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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: The brief for this project is to provide a new permanent school for the school referred to by the Deputy, and this project is designed to be delivered in 2 phases; Phase 1 will deliver accommodation for 425 students and Phase 2 will deliver the remaining accommodation to provide for a Long Term Projected Enrolment of 1000 students, at the former Magee Barracks site in Kildare. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Schools PV Programme provides eligible schools with up to 6 kilowatts peak of roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) installations on their roofs, which equates to approximately 14 solar panels. The Schools PV Programme is funded by the Government’s Climate Action Fund in line with the Government’s recognition that taking action on climate change is central to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: I should explain that applications relating to the provision of funding for issues relating to an existing school building, including for asbestos remediation, can fall under a number of different delivery mechanisms including, most frequently, the Emergency Works Scheme. The purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) is to provide funding specifically for unforeseen emergencies. It does...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Department of Education & Youth have appointed the project management company referred to by the Deputy as programme managers to a number of capital delivery programmes in the period 2019 to 2025. These are, detailed in the table below: Programme Name Approximate Number of Schools Design & Build large scale Schools Programme 32...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: SNAs are valued members of our school communities who carry out vital work in our schools supporting students with diverse needs. The Government is committed to the delivery of quality public services and continues to approach public service pay in a balanced way that is reasonable and fair to both public servants and to the taxpayer. This has been achieved through a series of national...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: In June 2023, the Government approved the provision of a package of supports to survivors of abuse in residential institutions, such as industrial schools and reformatories, comprised of ongoing health, education and advocacy supports. While the provision of health and supports required the passage of legislation, in November 2023 the Department entered a grant funding arrangement with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: Further to PQ 52019/25, my Department currently has no plans to provide funding to private independent music schools. In regard to non-mainstream music education, my Department provides funding annually to Music Generation to support the provision of performance music education to children and young people, as well as to support the schools of music in four Education and Training Boards...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 208 to 210, inclusive, together. I would like to thank Deputy Daly for his question regarding the provision of supports for children with specific learning disabilities my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS). Through NEPS, all schools have access to:a NEPS psychologist for general support and advicesupport from a NEPS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that a funding call for recognised primary and post primary schools for funding for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) projects is currently open until 17th October 2025. There is a total fund of €450,000 available and individual schools can apply for funding of up to €2,500 for ESD projects in accordance with the criteria set out in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 and 213 together. I would like to extend my sincere sympathies to the family for the death of this young person and for the trauma caused by this appalling incident. The events leading to this tragedy have previously been the subject of court proceedings, leading to a settlement by the youth organisation in question, which is an independent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm that my department is in receipt of an application for funding under the Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question. The school was issued a provisional letter of offer following their application for capital funding and on the basis of the agreed brief the Department's project managers were appointed to carry out a viability report on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: The overall Department of Education and Youth capital spend for the school referred to by the Deputy for 2024 and 2025 to date is detailed below: Department of Education & Youth Capital Spend 2025 2024 Summer Works Scheme N/A €26,401 SEAI N/A ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216 and 218 together. In May, I announced a range of measures to tackle school absenteeism. These measures are a key part of my plan to ensure that every child can achieve their full potential, regardless of their background or their ability. Regular attendance in school is essential, not just for academic achievement, but for wellbeing, social development...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: These figures can be found in the annual AAR-SAR report published by Tusla and past reports can be found here: www.tusla.ie/services/educational-welfare-services/publicati ons/research-and-statistics/

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) is under the remit of my department and operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, a piece of legislation that emphasises the promotion of school attendance, participation and retention. TESS has three strands namely the statutory Educational Welfare Service (EWS) and the two school support services the Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: In May, I announced a range of measures to tackle school absenteeism. These measures are a key part of my plan to ensure that every child can achieve their full potential, regardless of their background or their ability. Regular attendance in school is essential, not just for academic achievement, but for wellbeing, social development and long-term life outcomes. Tusla Education Support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: Tackling school absences is a key part of my plan to ensure that every child can achieve their full potential. Regular attendance in school is essential not just for academic achievement, but for wellbeing, social development and long-term life outcomes. Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) is under the remit of my department and operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Donabate school planning area covers the Portrane area. There were 1,392 and 1,071 primary and post-primary pupils living in the Donabate school planning area in the 2024-25 academic year, with 88% of those primary pupils attending schools in the Donabate area and 68% of post-primary pupils attending schools in the Donabate area. - Total Att. Donabate Schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: Since 2020, my department has invested over €6 billion in our schools throughout the country under the National Development Plan, involving the completion of over 1,300 school building projects. Government support for this investment, including by way of supplementary capital funding, has delivered real benefits for school communities. Supplementary capital funding of €210...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (7 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 - www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2001/act/8/enacted/en/html - and in line with the Teaching Council Registration Regulations, 2016 -...