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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (15 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 762, 764 and 765 together. DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools is the main policy initiative of my Department to address educational disadvantage at school level. In the 2020/21 academic year there are 887 schools in the DEIS Programme serving over 185,000 pupils - 689 Primary and 198 Post Primary. My Department's total spend on DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 770 to 773, inclusive, together. The criteria for the appointment of an administrative principal to schools, which are enrolment based, are set out in Appendix B of the annual staffing circular. Schools operating two Autism special classes have a reduced enrolment requirement for the appointment of an Administrative Principal. Currently, 86 schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that the property in respecting of which the Deputy is making enquiries is not in my ownership, as Minister for Education. My Department understands that neither is the property concerned registered with the Property Registration Authority. I would suggest that you make further enquiries with the patron of the school in question as they may be able to assist you with your enquiries.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: On 17 February, I confirmed that Leaving Certificate 2021 examinations would proceed, guided by public health advice, and that students will also have the alternative option of applying for grades accredited by the State Examinations Commission (SEC), to be known as SEC-Accredited Grades. This decision was taken by government to ensure for every candidate in 2021, a method to assess...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: On 17 February, I confirmed that Leaving Certificate 2021 examinations would proceed, guided by public health advice, and that students will also have the alternative option of applying for grades accredited by the State Examinations Commission (SEC), to be known as SEC-Accredited Grades. This decision was taken by government to ensure for every candidate in 2021, a method to assess...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 777, 815 and 816 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Jun 2021)

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 Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: In 2012, a public service-wide review of allowances was carried out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. As a result of the review, qualification allowances were abolished with effect from 1stFebruary 2012. The Department of Education and Skills Circular 0008/2013 outlines the effect of this decision on teachers. In common with a number of job-role based allowances,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Websites (15 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: My department is committed to making the information on its website accessible to all, regardless of ability. To this end, the department’s website is designed to follow guidelines set out by the W3C (the World Wide Web Consortium). The department aims to comply with Level Double-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. In addition, a number of Triple-A checkpoints are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Websites (15 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: My department is committed to making the information on its website accessible to all, regardless of ability. To this end, the is designed to follow guidelines set out by the W3C (the World Wide Web Consortium). The department aims to comply with Level Double-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. In addition, a number of Triple-A checkpoints are incorporated to enhance the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Jun 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The Government has always been guided by public health advice in relation to what is safe in schools. The CMO has made it very clear in his advices to Government which are published on gov.ie, that schools are low risk environments, with very little evidence of transmission within schools, and that the majority of infections of children and adolescents occurs outside the school setting. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Jun 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 scheme is,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Jun 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 scheme is,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: On 17 February, I confirmed that Leaving Certificate 2021 examinations would proceed, guided by public health advice, and that students will also have the alternative option of applying for grades accredited by the State Examinations Commission (SEC), to be known as SEC-Accredited Grades. This decision was taken by government to ensure for every candidate in 2021, a method to assess...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Jun 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 am pleased to inform the Deputy that the project was recently approved to proceed to the Construction Stage. The OPW is currently finalising the appointment of the contractor and once this has been completed the project will commence on site.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school in question is included in my Department's school building programme. The brief for the proposed project is currently been finalised by my Department with a view to progressing the project into the architectural planning process as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Jun 2021)

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 Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school in question is included in my Department's school building programme. The brief for the proposed project is currently been finalised with a view to progressing the project into the architectural planning process. My Department will be in contact with the school as part of this process.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Jun 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...