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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Pension Provisions (3 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the 2% pension increase payable to retired teachers has been implemented on the retired teachers payroll operated by my Department. This was implemented with effect from the 1st October 2020.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: State Examinations (3 Dec 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 Defence: School Transport (3 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. 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 2019/2020 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Transport (3 Dec 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 Defence: School Accommodation (3 Dec 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 Defence: School Transport (3 Dec 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 Defence: Schools Site Acquisitions (3 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: Officials from my Department have been working closely with Galway City Council and Galway County Council under the Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of school sites in order to identify and procure a suitable site for the school in question. A number of potential site options have been identified and these are currently under consideration. While a site acquisition process is...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Staff (3 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: The public service agreements have allowed a programme of pay restoration for public servants to start. The starting salary for a new entrant teacher in 2012 was €30,702. As a result of the programme of pay restoration, the starting salary of a teacher is now €37,692. Section 11 of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 provides that “the Minister [for Public...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Legislative Measures (3 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: I wish to assure the Deputy that I fully support improving educational outcomes for Travellers, and that includes ensuring that the school setting is a more welcoming environment. Developing knowledge and understanding of Traveller culture and history in schools will help build a recognition of the important value of Traveller culture and history to this country and help to improve a sense...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Dec 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: Schools Building Projects (8 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: The permanent projects for the schools referred to by the Deputy are being delivered under my Department's Design & Build Programme.  The building projects for both schools are at an advanced stage of the tender process to appoint a building Contractor. This delivery programme uses a professional external Project Management team to progress the project through the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: The issue preventing the occupation of the school referred to by the Deputy has been referred to Conciliation – the standard dispute resolution mechanism under the Public Works Contract. The Conciliator has been appointed and the first meeting with both parties took place on Friday 4th December. It is hoped that the conciliation process, which has now commenced and which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Telecommunications Services (8 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy currently has the best available service of 20mbs DSL broadband, and was recently awarded to a provider of high speed broadband, however the installation  has been delayed due to a local issue accessing the high speed broadband infrastructure. The service provider continues to explore all options to roll out the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: The criteria required to have incremental credit awarded to primary and post-primary school teachers, including service given in the Middle-East, are set out in the Department of Education and Skills Circulars 10/2001, 29/2007 and 29/2010.  The terms and conditions set out in these circulars were agreed under the auspices of the Teachers' Conciliation Council (TCC). The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Dec 2020)

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: State Examinations (8 Dec 2020)

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: School Transport (8 Dec 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: State Examinations (8 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: There is a total of 45 active cases at present.  A lead case has been identified and the substantive hearing in this case is expected to commence today,  8 December.  In addition, High Court decisions were issued in 2 further cases and these are under appeal to the Court of Appeal. The appeal hearing is due to commence on 12 January 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (8 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application for change of status, from the school in question, officials are currently in communication with the school authority regarding same.  Once the application has been assessed, the school authority will be contacted directly with the decision.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Places (8 Dec 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, utilising data from a range of sources including information on planned and current residential development, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise.  ...