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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, my Department is committed to providing permanent accommodation for the school in question. In this regard, my Department is currently engaging with the school patron regarding the options study and the next step includes working through the detail of developing an accommodation brief for the proposed permanent accommodation project. My Department will continue to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is part of a joint project with the Senior National School at the same site. Due to a request for additional accommodation to be provided, a significant change in the Brief was agreed with the Board of Management of both schools. This led to the original design team for the project being terminated and the major building...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers has been approved under the Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for the provision of 1x General classroom, 1x Music room, 1x Textiles room, 1x Art room, 1x Graphics room, 1x Multimedia room, 1x Science lab, 1x Science Prep area, 2x Technology and shared Prep area, and a 3 Classroom SEN base. A Form of Acceptance in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The informal meeting of the EYCS (Education and Youth) Council was held in physical format in Strasbourg on the 27thJanuary 2022. This would normally provide a good opportunity to meet my EU Ministerial colleagues in person. However, I along with a number of my EU counterparts was unable to travel at that time due to the Covid-19 crisis. The April Education Council meeting was focused on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 392 and 396 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 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: Capital Expenditure Programme (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The information requested is not readily available. It is currently being collated and will be supplied directly to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 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 (4 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 (4 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 School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 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 School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I am advised that 285 schools provided Leaving Certificate Physical Education (LCPE) as an examinable subject in the 2021/22 school year. Since the first examinations took place in 2020, over 7,500 students have completed the LCPE examination. Based on available information, the number of people teaching physical education in post-primary schools in 2021/2022 was over 2,860. I can...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 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, are 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 (4 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: Schools Building Projects (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: At the time of Parliamentary Question No 1012, the building project referred to by the Deputy was at an advanced stage of the tender process with a recommended bidder identified. That bidder subsequently assessed their tender in light of the increase in inflation and advised they could not commit. At the time of answering Parliamentary Question No 1012, the Department had not been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 405 and 406 together. Back-to-school costs have always been a burden for families and free books for primary children will be a huge step in helping families. From September 2023 new funding of €47 million will bring total investment in free school books for primary schools to over €50 million. My Department will be engaging with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Sep 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. The National Council for Special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, the school in question is co-located with another primary school on the same site. Following engagement with the patrons of both schools in 2019, it was decided to expand the capacity of the patronage of the school referred to on the existing site from 16-classrooms to 32-classrooms. This is linked to a major school building project for a new school building...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school authority in question. Supplementary information has been requested from the school authority and once this is received, and the assessment completed a decision will be conveyed directly to the school authority.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Sep 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...