Results 14,961-14,980 of 19,666 for speaker:Norma Foley

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (25 May 2021)

Norma Foley: As previously advised, my Department does not hold or publish a centralised register of recipients of this award. As this information request seeks data dating back to 1964, my Department will now contact the relevant institutes in relation to this information request to determine what relevant information they may hold. My Department will then provide an update directly to the Deputy on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (25 May 2021)

Norma Foley: A detailed analysis of school enrolment data and the latest data available from Census 2016, using the HP Deprivation Index, has been carried out by members of the DEIS Technical Group. This group contains representatives of the Department’s Statistics and Social Inclusion Units, the Inspectorate and the Educational Research Centre. My Department commenced a consultation process with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2021)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department is at an advanced stage of negotiations with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council regarding the acquisition of a site in their ownership. This site is well located to serve the Booterstown Blackrock School Planning Area and is intended to be the permanent location for the school referred to by the Deputy. Any acquisition will be subject to contract and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was established in September 2019 and is currently located in interim accommodation at Kill Lane, Deansgrange, Co. Dublin, which can accommodate 2 x mainstream classrooms plus ancillary space. It should be noted that the school authorities were informed before occupying Kill Lane that it would be for a two year period only; they were aware that a move to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (25 May 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department’s IT backup arrangements are that frequently-changing data is backed-up nightly, infrequently-changing data is backed-up weekly, and both types are also stored offsite on encrypted tape media. The information in respect of state bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department. Contact details for these bodies are set out in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 May 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (25 May 2021)

Norma Foley: Funding to build digital infrastructure, including purchase of devices is provided directly to schools as schools are best placed to determine the most appropriate solution to adopt in terms of supporting the learning needs of their students based on school's own context and circumstances, and in accordance with their Digital Learning Plan. Decisions regarding the use and deployment of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (25 May 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department has engaged with education stakeholder representatives on the technical aspects and the implementation of this model, and work is ongoing on final elements of the model. As part of the process of the rollout of any new model, my Department will engage with the education partners to ensure that there is a clear understanding across the system and that the process is clear, open,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (25 May 2021)

Norma Foley: Despite enquiries, my Department were not able establish the background of the inquiry. If the Deputy could supply additional information, it may be possible to answer the query.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers is nearing completion, with the contractor finalising some remedial works. Handover is anticipated for end of June and occupation of the school in the new school term in September.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Services (25 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The expenditure incurred by my Department in respect of external legal fees during the years in question is as follows: Year Expenditure on external legal fees 2014 €14,526 2019 €50,336.66 2020 €146,368.47

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2021)

Norma Foley: In June 2019 the school in question was approved grant funding for three General Classrooms, two Standard WCs and WC for assisted users, four SET rooms and a Science Lab & Prep area under the Additional Accommodation scheme for 2019. The delivery of this project is devolved to the school authority. The school originally submitted a Stage 1 (preliminary design) Report to my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (25 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate 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: Cybersecurity Policy (25 May 2021)

Norma Foley: For operational and security reasons, it is not appropriate to disclose details, including any budgetary matters, of my Department’s Cyber Security arrangements, or those of State Agencies under my remit. Any disclosure of information in relation to cyber security matters could assist malicious actors in identifying potential vulnerabilities and potentially compromise my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 May 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (20 May 2021)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that negotiations are currently underway with the property owner in terms of acquiring the property for the school referred to by the Deputy. The site acquisition process is complex and subject to completion of successful negotiation and conveyancing processes. Therefore, given the complexities involved it is not possible to give a definitive timeframe for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 May 2021)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the substitute service of the teacher referred to has been added to their service history for pension purposes. The teacher concerned has been in direct contact with the Terms and Conditions Section of my Department who are actively following up on a incremental credit claim made previously in relation to substitute service.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The current LC Agricultural Science curriculum was introduced in schools in September 2019 following a curriculum development process undertaken by the NCCA. This process involved a subject development group comprising representatives with suitable expertise, nominated by their respective stakeholder organisations, to deliberate and make decisions about what young people should learn in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 May 2021)

Norma Foley: It is a priority for my Department that children feel safe and secure in their surroundings and that they are enabled, through the curriculum, to be aware of situations that may cause them harm including being safe on the farm. Farms and farm safety are specifically mentioned at all stages in Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum at primary level, for example –...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scrúduithe Stáit (20 May 2021)

Norma Foley: Dhearbhaigh mé ar an 17 Feabhra go rachadh Scrúduithe na hArdteistiméireachta ar aghaidh in 2021, faoi réir na comhairle sláinte poiblí, agus go mbeidh de rogha ag scoláirí freisin iarraidh ar ghráid a fháil a bheidh creidiúnaithe ag Coimisiún na Scrúduithe Stáit (CSS), ar a dtabharfar Gráid atá...