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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department remains committed to providing permanent accommodation to meet the needs of the school to which the Deputy refers. As the Deputy is aware, officials in my Department have been actively engaging with officials from Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council via emails, phone calls and through online meeting platforms to establish all relevant information in respect of two site...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: In all instances where COVID-19 is positively confirmed in a school age child in community testing (referred by G.P) or as part of close contact testing in the community, Public Health are immediately notified and a Public Health Risk Assessment (PHRA) is initiated with the school by local HSE public health Schools Teams. Where COVID-19 is detected in an adult in the community, either through...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that following on from the meeting referenced the Department is committed to approving capital funding for the school in question, under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme ‘ASA’, as a project for the school is not included on the current school building programme. The parameters of the Additional School Accommodation scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that this school was granted approval and funding to build two mainstream classrooms and an Assisted-User WC under the Additional Accommodation Scheme for 2020. The delivery of this project is devolved to the school authority. My Department's officials recently reviewed the school's Stage 2B submission and I am pleased to confirm that this project has now been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (24 Mar 2021)

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, using data from a range of sources, including Child Benefit and school enrolment data, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: Schools should avoid eroding teaching time and maintain the required amount of contact time with all pupils each day. In a small number of cases, staggered starting and finishing times might be the only way a school can ensure large numbers of people do not congregate outside the school setting. In these cases, all pupils should still be afforded the correct amount of teaching contact time....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Mar 2021)

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: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department has always been guided by public health advice in relation to the infection prevention and control measure appropriate for schools. While current public health advice makes it a requirement for face coverings to be worn by teachers, non-teaching staff in primary and post primary schools and students attending post primary school, it is not a requirement for children attending...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 882 and 883 together. A significantly expanded Summer Programme was provided in 2020 for children with the complex needs as a discrete response to Covid-19. The programme provided either in-school, or home-based supports by teachers and special needs assistants (SNAs) during the summer holidays to help to prevent regression among children with SEN. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 Mar 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: Capital Expenditure Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: The main focus of resources over the last decade and for the coming period is on provision of additional capacity to cater for increasing demographics. The key drivers of the education sector capital programme are demographic change, alignment with housing provision and national planning at school planning area level, construction costs, catch-up to address legacy of underinvestment and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Mar 2021)

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 (24 Mar 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (24 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) is the psychological service of my Department.  It is a school-based service with an overall objective of providing an educational psychology service to all schools, through the application of psychological theory and practice, to support the well-being, and academic, social and emotional development of all learners.  NEPS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (24 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) is the psychological service of my Department.  It is a school-based service with an overall objective of providing an educational psychology service to all schools, through the application of psychological theory and practice, to support the well-being, and academic, social and emotional development of all learners.  NEPS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are 2 schools in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin operating out of rented prefabs, one since 2015 and the other since 2018.  While it is the policy of my Department to ensure a high standard of permanent accommodation for all schools, in the context of a rapidly increasing school population over the last decade or more it is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: The permanent school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy has been assigned to my Department’s Design & Build delivery programme.  This delivery programme uses a professional external Project Manager to progress the project through the relevant stages of architectural planning, tender and construction.  Architectural Planning has commenced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is aware of increasing pressures and demand for additional post-primary school places in a number of school planning areas including school planning areas in Killester/Raheny/Clontarf,  Drumcondra/Marino/Dubl in 1 and Donaghmede/Howth/Dublin 13. Where capacity issues arise it may not be as a result of lack of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (24 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the provision of sensory gardens form part of the accommodation brief for Special Educational Need Bases.  This information is available on the Departments websitewww.education.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (24 Mar 2021)

Norma Foley: Freagróidh mé PQ 15051 agus 15052 le chéile. Foilsíodh ciorcláin na Roinne 0052/2019 (bunscoil) agus 0053/2019 (iar-bhunscoil) i mí Lúnasa 2019 le cur chun feidhme i scoileanna ó thús na bliana acadúla 2019/20. Fuarthas an t-eolas do na ciorcláin ó Thuarascáil Taighde na Cigireachta: Athbhreithniú ar Bheartas agus ar...