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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Gaeltachta (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: I gcomhréir leis an ngealltanas atá sna ciorcláin maidir le díolúintí ó staidéar na Gaeilge (0052/2019 bunscoil agus 0053/2019 iar-bhunscoil), tá an obair phleanála ar bun ar athbhreithniú tosaigh ar fheidhmiú na gciorclán. Is iad seo a leanas líon na ndíolúintí ó staidéar na Gaeilge a rinne...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Gaeltachta (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: Freagra Tá obair phleanála ar siúl, faoi stiúir an Aonaid um Oideachas Gaeltachta i gcomhar le rannóga eile na Roinne Oideachais, ar fhorbairt polasaí don oideachas trí mheán na Gaeilge lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht. Tá luach ar leith ag baint leis an taithí atá faighte le maoirseacht a dhéanamh ar chur i bhfeidhm an Pholasaí don...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Gaeltachta (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: Freagra Leanann mo Roinn ar aghaidh ag forbairt Polasaí nua d’oideachas trí mheán na Gaeilge lasmuigh de cheantair Ghaeltachta atá aitheanta mar ghníomh tosaíochta chun cuspóirí na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge agus Chlár an Rialtais a bhaint amach chun soláthar oideachais don Ghaeilge a neartú. Leanfar le cur i bhfeidhm...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

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: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

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: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

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: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: Managing ventilation is just one of a suite of public health measures in place to keep our schools safe. Updated guidance for schools on Practical Steps for the Deployment of Good Ventilation Practices in Schools was provided at the end of May following the work of an expert group that carefully considered the role of ventilation in managing COVID-19. A copy of the guidance is published on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

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. There will be a rolling 5 year funding envelope which will be updated annually for the period 2026 to 2030 within the Government’s overall NDP funding envelope of €136 billion in exchequer capital (€165 billion total...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: Coming from a rural background, I am very much aware of the huge importance of small schools to communities across Ireland and I have asked my Department to work with the education partners to examine ways to support such schools in their communities and to ensure a more sustainable future for them. In general, small schools are considered to be schools with four teachers or fewer....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department has given approval to the patron of the school in question to appoint a consultant to undertake an Options Study of the proposed property to meet the school's permanent accommodation needs. This Study, when available, will be used as a basis for determining the necessary refurbishment works required to the property in the long term. In the interim, my Department has approved...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Kildare & Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). I am pleased to inform you that the project was recently approved by the Department to proceed to Stage 2a of the architectural planning process. While at this early stage it is not possible to provide a timeline for completion of the project, KWETB will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers was devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). The school was delivered as part of a campus development. The main school buildings relating to the project were made available for occupation on the 22ndDecember 2020. The shared PE facility was made available for occupation on the 1stSeptember 2021 to the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers was devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). The school was delivered as part of a campus development. The main school buildings relating to the project were made available for occupation on the 22ndDecember 2020. The shared PE facility was made available for occupation on the 1stSeptember 2021 to the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, the delivery of the project referred to has been devolved to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). I am pleased to confirm that the date for substantial completion of the project is in December 2021 and the Design Team’s programme to achieve this target is currently on track.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of a programme of school building projects. I am pleased to inform you that the project was recently approved by the Department to proceed to Stage 2a of the architectural planning process. While at this early stage it is not possible to provide a timeline for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department has reached agreement in principle with the relevant landowner for the acquisition of the site for the school referred to by the Deputy. It is intended that this site will faciliate the construction of three schools, including the school in question, as part of a campus development. In tandem with the site acquisition, my Department is finalising the accommodation briefs for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: Under Project Ireland 2040, my Department continues to make progress to increase the infrastructural capacity in the schools sector, in order to meet demographic and other demands. In addition to the large-scale projects being delivered under Project Ireland 2040, the Capital Programme also provides for devolved funding for additional classrooms, including accommodation for pupils with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: The Education (Admission to schools) act 2018, provides an over-arching framework for greater transparency and consistency in school enrolment generally, provides that schools must accept all applications unless oversubscribed, and gives greater confidence to parents that the admission criteria laid down by schools and the procedures used by them are legitimate, reasonable and fair. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Projects (23 Nov 2021)

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: Early Childhood Care and Education (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) is responsible for early years education outside the formal education system. However, my Department has a key role in supporting quality within the sector and works closely with DCEDIY. My Department's main intervention in the provision of early years education is the Early Start programme and the Rutland...