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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (11 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: A Right of Way exists over the land acquired for the new school development. This Right of Way cannot be altered or extinguished without the consent of the beneficiaries of the Right of Way. I can confirm that discussions have taken place with the beneficiaries of the Right of Way and subsequently planning permission has been granted for the new school. Officials in my Department have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (11 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: A meeting was convened on 15th November 2019 between my Department and the organisation referred to by the Deputy. There have been no meetings with the organisation in 2020.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (11 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that officials in my Department have received a request from a meeting from the School. The Design Team for the new school project have been requested to provide a report in advance of a meeting. Following receipt and review of this report a meeting will be arranged between Department officials and the school in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (11 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The renting / leasing of Government offices is the responsibility of the Property Management Services in the Office of Public Works, which acts as an agent for all Government Departments. The number, terms and cost of the leases is a matter for the OPW. The information requested by the Deputy concerning the cost of rental of office space from the company in question in regard to my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Supervision and Substitution Scheme (11 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The Roadmap for the Full Return to School provides for comprehensive supports across a range of areas to allow for the safe reopening of schools. Among the supports provided is the extension of the Substitute Teacher Supply Panel. My Department has worked closely with our Partners on expanding teacher supply panels. The base schools were first identified in collaboration with the INTO...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 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 (12 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The Programme for Government commits to achieving a target of at least 400 multi-denominational primary schools by 2030 to improve parental choice. The Schools Reconfiguration for Diversity process supporting transfers of schools to multi- denominational patrons in response to the wishes of local families is based around principles of transparency and cooperation. The process has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design. The Stage 2(b) submission has been reviewed by my Department and comments issued to the school and its Design Team in July 2020. The Design Team have been requested to carry out a final review of all of its tender documentation to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (12 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 243, 249 and 253 together. The role of the school is to provide an appropriate education for all its pupils. A stable, secure learning environment is an essential requirement to achieve this goal. Schools have autonomy in choosing the resources and programmes that best support the work within their own classrooms. The Yellow Flag programme aims to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The school to which the deputy refers was approved funding under the Additional Accommodation Scheme 2020 to purchase a 2-storey prefabricated temporary building to provide for five general classrooms for 2020/21 with a scope to provide further classrooms and specialist rooms for 2021/22, which are to be accommodated on Kishogue Community School. This project has been devolved for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The renting and leasing of Government offices is the responsibility of Property Management Services in the Office of Public Works, which acts as an agent for all Government Departments. The number, terms and cost of the leases is a matter for the OPW.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: Office facilities are provided through the Office of Public Works except for a single lease. My Department leases office space directly in the Kilkenny Education Centre for the National Educational Psychological Service. The lease was taken out in 2007/2008 and is renewed annually. The cost of this lease is currently €47,400 per annum and includes the provision of utility and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The major building project referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning, Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design. Updated and amended tender documentation requested upon review of the revised Stage 2(b) report has recently been reviewed by my Department. Further comments have issued to the Design Team who have been requested to carry out a final review of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that overall costs for the period Q4 2018 to the end to the end Q2 2020 were €89.9m excluding VAT and €104.1m including VAT. Costs reflect the very significant level of works completed in 2019 and 2020, complexities to be managed with detailed investigations, developing a remediation solution, retrofitting existing buildings and the need to have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (12 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The curriculum is considered to be for all learners regardless of race, religion, socioeconomic background, gender or orientation. It is the aim of my Department that every child has access to equitable education and that each learner feels safe and happy in the school environment, at every stage. At post-primary level, there are a number of prescribed texts for Junior Cycle and Leaving...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: On 22 October 2020 the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine notified my Department that it had removed ViraPro hand sanitiser from the product register. On the same day my Department removed the supplier of Virapro and its entire product offering from the Education Sector PPE Procurement Agreement and advised all schools to cease all use of these products. These products have been on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. The purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. In the 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children, including over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (12 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission 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: State Examinations (12 Nov 2020)

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: Schools Building Projects (12 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: This PQ is for the Department of Further Education.