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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: Ensuring that every child's experience in school is positive and that they have qualified, engaged teachers available to support them in their learning is a priority area of action for the Government. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities. There are more than 3,700 individual employers (boards of management of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: Ensuring that every child's experience in school is positive and that they have qualified, engaged teachers available to support them in their learning is a priority area of action for the Government. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project at the school referred to by the Deputy, for the construction of a new 16 classroom school, a general purpose hall and classrooms for children with special educational needs is at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning Stage 3 – Tender Action and Award. The next steps for the project will be the issuing of a Letter Of Acceptance to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved to enter the department’s pipeline of school buildings for a project under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project will provide 2 mainstream classrooms, 2 classroom Special Education Needs base and 2 Special Education Tuition rooms. The project was devolved to the school authority for delivery. Following...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The project for the school referred to by the is part of my Department's construction programme and will be delivered as part of a campus project which will provide a new 8 classroom primary school and accommodation, including 2 classrooms for children with special educational needs for Dunshaughlin CNS and a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including 4 classrooms, for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning - Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design, where the design team secure all statutory approvals and prepare the suite of tender documents. The Design Team have recently made a revised application for statutory approvals and are completing any necessary revisions to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing arrangements includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit a staffing appeal under certain published criteria. The school referred to by the Deputy was successful in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: While my Department primarily supports mainstream schools, it also provides funding for a small number of alternative education settings that provide education for a small cohort of children and young people, who for various reasons, have disengaged from mainstream education. This provision is an alternative, when all other supports, options and pathways have been tried and have not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing arrangements includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit a staffing appeal under certain published criteria. The school referred to by the Deputy was successful in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the Department has received a request from the patrons of the schools in question, to amalgamate the two schools. In November 2023, the Department issued a letter of approval to the Patron for the amalgamation to proceed. The Department’s technical team have carried out an assessment of the schools and the proposed new site. The consideration...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in the area. 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. The Educational Welfare Services of the Child and Family...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for the Department of Education. In order to plan for school place needs, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for the Department of Education. In order to plan for school place needs, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for the Department of Education. In order to plan for school place needs, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for the Department of Education. In order to plan for school place needs, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for the Department of Education. In order to plan for school place needs, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project at the school referred to by the Deputy, is included in my Department’s Construction Programme which will be delivered under the National Development Plan (NDP) as part of Project Ireland 2040 framework. My department’s planning and building unit issued the authorisation to issue the Letter of Acceptance for the successful tenderer, in May...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 209 and 210 together. My Department can confirm the rented prefabricated temporary units to which the Deputy refers are currently being used as an interim solution to meet the accommodation needs of the school. These units will be removed from site upon completion of the extension and refurbishment major project which is at an advanced stage of the tender...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 88 and 96 together. The school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme and will deliver a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including 4 classrooms, for children with special educational needs on a site at Kishogue Cross, Griffeen Avenue, Lucan,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (23 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy, that the decision-making authority for any amalgamation is the patron/trustees of the schools concerned and it is open to any patron to submit proposals to the Department for consideration. Any proposed change involves extensive consultation at local level and must be well planned and managed in a manner that accommodates the interests of students, parents,...