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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of a programme of school building projects. This school is in the bundle referred to as ‘Project Dargle’ The project is currently at Stage 2b of the architectural planning process, the next step for the Design Team will be to obtain the statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of a programme of school building projects. This school is in the bundle referred to as ‘Project Boyne’ The project is currently at Stage 2b of the architectural planning process, the next step for the Design Team will be to obtain the statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval has issued for the the refurbishment of existing modular units and the installation of two additional modular unitsat the school referred, to cater for increased enrolments. The project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This approach supports accelerated delivery...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department's Planning and Building Unit is currently assessing its work programme and priorities for 2023 in the context of its available funding. Key priorities for the Department's work programme include continuing strong delivery to support the operation of the school system with particular regard to planning ahead for the 2023/24 school year and beyond and also with particular regard...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department provides funding to recognised 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 to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff. Schools are permitted to regard the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year, over 147,900 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services are being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Educational Institutions (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department launched the Implementation Plan for Cineáltas on 10thApril 2023, which is available at gov.ie - Cineáltas: Action Plan on Bullying (www.gov.ie) Cineáltas is dedicated to the prevention and addressing of bullying, cyber bullying, racist bullying, gender identity bullying and sexual harassment, among other areas, in schools. It is centred on a child right’s...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department seeks to maximise value for money in all rental arrangements and works to ensure that the best possible price is negotiated. In that context, the disclosure of information about current rental agreements can compromise the achievement of value for money in current and future negotiations. For that reason of commercial sensitivity, my Department is not in a position to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The Minister has offered to personally engage with the person concerned. The Minister is committed to providing supports to survivors of residential institutions. There has been ongoing engagement from Senior Officials in the Department with the named individual and this will continue. Furthermore, in the context of advancing proposals for the future supports for survivors of residential...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: Under the Programme for Government there is a commitment to seek to make further progress in reducing the pupil teacher ratios in primary schools. In Budget 2023, I ensured major investment in our schools and I have succeeded in bringing the teacher allocation ratio to an average of 1 classroom teacher for every 23 pupils in all primary schools for the 2023/24 school year which is the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 96 together. The attached document provides the number of teachers holding a Post of Responsibility Allowance (at Assistant Principal I and Assistant Principal II levels). The dates are extracted from payroll data in April 2023 and March 2009. Posts of responsibility applications are processed throughout the year by payroll staff in my Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval has issued for the provision of 1 x SEN classroom at the school referred, to cater for enrolments. The project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This approach supports accelerated delivery of the accommodation and maximises assistance to the school for this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The Minister has offered to personally engage with the person concerned. The Minister is committed to providing supports to survivors of residential institutions. There has been ongoing engagement from Senior Officials in the Department with the named individual and this will continue. Furthermore, in the context of advancing proposals for the future supports for survivors of residential...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (25 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission (SEC), has responsibility for the operation, delivery and development of the State examinations. There were a number of factors that affected the timing of results of State examinations in 2022. These included a challenge in recruiting sufficient examiners, the provision of deferred examinations at Leaving Certificate for candidates who experienced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year, over 147,900 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services are being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year, over 147,900 children, including over 18,300 children with special educational needs, are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services are being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: As you are aware an agreement was secured to guarantee and support the roll-out and continuation of my Department’s ambitious school building programme. The agreement reached on 5 April is facilitating the continued roll-out of urgently required school building projects in both mainstream and special education settings, including the 58 projects that were temporarily paused due to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed upon under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). The Department does not currently collate data on vacant posts in schools per county. The recruitment of teachers is a priority area of action for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy, that the Boards of Management of schools are the direct employers of teachers. My Department acts as paymaster on behalf of primary schools, voluntary secondary, community and comprehensive schools. Once an allocation of teaching posts has been made for schools then directly recruit and employ teachers. Accordingly, my Department does not have details of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (25 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The current number of live studies, reviews and research projects in progress, undertaken or commissioned by my Department is set out in the table below. Title of current study/ review / research undertaken or commissioned End Date OECD Review of Calculated Grades and Accredited Grades Q2 2023 Thematic evaluation on provision and...