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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 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: Public Sector Pensions (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The Parental Leave Scheme is regulated by the Parental Leave Act 1998, as amended. Parental leave is a period of statutory unpaid leave available to teachers for the purpose of caring for their child. My Department’s Circular Letter 0054/2019, Chapter 5 , sets out the details of the Parental Leave Scheme for registered teachers employed in recognised primary and post primary schools....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 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: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy my Department has received correspondence from the patron of the schools in question requesting approval to amalgamate along with change of status to co-educational and provide a new school on a new site. The decision making authority for any amalgamation or change of status is the patron/trustees of the schools, subject to the approval of the Department. This...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Under the terms and conditions of the Primary School Teachers Pension Scheme, 2009 S.I. 434, an individual may have an entitlement to preserved pension benefits, subject to certain criteria if he/she was in service on or after the 30th June 1977. A preserved pension is a pension paid to a former teacher, who was a member of the pension scheme but ceased employment before normal retirement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 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 (20 Sep 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: Departmental Data (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Attached is the list of all new Post Primary schools established since 2000. Details of when roll numbers were assigned for new schools is not readily available for all projects though it was normal practice to assign roll numbers in the year that a school opened. Some schools announced in recent years as part of an announcement of several planned schools had roll numbers assigned the year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department's current available records in relation to post-primary schools created through school amalgamations is set out in tabular form within the attached document. School No 1 School No 2 School No 3 School Name School Roll Number created Date which change takes effect ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Under Project Ireland 2040, my Department will be investing at least €5 billion over the period 2021 to 2025. The key drivers of capital investment in the schools sector are as follows:demographic change,alignment with housing provision and national planning at school planning area level,construction costs, andclimate action objectives including deep energy retrofit.Keeping pace with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department is currently planning the delivery of a major campus project on the current site of the school referred to by the Deputy. The project will deliver two new 1,000 pupil post - primary schools and 1 new primary school (8 classrooms) on this site. My Department is currently developing the accommodation brief for this significant campus development and is engaging with the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to draw you attention to provisions of the pension scheme for primary school teachers for retirement on grounds of permanent ill-health. The scheme criteria that must be satisfied is that the teacher is incapable by reason of infirmity of mind or body of discharging his/her duties as a teacher and the infirmity is likely to be permanent. Entitlement to retire with a pension on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The Scoping Inquiry was established by the Government in response to revelations of historical sexual abuse in a number of day and boarding schools run by religious orders. Having regard to this, and a challenging timeframe for the Scoping Inquiry to complete its work, the priority focus of the Scoping Inquiry is on day and boarding schools run by religious orders. It is not the role of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 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 (20 Sep 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: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 2(b) of Architectural Planning - Detailed Design, where the Design Team secure all Statutory Approvals, and prepare the suite of tender documents. Following consultation between the NDFA and my Department , the major project will be transferred to my Department's ADAPT Programme. ADAPT is an acronym for the "Accelerated Delivery of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Holy Family Community School: The large scale capital project at Holy Family Community School is at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning Stage 3 – Tender Action and Award. The reserved specialist tender report is under review by my Department. Discussions are ongoing with the Design Team to assist in the completion of the review. When this process is complete and subject to no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Scoil Chrónáin: My Department progressed 8 Design & Build (D&B) projects (Lots 1 & 2) to construction in 2021, with a further 10 projects (Lots 3, 4 & 5) progressed to construction in Summer 2022. A further 10 projects (Lot 6) progressed to tender stage in April 2023. All of these projects are tendered to my Department’s current D&B...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (20 Sep 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 Staff (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: When assessing an application for retirement on grounds of ill health, the Department must be satisfied that the terms of the pension scheme have been complied with. It must be determined based on medical evidence that the teacher is incapable by reason of infirmity of mind or body of discharging his/her duties as a teacher and that the infirmity is likely to be permanent. A teacher who is...