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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pleananna Oideachais (16 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: 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 laethúla, amhail téamh, soilsiú,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scéimeanna Rannacha (16 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: 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 laethúla, amhail téamh, soilsiú,...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153 and 154 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (15 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 69, 70, 72 and 73 together. I wish to clarify for the Deputy that the application by the school in question for a change of status to co-educational has not been refused. My Department continues to work with the school's patron to support a move towards co-educational provision at the school. In the context of the current post-primary provision in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (15 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71, 79 and 80 together. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). In that regard there are more than 3,700 individual employers (boards of management of primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers, was approved funding under my Department's Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme for the provision of 9 mainstream classrooms, 2 science laboratories and 1 prep area and 1 art and crafts room. The approved brief was subsequently increased to provide a total of 11 mainstream classrooms, 2 science laboratories and 1 prep area, 1 art room, 1...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (15 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 (15 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 Accommodation (15 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has recently received an application for additional school accommodation (ASA) from the school authority in question. The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom and Special Education Needs (SEN) accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the need cannot be met by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, the project referred to has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. The brief for this project is to provide an extension to the existing school buildings, as defined in the schedules of accommodation, decanting if required, necessary to satisfactorily develop the post primary school on its existing site. The Stage 2B report has been received and is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 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 (15 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: School Transport (15 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 Funding (15 Nov 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: Educational Disadvantage (15 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: Educational Disadvantage (15 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: Educational Disadvantage (15 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: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design and Build Programme and is currently in construction. The Letter of Acceptance for the school referred to by the Deputy issued to the preferred tenderer on the 18thMay 2022 commencing the school building contract for the 500 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including two...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that my Department does not have any proposals to establish a bilingual French/English primary school in North Dublin. For school planning purposes, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System (or GIS) to anticipate school place demand. Information from a range of sources, including Child...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I refer to the Deputy's query in respect of the new ETB product for the claiming and payment of Travel and Subsistence (Expenses) claims. I am informed by my officials that when the new ESBS-ETB Payroll and Expenses system was being sourced, the RFT identified as a requirement that the system and product being sourced would be capable of being fully compliant with my Department’s...