorities set out in my Department’s Statement of Strategy 2023-2025. My Department’s main policy...