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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disabilities Assessments (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all recognised primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Uniforms (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: Under the Education Act 1998, all recognised schools are managed by the school board of management on behalf of the schools’ patrons or trustees or the relevant Education and Training Board (known as the management authority).  Individual school authorities are responsible for the drawing up of a school policy in relation to the wearing of uniforms. Decisions on changes to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: On 2 September 2022, I announced that adjustments will be made to the assessment arrangements for students due to sit State examinations in 2023, to take account of the disruption to their learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The level of adjustment is the same as that announced in August 2021 but updated as relevant. These adjustments play to student strengths by leaving intact the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 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 Facilities (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: Under the Education Act 1998, all recognised schools are managed by the school board of management on behalf of the schools’ patrons or trustees or the relevant Education and Training Board (known as the management authority). Since the Covid-19 pandemic, schools have been advised that there is no further need for public health restrictions.   Responsibility for canteens...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The information as requested by the Deputy is not readily available, however the Teaching Council has provided the information in the table below, a breakdown of Route 2 post-primary teachers currently on the Teaching Council Register by subject. Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that details of the number of teachers who are on career break, and who are jobsharers, is extracted at the end of June each year, and is published annually as part of my Departments statistics on teacher numbers. The information for the years requested by the Deputy, from 2019 to 2022, is available on my Department's website at the link below....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 613 and 614 together. My Department provides specific English Language support to schools with pupils newly arrived into the country that have English as an additional language. The school referred to by the Deputy has an allocation of 15 hours per week based on the number of new entrant pupils enrolled, as set out in the NE-EAL application form. The key...

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

Norma Foley: One of my Department's main functions is the provision of infrastructure for primary and post primary schools. This property is not in the ownership of my Department and is not a primary or post primary school. Any proposal with respect to the future use of the property should be addressed to the current owner in the first instance.

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

Norma Foley: On 5th April 2023, my Department advised that agreement has been reached to facilitate the progression of the school building programme.  I want to assure you that our team are 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: Please find attached requested data with regard to enrolments and patronage. Please note data is for academic year 2021-2022 the last year we have final enrolment data for. We expect to publish final data for 2022-2023 in June 2023. Data was complied from primary and post-primary data in individual schools which can be found on our website at the link below;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The Education Act requires that I as the Minister for Education, as a function, plan and co-ordinate the provision of education in recognised schools and to do all such acts and things as may be necessary to further the objects of the Act.  The Act also bestows on the Minister all such powers as are necessary or expedient for the purpose of performing functions. The...

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

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, St Seton's Secondary School, Le Fanu Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10 is an amalgamation of three secondary schools with DEIS status, Caritas College, St John's College De La Salle and St Dominic's College. This new large co-educational school is designed to cater for up to 800 pupils. My Department approved substantial capital funding under the Additional School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, a working group in the Department has been examining the matter of how the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) can continue to recruit adequate numbers of suitably qualified staff and continue to respond to the educational psychological needs of children in recognised primary and post-primary schools across the country. The Department of Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The Schools Reconfiguration for Diversity process, supporting transfers of schools to multi-denominational patrons in response to the wishes of local families, has been developed in order to accelerate the delivery of multi-denominational schools across the country.  This Reconfiguration process involves the transfer of existing live schools as opposed to the amalgamation and/or closure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question.  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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, the school in question was approved funding under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme (ASA) for the provision of two 80m2 Mainstream classrooms and 1 Special Education Needs Base. The school was also approved funding under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) 2022 for an external works project. The school authority have submitted their Stage 1 ASA report, and this...

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

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, the school in question was approved funding under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme (ASA) for the provision of two 80m2 Mainstream classrooms and 1 Special Education Needs Base. The school was also approved funding under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) 2022 for an external works project. The school authority have submitted their Stage 1 ASA report, and this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: This school to which the Deputy refers was approved funding under the Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for the provision of 1 X 80m2 Mainstream Classroom including en-suite washroom. The project has been devolved for delivery to the School Authority. Approval to proceed to planning stage issued by the Department earlier this year. Pending the delivery of the...

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

Norma Foley: The Department is currently assessing options with a view to identifying the optimum solution for the long-term needs of the school referred to by the Deputy.  This includes the consideration of the proposal to relocate to an alternative site/campus and also of other potential solutions, with a view to making the most appropriate provision possible for the school and for its current and...