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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Food Poverty (9 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: The School Meals Programme is operated by the Department of Social Protection and provides funding towards provision of food services for disadvantaged school child through two schemes; - The statutory Urban School Meals Scheme for primary schools is operated by Local Authorities and part-financed by the DSP. - The non-statutory School Meals Local Projects Scheme (SMLPS) provides funding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department is acutely aware of the disruption that was caused to students as a result of school closures resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. My Department published a suite of helpful guidance for the safe and sustainable operation of schools after they re-opened. Each school is required to have a COVID-19 Response Plan for the safe operation through the prevention, early detection and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available.  Officials in my Department are collating the information and I will arrange to have it forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (9 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: I thank the Senator. I am replying on behalf of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Project Ireland 2040, which was launched by the Government on 16 February 2018, is the overarching policy and planning framework for the social, economic and cultural development of Ireland. It includes a detailed capital investment plan for the period 2018 to 2027, the national...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (9 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: I appreciate the points the Senator makes and the sincerity with which he makes the case for his home town. I will communicate his points to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (9 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanadóir as ucht na ceiste agus as ucht deis a thabhairt dom freagra a thabhairt air. I thank Senator Kyne for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to the Seanad the current position regarding the major building project for Scoil Mhuire. The brief for this project is to provide a new school with accommodation for the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (9 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: I thank the Senator. I appreciate his personal involvement in this project. It is a positive development. From 18 December, we will know a lot more about the preferred option. I will certainly communicate the specific issues the Senator has raised with my officials.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (9 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: I thank the Senator for raising this matter and allowing me to provide the House with an update on the current position regarding the provision of a permanent school building for Harold's Cross Educate Together Secondary School. Harold's Cross ETSS is a co-educational second level school which will provide 1,000 post-primary school places and a four-classroom special educational needs unit...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (9 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: I thank the Senator. I note her personal interest and the work she has done to date. As I have said, we will keep both schools informed.

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

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 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...

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

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school referred to has been approved for a project under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme 2015.  This project will provide for two mainstream classrooms with en-suite, and one WC for assisted users. The Deputy will be aware that the project to which he refers has been devolved for delivery to the school under my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 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 Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that funding for sensory rooms is only available to schools who already have an approved ASD class.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoil Issues (10 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department establishes and supports new schools where a demographic need for a new school has been identified. As the Deputy may be aware, my Department uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. The GIS uses data from a range of sources, including the Central Statistics Office, Ordnance Survey...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (10 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 299 and 301 together. My Department is in the final stages of refinement of the DEIS identification model, based on school enrolment data and the latest data available from Census 2016 under the HP Deprivation Index. This work is at an advanced stage and the consultation process with education stakeholder representatives on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (10 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: Department of Finance Circular 47/01 provides for the reimbursement, by Government Departments, of professional membership fees paid by staff. The Circular provides for reimbursement of such fees where the continued membership of professional bodies or associations is necessary for the performance of an officer’s official duties, and where the benefits accruing to the Department as a...

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

Norma Foley: The Department does not comment on individual cases in schools.  Public health specialists working with schools and the Department of Education are closely monitoring the situation in all schools to ensure that where schools are open with appropriate infection prevention and control measures, there is no additional threat to public health.  To date the evidence demonstrates that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme (10 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that the school in question has submitted an application for funding under my Departments Emergency Works Scheme for Roof Works, this application has been approved in principle dependent on the confirmation of some technical details which have not been provided by the school to date.