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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 321 and 322 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not receiving an application from the schools in question in relation to a proposed amalgamation. As the decision-making authority for any amalgamation is the patron/trustees of the schools concerned, it is open to any patron to submit proposals to the Department for consideration. Any...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department has received a copy of the report to which the Deputy refers. It is an analysis of historic population and enrolment trends for the period 2011-2020 in the East Cork area. The area in question is primarily the Midleton_Carrigtwohill school planning area, though part of the Youghal school planning area is also considered. As the Deputy may be aware, a new primary school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 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. Bus Éireann plans and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 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: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the actual cost of constructing a General Purpose (GP) Room for a Primary School and a PE Hall for a Post Primary School can vary depending on a number of factors which can include, but not limited to the size and scope of the construction contract the GP/PE Halls are being constructed under, market conditions, site constraints, planning conditions,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The Education (Admission to Schools) Act, 2018, specifically prohibits the charging of fees or seeking payment or contributions for an application for admission to a school or for the enrolment or continued enrolment of a student in a school. This applies to all recognised primary and post primary schools with exceptions only for fee charging secondary schools, boarding schools and schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The salary scale for an Educational Psychologists in the National Educational Psychologist Service (NEPS) starts at €55,169. There are currently 204 NEPS psychologist posts. Budget 2021 provided for an additional 17 posts to NEPS bringing overall sanctioned numbers to 221 psychologist posts. This represents by far the highest number of psychologists sanctioned for NEPS since its...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: An application for capital funding, under the Department's Additional School Accommodation Scheme has been received from the school in question. The preparation of a project brief is currently underway and will be communicated to the school authority as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 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 School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that the Emergency Works team have been in contact with the school in regards to these applications and have sought further information, a decision will issue directly to the school on receipt of this information.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30th September. The staffing arrangements also include a provision whereby schools experiencing rapid increases in enrolment can apply for additional permanent mainstream posts on developing grounds,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: There are no plans at present to introduce First Aid into the curriculum. The curriculum in second level schools must meet an extensive range of needs in catering for the cognitive, emotional, imaginative, aesthetic, social, physical and moral development of students, and in preparing them for the demands of citizenship, lifelong learning and social and economic participation. Key messages...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The 18 religious congregations involved in the management of most of the residential institutions in which child abuse took place have made contributions towards the costs incurred by the State in responding to that abuse under two rounds: the legally binding 2002 Indemnity Agreement and the voluntary offers made in 2009 in the aftermath of the publication of the report of the Commission to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 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 School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy of the recent Design Team appointment for the building project to which he refers. The project has been devolved for delivery to CEIST. The brief for this project is to provide a 1,000 pupil Post-Primary School with 4-class SEN Base and a 16-classroom Primary School with 1 SEN Base on a greenfield site. The Service Level Agreement (SLA) between CEIST and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: I am keenly aware of the vital contribution of 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 caretaker...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The funding that has been allocated to the Creative Schools Programme in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 is set out in the following table. Year Allocation 2019 €1,038,000 2020 €1,038,000 2021 €1,080,000 €54,090.83 has been spent to date in 2021. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department takes the recommendations 10-13 in respect of Music Education of the report entitled Na hEalaíona – Ní Cuma Leo issued by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in May 2019 very seriously. Music Generationis a National Music Education Programme that aims to transform the lives of children and young people through access to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (29 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The Department has no record of a project of this nature for the school referred to by the deputy. If the deputy could provide further details in respect of the project, Department officials will re-examine accordingly.