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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 May 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 114,100 children, including over 14,700 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: Education Costs (5 May 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 114,100 children, including over 14,700 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 May 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 114,100 children, including over 14,700 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: Departmental Investigations (5 May 2021)

Norma Foley: Civil servants recruited to my Department are subject to the Civil Service Code of Standards & Behaviour which outlines that in the course of their duties honesty, impartiality and integrity must be paramount. On commencing duty officials are presented with a suite of documents relating to their employment one of which is an I.C.T. Usage Policy which outlines the conditions they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (5 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The use of bicycles is encouraged and secure and covered cycle parking facilities are provided as part of major new builds and refurbishment projects, and in accordance with Planning Permission Conditions. Where no major project is being undertaken, the relevant mechanisms for addressing the type of issues raised by the Deputy are the Minor Works Grant for small-scale works or the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 May 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 114,100 children, including over 14,700 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: School Transport (5 May 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 114,100 children, including over 14,700 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sign Language and Deaf Services (5 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The Irish Sign Language Act 2017 provides inter alia that the Minister will establish a scheme for the provision of Irish Sign Language (ISL) classes for the family of deaf children and education and support for children whose primary language is ISL attending recognised schools; and training for teachers of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Many pupils who are Deaf or hard of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2021)

Norma Foley: At this time, the Department is engaging with education partners to ensure that any challenges with regard to filling substitutable vacancies are highlighted. If further measures are required my Department will of course engage with the relevant stakeholders to explore and consider other solutions. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 May 2021)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, agreement in principle has been reached to acquire a site for the permanent location of the school in question. This agreement is subject to contract, conveyancing and satisfactory grant of full planning permission. In this regard, the Department is working in conjunction with the current landowner and the Local Authority to ensure that the infrastructure required...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (5 May 2021)

Norma Foley: Commensurate with the level of funding set aside for the Summer Works Scheme, applications are being assessed on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the Circular accompanying the Scheme. In that regard, applications submitted for other works will be considered under future rounds of the Summer Works Scheme. Details of the next categories to be granted...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 May 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 114,100 children, including over 14,700 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. There are in the region of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 May 2021)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has had recent communication with the school authority in question relating to the process of how to apply for capital funding for permanent accommodation as referred. The relevant documents were sent to the school authority and on receipt of the completed forms the application will be given consideration.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (5 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The Irish Sign Language Act 2017 provides inter alia that the Minister will establish a scheme for the provision of Irish Sign Language (ISL) classes for the family of deaf children and education and support for children whose primary language ISL is attending recognised schools; and training for teachers of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Many pupils who are Deaf or hard of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (5 May 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department is aware of increasing pressures and demand for additional school places in a number of school planning areas. Where capacity issues arise it may not be as a result of lack of accommodation but may be driven by the following factors: Duplication of applications – pupils have applied for a place to a number of schools in the area School of choice – pupils...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 May 2021)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, a building project for the school in question is included in my Department's school building programme. The first step in facilitating this project involves a site for the new 1,000 student school building. The master-planning exercise in relation to the Kildare Wicklow ETB owned site at Novara Avenue has yet to be completed. This exercise will determine whether it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The conciliation process regarding the defects notices issued by my Department commenced in early December and has now come to a conclusion. The parties have not reached agreement during the Conciliation and it now falls to the Conciliator to issue a Determination Report outlining the process, the issues considered and his recommendations on the matters referred to conciliation. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (5 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The Irish Sign Language Act 2017 provides inter alia that the Minister will establish a scheme for the provision of Irish Sign Language (ISL) classes for the family of deaf children and education and support for children whose primary language is ISL attending recognised schools; and training for teachers of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Many pupils who are Deaf or hard of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The Deputy will be aware that the project to which he refers has been devolved for delivery to the Office of Public Works (OPW). I can confirm that the Tender Report has recently been received in my Department and is currently being reviewed. A decision in respect of the matter will be notified to the OPW once this review has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (5 May 2021)

Norma Foley: A member of my staff from the Payroll Division has been in contact with the individual concerned, clarification has been provided and the issue is resolved.