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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers initially commenced on site in April 2020 and work recommenced on 18 May following the Covid 19 restrictions. The project will cost approximately €6.4m including construction costs and fees. The project is progressing very well and subject to no issues arising is due to be completed in October 2021

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The State Examinations Commission has recently confirmed that leaving certificate exams will proceed as planned later this month. I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations for further details to be sent to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: Teachers retire under various schemes, dependent on their respective circumstances. Under the Early Retirement Scheme for Teachers, Retirement at the end of the 2007/2008 School Year, applicable in this particular case, there were three strands. Strand 1 applies to permanent teachers with not less than 15 years whole time or actual pensionable service, and who are consistently experiencing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the State. The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Acts and the Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations 2016. The standard timeframes for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: Through the Schools Broadband Access Programme the Department provides for the supply of internet connectivity for all recognised primary and post primary schools, and some 98% of schools are included in this scheme. The Department's High Speed Broadband Programme, provides all recognised post-primary schools, high speed broadband with a minimum broadband speed of 100mbs. There are 58 special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: As previously advised to the Deputy, Circular letter 0037/2020, ‘Calculated Grades for Leaving Certificate 2020 - Guide for Schools on Providing Estimated Percentage Marks and Class Rank Orderings’, which was published on 21 May, set out the guidance for schools on the operation of the Leaving Certificate calculated grades process. The document provided detailed information on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The Education Sector Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) procurement agreement July 2020 provided for the supply of the following PPE products, from 14 suppliers, for use in schools and other education settings: Wipes; Hand Soaps; Facemasks; Gloves; Hand Sanitiser; Protective Clothing; and Safety Glasses. As part of the selection process suppliers were required to confirm that their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The estimated full year cost of providing two additional guidance counsellor positions to schools, including ETB schools, with over 950 pupils is €5.1m.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy will be part of a shared campus. The building project will also deliver a new Post Primary school and the new special school building will provide 11 classrooms and associated ancillary accommodation to cater for pupils with a range of learning disabilities. In December 2018, the project completed Stage 2a (Developed Design Stage) and has been authorised...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: Teachers are employed by the managerial authorities of schools. The managerial authorities must submit certain documentation to the payroll section of my Department to enable teachers to be paid on the payrolls. In the case referred to by the Deputy the managerial authority did not submit notification of the teacher resuming in her teaching post in the school in September 2020. Staff in my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System (GIS). The GIS uses data from a range of sources, including Child Benefit Data from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Department's own school enrolment databases, to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The Supplementary Panel is open to application from fixed-term and substitute teachers who meet the published eligibility criteria. For the current school year, this criteria is set out in Circular 64/2019, available on the Department website. The service reckonable for access to the Supplementary Panel is service as a fully qualified teacher in a post paid for by the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The tender process for the school building project referred to by the Deputy is running as part of a wider process involving the tender of 8 major building projects. The first phase of the tender process to create a shortlist of contractors is complete. The second phase of the tender process is ongoing and is due to be completed in the coming months. The project is expected to commence on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no record of receiving correspondence from the school authority in question in relation to the issue raised. In quantifying the specific requirements for September 2021, the Department is in the final throes of concluding its nationwide demographic exercises to determine where additional school accommodation is needed at primary and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school authority referred to by the Deputy. Once the application has been assessed, the school authority will be contacted directly with a decision.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 467 and 468 together. As the Deputy may be aware, the patronage process for the post-primary schools due to open in 2021, including that for the Ballincollig school planning area, had been postponed earlier in the year, given the Covid-19 related restrictions in place at the time. Despite the continuing situation with regard to Covid-19, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Catchment Areas (10 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: In relation to school admissions, it is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998 and the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in that area. Under the...