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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €289m in 2021. The purpose of my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (25 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that new schools are established by my Department on the basis of identified demographic demand in an area, and only after consideration of the capacity of existing schools to absorb the expected school place demand. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (25 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: Under Project Ireland 2040, the education sector will receive a total of approximately €4.4 billion capital investment over the period 2021-2025. This significant investment allows us to move forward with certainty on our ambitious plans and deliver high quality building projects, with a real focus on sustainability, for school communities across Ireland. This investment will build on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the last school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: It is not appropriate that resources or materials produced or funded by the drinks industry, for education and awareness on alcohol, are in use in our schools. As the Deputy is aware, this position is set out in Departmental Circular 13/2016, Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles in Primary Schools, which states that schools should avoid using resources developed by the alcohol industry. This...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  In the last school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €289m in 2021.   In July 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (20 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: In relation to school admissions, it is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998 and the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. Under the provisions of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, all schools are required to have admissions policies, which have been approved by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The major building project at the school referred to by the Deputy is at Stage 3 of Architectural Planning – Tender Action, which includes the appointment of a building contractor. DDLETB has completed the final prequalification process, and my Department has authorised DDLETB and its Design Team to proceed to tender.A tender process usually takes between 6 and 8 months to complete.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers has been approved Additional Accommodation under the Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) Scheme 2021. A Stage 1 report was recently submitted to the Department and I am pleased to inform that the project has been cleared to progress to Stage 2a. The school authority was notified of this development on Tuesday, October 18th. The delivery of this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  In the last school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €289m in 2021.  In July 2022, Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (20 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The information sought by the Deputy is currently being collated by officials within my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy in due course. 

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (20 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: Please find attached requested information. Please note the information provided is for academic year 2021-2022, the latest year we have data available for. We expect to publish preliminary enrolment and school data for academic year 2022-2023 in December 2022. The information provided was collated from the 2021-2022 post-primary final enrolment data which can be found on the gov.ie website,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the state examinations.  In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to outline to the Deputy the details of the procedures to process applications for all teacher appointments at the start of each new school year and the commitment of staff of my Department to efficiently process these applications.  Early in the New Year, each school is advised by my Department of their teaching allocations for the forthcoming school year. It is the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  In the last school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €289m in 2021.   In July 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Air Quality (19 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: Managing ventilation is one of a suite of public health measures in place to keep our schools safe. The Expert Group note in its own report that very good advice is contained in the Department of Education’s Practical Steps for the Deployment of Good Ventilation Practices in Schools. They also note that it must be emphasised that ventilation should be delivered as part of a layered...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (19 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 99, 118 and 119 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 wellbeing, and the academic, social and emotional development of all learners.   The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (19 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: In March this year I was glad to be able to announce a major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme. This means that, for the first time since 2017, the programme has been significantly expanded to an additional 322 schools. Those schools are now gaining access to targeted supports to address educational disadvantage. This will add an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the state examinations.  In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you. 

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the last school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €289m in 2021. The purpose of the “School...