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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: I am keenly aware of the vital role contributed by school secretaries within school communities and I recognise the very important work done by these staff, and the other support staff in the running of our schools. I have met with Fórsa, who represent many of the secretaries working in schools. In recognition of their role, I have put special arrangements in place for this school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware and has been recently advised, work is progressing and is ongoing in respect of technical matters crucial to the delivery of the acquisition. My Department is continuing to actively engage regularly with Kildare Co. Co. and the Landowner, who is currently presenting a masterplan of the site as a whole. It remains a priority for my Department to make progress on this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Correspondence (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: On Wednesday 17 February I confirmed that Leaving Certificate 2021 written examinations will proceed in accordance with the normal timetable, subject to public health advice, and that oral and practical examinations and coursework would run as close to normal as possible. I also announced that students will also have the alternative option of applying for grades accredited by the State...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: I am keenly aware of the vital role contributed by secretaries and caretakers within school communities and I recognise the very important work done by these staff, and the other support staff in the running of our schools. In recognition of their role, I have put special arrangements in place for this school year whereby schools will be funded to employ a replacement secretary or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: On Wednesday 17 February I confirmed that Leaving Certificate 2021 written examinations will proceed in accordance with the normal timetable, subject to public health advice, and that oral and practical examinations and coursework would run as close to normal as possible. I also announced that students will also have the alternative option of applying for grades accredited by the State...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the project to which she refers has been devolved to the school for delivery under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme 2019. Funding has been provided to deliver a 4-classroom SEN base in that context. I can confirm that a Design Team was recently procured and a Stage 1 report is now due to be submitted to the Department. This Design...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: The Department engaged the services of the Communications Clinic to provide communications services to the Department from September 24 2020 to October 3 2020 to support the Calculated Grades’ projects. The total amount paid was €19,481.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: In relation to the school to which the Deputy refers, the costs to date for the provision of interim accommodation at the location referred to is €2.12m (€0.36m rental of land and prefabs and €1.76m capital costs). The acquisition of a permanent site to accommodate the school is included in the Departments capital budget. A number of potential permanent site options have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 363 to 366, inclusive, together. On Wednesday 17 February I confirmed that Leaving Certificate 2021 written examinations will proceed in accordance with the normal timetable, subject to public health advice, and that oral and practical examinations and coursework would run as close to normal as possible. I also announced that students will also have the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: Responsibility for dealing with bullying in schools is the responsibility of each individual school. School authorities and school personnel are required to adhere to the Anti-Bullying Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools in dealing with allegations and incidents of bullying. The procedures require all schools to formally adopt and implement an anti-bullying policy that fully...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Inspections (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: All Whole-School Evaluation – Management, Leadership and Learning (WSE-MLL) evaluations, which were completed prior to the closure of schools in March 2020, have been published on the Department’s website.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Holidays (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: The scheduling of the school holiday periods during the academic years is agreed between the managerial authorities of schools, the teacher unions and my Department for the purposes of standardising breaks at Christmas, Easter and mid-term. This is important to ensure certainty for the school community about the dates of school holidays. My Department has provided a suite of guidance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 113,100 children, including over 14,500 children with special educational needs, are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €224.7m in 2020. The purpose of my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department is committed to providing permanent accommodation to meet the needs of the school to which the Deputy refers. In this regard, officials in my Department are in active engagement with officials from Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to further appraise two potential site options in terms of technical suitability. Once the final preferred site option has been identified,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Programme for Government (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware from the previous Parliamentary Questions on this topic, the Programme for Government commits to expanding and prioritising the transfer of viable schools to Community National Schools, along with achieving a target of at least 400 multi-denominational primary schools by 2030 to improve parental choice and to working with communities to ensure the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 113,100 children, including over 14,500 children with special educational needs, are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €224.7m in 2020. All children who are eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: On Wednesday 17 February I confirmed that Leaving Certificate 2021 written examinations will proceed in accordance with the normal timetable, subject to public health advice, and that oral and practical examinations and coursework would run as close to normal as possible. I also announced that students will also have the alternative option of applying for grades accredited by the State...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: The Government has always been guided by public health advice in relation to the safe operation of schools. The decision to delay the reopening of schools was in recognition of the need to reduce societal activity and movement to curb the spread of the virus at a time where there was unprecedented levels of disease transmission in the community. This was not based on a changed assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: During the current period of school closure, schools are required to put in place their plan of action to enable continuity of learning for all pupils. This involves all teachers who are medically fit to work, including SETs, providing remote teaching and learning to all pupils in their class or on their caseload. It is crucially important that the learning of all pupils/students,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Feb 2021)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that the Department of Education and South Dublin County Council have reached agreement in principle on the transfer of a site within the SDZ to which you refer. We presently await confirmation of necessary internal approvals from SDCC to dispose of the site after which we would expect legal conveyancing to commence. It would be our intention to advance the architectural...