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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (21 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department does not collate ownership related information at the level of detail requested in regard to exercise, operation, training or research. I can, therefore, confirm to the Deputy that the information in response to his question is not available at this time. We have requested all Department of Education aegis bodies to respond directly to the deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (21 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers applied for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) to carry out Special needs facilities /Universal access works. I wish to inform the Deputy that these works have been approved and the school has been notified.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (21 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not provide funding for upgrade of traffic management or access to school sites outside of any works required as part of a wider school building project. Individual school authorities are responsible, in the first instance, for ensuring the safety and welfare of children and others in their care, including traffic management measures. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (21 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I am fully supportive of measures to improve educational outcomes for Travellers, which includes ensuring that the school setting is a more welcoming environment. Developing knowledge and understanding of Traveller culture and history in schools will help build a recognition of the important value of Traveller culture and history to this country and help to improve a sense of belonging for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2024 (21 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, budget negotiations are confidential.  However, as announced on Budget Day, I can confirm that I negotiated a substantial increase in funding for the education sector in 2024, in line with the parameters agreed by Government in the Medium Term Expenditure Strategy.  This includes a significant increase in funding to ensure that the existing level of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (16 Nov 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 Transport (16 Nov 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: Education Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The teacher representative unions have been involved in the Ukraine Education Stakeholder meetings with my Department since the beginning of the response to the Ukraine Crisis. The purpose of these meetings is to update the group on the wider Education work programme on the response to the Ukraine crisis and allow for feedback and Q&A session with stakeholders. No submissions have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (16 Nov 2023)

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 Staff (16 Nov 2023)

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. Budget 2024 contains a range of measures that demonstrate my commitment to continued investment in our education system. In addition to numerous actions I have taken in recent years to address...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (16 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary and special schools. The NEPS service provides access for all schools to:Psychological support in the event of a Critical IncidentA Casework Service for individual children where there is a need for intensive consultation and assessment via a NEPS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Nov 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: Education Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the decision making authority for a change of status to coeducation 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 Enrolments (16 Nov 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: Educational Disadvantage (16 Nov 2023)

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 Transport (16 Nov 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 Staff (16 Nov 2023)

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: Scéimeanna Fostaíochta (16 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 and 149 together. Tá an Roinn seo tiomanta do chistiú a sholáthar do bhunscoileanna aitheanta agus iar-bhunscoileanna aitheanta sa scéim saoroideachais trí dheontais per capita. Is iad an dá phríomhdheontas ná an deontas Caipitíochta, a sholáthraítear chun freastal ar ghnáthchostais reatha...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oibreacha Feabhsúcháin do Scoileanna (16 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Tuigeann an Roinn an tábhacht a bhaineann leis an Deontas Mionoibreacha do bhunscoileanna. Cuireann an maoiniú solúbthacht mhaith ar fáil ag an leibhéal áitiúil chun cabhrú le scoileanna oibreacha a thacaíonn le feidhmiú na scoile a bhainistiú agus a chur i gcrích. Íocadh an Deontas Mionoibreacha do bhunscoileanna don`...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Paindéim (16 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Tá breis is €400.7 milliún de mhaoiniú breise deontais Caipitíochta Covid-19 curtha ar fáil go dtí seo do bhunscoileanna agus iar-bhunscoileanna aitheanta d’fhonn soláthar a dhéanamh do chur i bhfeidhm bearta um chosc agus rialú ionfhabhtuithe chun baol leathadh Covid-19 a laghdú. Ina theannta sin, eisíodh maoiniú...