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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: Department of Education Circular 006/2014 sets out details of the Supervision and Substitution (S&S) Scheme which operates in post-primary schools. The S & S Scheme allows for the supervision of students during breaks and before and after school and to allow for substitution to cover certain categories of teacher absences. This includes providing substitution cover for short...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together. Budget 2017 allowed for the commencement of restoration of middle management posts as part of an agreed distributed leadership model and meant lifting the rigidity of the long-standing moratorium on these posts. The equivalent of approximately 1,300 middle management posts (Assistant Principal I and Assistant Principal II) were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 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. The Department does not currently collate data on vacant home economics posts in post-primary schools. With regard to the future supply of teachers of home economics, following the introduction by the...

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

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 4 Construction. My Department is not aware of any outstanding payments due to the contractor. My Department continue to engage with the relevant parties in relation to the Office of Government Procurement Inflation Supply Chain Co-operation Framework Agreement.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 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 bundled school building programmes. The shared education campus at Donaghcumper, Celbridge is in the bundle referred to as ‘Project Liffey’. This campus project will include the three schools referred to by the deputy. A letter was issued by the...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has informed the patron of the school referred to that the accommodation brief for the building project in question is being prepared and that my Department will be in further contact with the patron when this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Hospital Staff (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 47 to 49, inclusive, 54, 60, 61, 63 and 64 together. The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) of my Department provides a school-based psychological service to all recognised primary and post-primary schools through the application of psychological theory and practice to support the well-being, and the academic, social and emotional development of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 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: School Accommodation (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department received an application for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question in July 2022. My Department responded to the school with an offer of accommodation in August 2022, to which the school responded in January 2023, agreeing to the proposal. In February 2023 the school was in further contact with my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 57 together. I want to assure the Deputy that my Department is working extremely hard to ensure that schools are built as quickly as possible so that children and young people have access to a physical environment where they can receive a high standard of education and feel safe, valued and nurtured. My Department has a strong track record of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm agreement has been reached to facilitate the continued rollout of urgently required school building projects in both mainstream and special education settings, including to enable the project for the school to which the Deputy refers proceed to construction. The major project for the construction of the new school building is currently at Stage 3 (tender action) and a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Curaclam Scoile (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I gCreatchuraclam na Bunscoile, soláthraítear méadú ar an méid ama a thugtar don Fholláine agus tugtar uair an chloig sa tseachtain freisin chun teangacha iasachta a thabhairt isteach ón tríú rang ar aghaidh. Chun na hathruithe sin a dhéanamh, b’éigean roinnt ama a bhaint ó gach réimse eile den churaclam, teangacha san...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project for the school referred to by the Deputy was recently approved to proceed to Stage 3 - Tender action and award. A tender process can take 8-12 months to complete.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I want to assure the Deputy that my Department is working extremely hard to ensure that schools are built as quickly as possible so that children and young people have access to a physical environment where they can receive a high standard of education and feel safe, valued and nurtured. My Department has a strong track record of delivery with over 180 projects delivered last year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The project for the school to which the deputy refers is devolved for delivery to Kildare & Wicklow Educational Training Board (KWETB). The Brief for this project is to provide an extension to the existing school, the demolition of a section of the building and the refurbishment of some of the existing building. The building project was recently approved by the Department to proceed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (19 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: Island Communities (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. The purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. In the current school year, over 147,900 children, including over 18,000 children with special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The Letter of Acceptance (LOA) for the school referred to by the Deputy  issued to the preferred tenderer on the 19thof May 2022 commencing the school building contract. The project is due for completion in Q3 2023. My Department will continue to keep the school updated.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, on 7 March 2023 the Government approved the establishment of a scoping inquiry to inform the government response to revelations of historical sexual abuse in day and boarding schools run by religious orders. The scoping inquiry was established in response to recent revelations of historical sexual abuse in a number of day and boarding schools run by religious...