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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The Appropriation Account for my Department for 2019 contains details of the contracts deemed to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines for the year 2019. Details from the 2109 Appropriation Account are attached for the Deputy’s information. A complete record is not available in respect of 2020 as the appropriation account is compiled after the end of the accounting period. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The project referred to by the Deputy is currently at advanced architectural planning stage and being progressed towards submission of a planning application. Prior to lodging the application, the School Authority will be invited to attend a meeting with officials from my Department to review the plans. Until such time as planning permission has been secured, it will not be possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (24 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 inform me that the application of the person referred to by the Deputy has been successfully concluded with effect from the 16thof November...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 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. The assessment process will consider the need for additional, permanent accommodation and also for interim accommodation, as appropriate. Once the assessment is completed, a decision will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Process (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department has not made any applications to the Oireachtas Business Committee to waive pre-legislative scrutiny of primary and secondary legislation from 1 January 2017 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The official responsible for the Departments Data Compliance and Support Section is the designated Data Protection Officer for the Department and is at the grade of Principal Officer. The unit supports the Department in being compliant with data and information regulations in relation to FOI, Records Management, GDPR and the Data Protection Act and provides corporate support services to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 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 (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that the school in question has been granted funding through my Department's Summer works scheme and as this is a devolved project it is the responsibility of the school authority to progress the works.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act 1998. In schools where there are more applicants than places available, a selection process may be necessary. The selection process used by schools and the enrolment policy on which it is based must be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The building project referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme which tenders to pre-established frameworks of D&B contractors. My Department is currently in the process of establishing a Framework of Design and Build Contractors to which Design and Build projects can be tendered. Once this framework is established, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that in 2017, consideration was being given to establishing a special school in the east Cork area. A potential property was mentioned but the owner subsequently disposed of the property. My Department is currently exploring how the needs of those children requiring a special school placement in Cork can be met.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 486 and 487 together. Each primary school receives a Special Education Teaching allocation. The Special Education Teaching allocation provides a single unified allocation for special educational support teaching needs to each school, based on each school’s educational profile and also encompasses the Language Support (EAL) allocation that schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tribunals of Inquiry (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that there are no tribunals, inquiries or investigations being undertaken currently, or in the process of being set up, by my Department. The Deputy may wish to note that on 3 October I announced that I had asked that a comprehensive independent review of the design and implementation of the Leaving Certificate Calculated Grades process should take place when...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department received an application for capital funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school referred to by the Deputy. On completion of the assessment process, it was determined that the school has sufficient permanent accommodation on site to cater for their existing staffing cohort. The school authority has appealed this decision...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department's approach is to align the grant payments to each of the three terms of the school year. Grant payments will reflect the duration of each school term and other factors e.g. the PPE grant payments for the first term included provision for once off set up costs for installing sanitizer dispensing units. The next tranche of grant payments will issue in early January.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: It is the responsibility of my Department to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in an area. Parents/guardians can choose which school to apply to and where the school has places available the pupil should be admitted. It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to draft, publish and implement a school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to confirm that construction commenced for the school in question on 14th October 2020. Subject to no issues arising, it is anticipated that the works will take approximately 108 weeks to complete. The works consist of a new four-storey extension plus a stand alone PE Hall, extensive refurbishment of the existing building and all associated site works, to cater for 750...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: As you will be aware the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 was signed into law by the President on the 18thJuly 2018. The overall objective of the Act is to provide a new framework for school enrolment that is designed to ensure that every child is treated fairly and that the way in which schools decide on applications for admission is structured, fair and transparent. The measures...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2019/2020 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 over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 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...