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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2023/24 school year over 163,800 children, including over 136,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 20,200 pupils with special educational needs, and 7,400 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine were transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: Staff in the Communications Unit carry out a range of duties across several aspects of communications including communications from the department to primary and post-primary schools; communications on new curriculum, professional development and resources; announcements and events; desktop publishing and design for department publications; video and online content for the department website,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: Overview of communication campaigns in the Department of Education The Department of Education plans and implements public information campaigns which target segments of the wider school community in Ireland, which comprises children and young people who attend primary, post-primary and special schools; their parents and guardians; school teachers, principals and other staff; young people...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I would like to thank Deputy Carthy for his question regarding my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service. The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) works with schools using a problem-solving model to help schools identify need and interventions to support those needs. Under this model, NEPS encourages schools to use a continuum-based assessment and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 293 and 310 together. City Connects is an evidence-based system, originally developed by Boston College, delivered in partnership with schools and other services. City Connects organises student support and leverages existing school and community-based resources in order to improve students’ academic and social-emotional outcomes. City Connects seeks...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The Department is required to manage the overall school building programme so that it can target and prioritise areas that are under greatest pressure for additional school places. This reflects the Department’s fundamental objective of ensuring the availability of a school place for every child. The main focus of the Department’s capital funding over the last decade and for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Oct 2024)

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 Admissions (15 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. As the Deputy may be aware, for school planning purposes, the Department of Education divides the country into 314 school planning areas and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The current allocation is as follows: COGG Budget Pay Non-Pay Total 2024 1,000,000* 2,040,000 3,040,000 *Includes €297,000 for COGG's programme of work related to the Policy on Gaeltacht Education 2017 - 2022. Funding for COGG in 2024 is €3,040,000. This allocation is composed of a pay element of €1,000,000 and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The Policy on Gaeltacht Education was published in 2016 with the aim of supporting and promoting the use of the Irish language in Gaeltacht communities by strengthening Irish-medium educational provision in Gaeltacht language-planning areas. The Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme is the cornerstone of the Policy. It gives schools in Gaeltacht language planning areas the opportunity to seek...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Oct 2024)

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: State Examinations (15 Oct 2024)

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 Transport (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2023/24 school year over 163,800 children, including over 136,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 20,200 pupils with special educational needs, and 7,400 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine were transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was recently granted approval for the provision of two mainstream classrooms, one special needs tuition room, one office, and one staff room under my department's Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation involves the use of Project Management supports which is designed to enable the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently completing Stage 2(b) of the architectural design process. Stage 2(b) involves detailed design, securing all Statutory Approvals and the preparation of tender documentation. Planning Permission was secured in March 2022. All Major Projects are subject to relevant due diligence by my Department at each stage in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (15 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. As the Deputy may be aware, for school planning purposes, the Department of Education divides the country into 314 school planning areas and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: In April 2018, the then Minister for Education and Skills asked the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) to undertake a major review of RSE in schools. The NCCA was asked to look at a number of specific issues in respect of RSE and the curriculum. The findings of this Review have informed the updating of SPHE/RSE curriculum specifications for all stages. The Junior Cycle...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Oct 2024)

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 Transport (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2023/24 school year over 163,800 children, including over 136,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 20,200 pupils with special educational needs, and 7,400 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine were transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2023/24 school year over 163,800 children, including over 136,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 20,200 pupils with special educational needs, and 7,400 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine were transported on a daily basis to...