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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: I meet and engage with my officials form the Planning and Building Unit on a regular basis to discuss capital projects, which would include the project for Carrigtwohill Community College. I am acutely aware of the importance of this project and the need to progress it as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: I meet and engage with officials from the Planning and Building Unit on a regular basis to discuss capital projects, which would include the project for the Patrician Academy. I am acutely aware of the importance of this project and the need to progress it as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded the Deputy's query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to him.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is a priority for this Government. The State will spend approximately €2 Billion or over 20% of its total educational budget in 2021 on making additional provision for children with special educational needs this year. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded the Deputy's query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to him.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department does not hold records in relation to the subject information that a teacher has qualified in. Regarding incremental credit the criteria for the award of incremental credit to recognised teachers was agreed under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council (TCC). This Council is comprised of representatives of teachers, school management, the Department of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: In February 2018 my Department introduced the “Temporary Re-Assignment Scheme For Primary Teachers”. This Scheme was agreed under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council (TCC). The Council is comprised of representatives of teachers, school management, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of Education and is chaired by an official of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Mar 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 113,100 children, including over 14,500 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 (10 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that officials from my Department's Planning and Building Unit are continuing to work with the management authority of the school in question to progress the proposed building project to meet the long-term accommodation needs of the school.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB). The ETB is currently in the process of procuring a Design Team for this project. Thereafter, it will ensure that the project progresses to design stage, obtains the necessary statutory planning permission, and moves the project onward to tender and construction...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB). I can confirm that a Design Team to deliver this project has been appointed by the ETB. The Design Team will now begin preparing the Stage 1 report (preliminary design). While at this early stage it is not possible to provide a timeline for completion of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Start Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: The Early Start programme was established in 1994, and is a one-year intervention in a number of primary schools in designated areas of urban disadvantage to meet the needs of children aged between 3 years and 5 years who are at risk of not reaching their potential within the school system. Since the establishment of Early Start, early childhood education and care provision in Ireland has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (10 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department provides a book grant to all recognised primary and post primary schools within the Free Education Scheme in order to provide assistance for books including Book Rental Schemes. Under this scheme, the Department provided funding of €17.1 million in 2020 to all of these schools. School book rental schemes have an important role to play in reducing the cost of school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (10 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) service of my Department is developing a range of workshops on the promotion of wellbeing and resilience in schools which includes trauma informed approaches. The approaches outlined in the workshops are based on research findings, on the experience of experts in their fields and on the experience of practicing psychologists working in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Mar 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 113,100 children, including over 14,500 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: Departmental Advertising (10 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: The Department's spending on advertising in relation to Covid-19 for the period 1 March 2020 to 1 March 2021 is outlined in the attached spreadsheet.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (4 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department pays the salaries and pensions for current and former school staff who work or have worked in primary, secondary, community and comprehensive schools. All pay and pension increases have been implemented for the current and former school staff who work or have worked in primary, secondary, community and comprehensive schools. In relation to retired staff of Education and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (4 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission (SEC) 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: The response to confirmed cases or outbreaks of COVID-19 in the community or in a school is the responsibility of, and will be led and managed by, Public Health HSE. My Department has confirmed with Public Health that the enhanced Public Health schools teams will be available to fully support schools that have reopened, and that full contact tracing and bulk fast-track testing within the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department has no role in providing guidance of a clinical or medical nature. However the HPSC have published the following definition of a close contact in an educational setting In accordance with current HPSC close contacts guidelines a clinical Public Health Risk Assessment (PHRA) will be undertaken for all educational settings where a confirmed case has attended whilst...