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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Priorities (22 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: 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 NEPS service provides access for all schools to: - Psychological...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: The Assistive Technology Scheme is provided by my Department to supplement the overall approach to providing funding to schools for digital technology and equipment to support children for education purposes. All equipment provided under this scheme supports children with more complex disabilities who require essential specialist equipment in order to access the school curriculum. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 403 and 404 together. COVID-19 Special Leave with Pay is currently available to an SNA who (a) begins to display COVID-19 symptoms or (b) receives a positive COVID-19 PCR/antigen test result. The maximum Special Leave with Pay entitlement is 7 consecutive days in any one instance, which is the current HSE stated self-isolation period. The terms and conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (22 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I am delighted to advise that the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan TD and I recently launched the 2023 – 2024 Schools Energy Retrofit Pathfinder Programme which will evaluate and demonstrate the approach to energy retrofit and carbon reduction in the schools’ sector, testing energy efficiency solutions and renewable heat technologies. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (22 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: The Summer Works Scheme plays an important role in the maintenance and upgrade of the condition of our schools. It provides important opportunities for enhancing the energy efficiency of schools through upgrade works to roofs, windows, heating systems etc. As part of its planning for 2023 and beyond, my Department's officials are working on the arrangements for the next phases of the summer...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Comhfhreagras Rannach (22 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: Tá forbairtí suntasacha tarlaithe le deich mbliana anuas maidir le soláthar curaclaim Ghaeilge d’fhoghlaimeoirí in iar-bhunscoileanna. Mar a tharlaíonn le gach obair forbartha curaclaim a dhéanann an Chomhairle Náisiúnta Curaclaim agus Measúnachta (CNCM), is grúpaí ionadaíocha forbartha a dhéanann na...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Nov 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 Transport (22 Nov 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 Transport (22 Nov 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: Departmental Schemes (22 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: In March 2022 I announced that arrangements are being put in place in a number of towns and areas of cities that have no multi-denominational primary schools at present as part of a pilot reconfiguration arrangement. This work involves identifying potential schools and engaging with school authorities, school staff and the school communities, including parents, with a view to agreeing on a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (22 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 413, 414 and 415 together. As part of Budget 2023, my Department has secured funding to provide free books to primary school students in recognised primary schools from September 2023. This measure will eliminate the cost to families for all school books at primary school, including workbooks. The implementation of the measure will build on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (22 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: As part of the 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030, my Department has committed to creating opportunities for expanding Irish-medium education outside the Gaeltacht in the context of the April 2018 announcement on the establishment of new schools, which will afford particular consideration to the establishment of Gaelscoileanna, Gaelcholáistí, and Aonaid...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (17 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: According to the Department's Geographical Information System, the schools referred to by the Deputy, as well as Castlelyon Green, are in the Newcastle_Rathcoole School Planning Area. The Education Act requires that the Minister for Education, as a function, to plan and co-ordinate the provision of education in recognised schools and to do all such acts and things as may be necessary to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (17 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: Where schools are amalgamating there is a provision for the allocation of a concessionary mainstream teaching post in cases where the approved number of mainstream teachers in the schools at the time the amalgamation takes place exceeds the number of mainstream posts warranted by the total enrolment of the newly amalgamated school on the basis of the staffing schedule. The continued...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: The Major Building Project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at Stage 3 (tender action). The tender process normally takes between 6-8 months to complete.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Nov 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: School Transport (17 Nov 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: Teacher Training (17 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I understand the Deputy is referring to the request for tenders recently published by my Department for the provision of two Irish-medium teacher education programmes, including a full-time four-year Irish-medium Bachelor of Education (primary teaching) initial teacher education programme. Over the last number of years, as part of the overall implementation of the Policy on Gaeltacht...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (17 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: The process to identify schools for inclusion in the DEIS programme is based on the principle of concentrated disadvantage. It aimed to identify those schools with the highest proportion of students from areas designated as disadvantaged. A detailed paper on the refined DEIS identification model is available on gov.ie at www.gov.ie/en/publication/a3c9e-extension-of-deis-to-further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 211, 212, 213 and 214 together. 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...