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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 386 and 411 together. I very much value the work of all educational psychologists across the education system. As you are likely aware, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers to was originally granted approval for the provision of 2 Classrooms, 2 SET Rooms, 1 Science Lab with Prep Area, a 2-Classroom SEN Base and ancillary accommodation under the Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for 2020. This project was devolved to the School Authorities for delivery. The project was subsequently put on hold in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers to was granted approval under the Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme 2021 for the provision of 2 General Classrooms, 1 Textile Room, 1 Science Lab with Prep Area, 1 DCG Room, 1 Home Economics Room, 1 Multimedia Room, 1 Music Room, a 2-Classroom SEN Base, 1 Assisted Users WC and the removal of 2 temporary units. The project is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers to was granted approval under the Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme 2021 for the provision of 1 General Classroom, 1 Music Room, 1 Graphics Room, 1 Multimedia Room, 1 Textiles Room, a 2-Classroom SEN Base and the removal of a temporary unit. The project is devolved to Longford Westmeath ETB (LWETB) for delivery. It is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was granted funding under the Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme 2021. The approval granted is for the provision of 4 General Classrooms, 4 SET Rooms, a 4-Classroom SEN Base, 1 Assisted Users WC and 1 Staff Room. The project is currently at the Design Stage and it is devolved for delivery to the school authority to progress in this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was granted approval under the Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme 2020. The approval was for the provision of 4 General Classrooms, 2 SET Rooms, a 2-Class SEN Base, 1 Textile Room, 2 Science Labs, 1 Prep Area, 2 DCG Rooms, 1 Art Room, 1 Art Project Room Storage and the removal of 2 temporary accommodation units. Subsequent to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers to was granted approval under the Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for the provision of a 2 Class SEN Base. It is devolved to Longford Westmeath ETB (LWETB) for delivery. The project was approved to progress to planning stage in May of this year. An uplift fee request is currently under review by my Department's Professional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 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 my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB). This is a Campus project. This project is currently at Stage 2a of the architectural planning process. The Department understands from GRETB that its design team is currently finalising the Stage 2a report for submission to the Department. Subject to no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that funding has previously been approved for a building project under my Department’s Additional Accommodation Scheme that will provide for 2 mainstream classrooms and 2 SET rooms for the school in question. This project is currently at the planning stage. Further correspondence has been received recently from the school requesting the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 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 Transport (11 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 my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 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 my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (11 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 Equipment (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department operates a scheme of grant-aid to primary and post-primary schools towards the cost of purchasing essential assistive technology equipment, which has been recommended by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) as being essential for students with physical and/or sensory or communicative disabilities in accordance with the criteria set out in Circular 0010/2013 which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I refer to the Deputy’s question regarding the delays endured since October 2021 by retired members of Cork Education and Training Board (ETB) in receiving pension increases accruing since that time. As the Deputy may be aware, the National Shared Services Office (NSSO) is responsible for the payment of pensions to retired personnel from the ETB sector. I am informed by my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 403, 404 and 405 together. School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. In the past 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my 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. My Department and Bus Éireann will continue...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was granted approval under the Additional Accommodation Scheme 2021. The approval was for the provision of 1 SET Room, 2 Classroom SEN Base and 1 User Assisted WC. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority and is currently at the Design Stage. At this early stage of the architectural planning process, it is not possible for my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, the National Development Plan 2021-2030 provides capital funding of over €4.4bn for investment in school infrastructure during the period 2021 to 2025. My Department’s priority in recent years has been providing additional capacity to provide the required school places and this continues to be the case. However, under the NDP allocation for the...