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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 114,100 children, including over 14,700 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 €224.7m in 2020. The purpose of my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the deputy that the project to which he refers has already progressed through tender stage. This project was approved to go to construction on 16th June 2021, following a review of the Tender Report in the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: I am very pleased to see the inclusion of a Citizens’ Assembly on the future of education in the Programme for Government. Experience internationally and here at home of citizen’s assemblies as exercises in deliberative democracy have been extremely positive. Ireland is considered a leader in the use of deliberative democracy processes, having convened three in recent years:...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education is conscious of its key role in promoting, protecting and vindicating the achievement of the key human right to education. The Department’s recently-published Statement of Strategy 2021-2023 articulates a strong focus on equality and human rights which is at the core of the high level goal to ‘ensure equity of opportunity in education and that all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: All substantive Memoranda for Government are required to identify, under a disability impact assessment, any difficulties or barriers that may exist or arise within a service delivery, policy or process that prevents someone with a disability from availing of that service, policy or process. The disability impact assessment is undertaken in line with the guidelines, "How to Conduct a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the deputy has been devolved for delivery to Louth County Council. I am pleased to advise that the project has very recently been approved by the Department to go to tender in that respect. Louth County Council is working closely with the design team for the project to ensure that the project can be tendered to a pre-qualified list of tenderers as soon as possible....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 114,100 children, including over 14,700 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 €224.7m in 2020. The purpose of my...