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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 2021)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2020/2021 school year over 114,100 children, including over 14,700 children with special educational needs, were 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 Sep 2021)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 261 and 262 together. An arrangement was made through An Chomhairle Leabharlanna in 1971, whereby the local authority librarians would provide services for schools.  At that time my Department made a grant available for this purpose based on the number of pupils enrolled in primary schools in the local authority areas. The amount of the grant payable to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (30 Sep 2021)

Norma Foley: Building on provision at primary level, differentiated curricular provision for the subject Irish was introduced at Junior Cycle level in 2017. The L1/T1 specification for Junior Cycle Irish is targeted at students in Irish-medium schools and Aonaid, while the L2/T2 specification is aimed at students in English-medium schools where Irish is a second language. At  present, students...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (30 Sep 2021)

Norma Foley: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the State.  The figures they have provided show that there were approximately 1,279 applications for registration at various stages of processing at close of business...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (30 Sep 2021)

Norma Foley: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the State.  The Teaching Council inform me that the application of the person referred to by the Deputy has been processed, and is registered with effect from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (30 Sep 2021)

Norma Foley: Managing ventilation is just one of a suite of public health measures in place to keep our schools safe. Updated guidance for schools on Practical Steps for the Deployment of Good Ventilation Practices in Schools was provided at the end of May following the work of an expert group that carefully considered the role of ventilation in managing COVID-19. A copy of the guidance is published on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (30 Sep 2021)

Norma Foley: Managing ventilation is just one of a suite of public health measures in place to keep our schools safe. Updated guidance for schools on Practical Steps for the Deployment of Good Ventilation Practices in Schools was provided at the end of May following the work of an expert group that carefully considered the role of ventilation in managing COVID-19. The provision of portable CO2monitors...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Sep 2021)

Norma Foley: Ensuring that schools can open sustainably has been a key priority for Government. To support this objective my Department has engaged extensively with all of the education stakeholders and the Department of Health and the HSE Public Health. Public health has reviewed the measures put in place to ensure safe operation of schools and have advised that the new variants of the disease do not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Programme for Government (5 Oct 2021)

Norma Foley: Under Section 38 of the Teaching Council Act, initial teacher education (ITE) programmes are subject to review and accreditation by the Teaching Council, for registration purposes. New ITE programme standards (entitled ‘Céim: Standards for Initial Teacher Education’) and new post-primary subject curricular requirements were published by the Teaching Council in November...

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

Norma Foley: An arrangement was made through An Chomhairle Leabharlanna in 1971, whereby the local authority librarians would provide services for schools. At that time my Department made a grant available for this purpose based on the number of pupils enrolled in primary schools in the local authority areas. The amount of the grant payable to each local authority was based on the number of primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (5 Oct 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, utilising data from a range of sources including information on planned and current residential development, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 Oct 2021)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2020/2021 school year over 114,100 children, including over 14,700 children with special educational needs, were 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 (5 Oct 2021)

Norma Foley: I wish to inform the Deputy that no application for funding has been received from the school in question under the Emergency Works Scheme since the 27th of July 2021. If the school wish to submit an Emergency Works application for consideration they may do so via the Esinet portal.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (5 Oct 2021)

Norma Foley: The Programme for Government states that ‘this Government will develop inclusive and age appropriate curricula for Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) and Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) across primary and post-primary schools, including an inclusive programme on LGBTI+ relationships and make appropriate legislative changes, if necessary’. In April 2018, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 Oct 2021)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2020/2021 school year over 114,100 children, including over 14,700 children with special educational needs, were 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: State Examinations (5 Oct 2021)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. The Commission in this regard operates a scheme of Reasonable Accommodations in 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 (5 Oct 2021)

Norma Foley: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24(3) of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). In accordance with Department Circulars 0044/2019 and 31/2011, schools are required to employ appropriately qualified and registered teachers and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (5 Oct 2021)

Norma Foley: I can inform the Deputy that my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist for responses...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety (5 Oct 2021)

Norma Foley: The body which has statutory responsibility for ensuring that health and safety requirements are met by all employers, including schools, is the Health and Safety Authority (HSA). The Authority also provides information and advice to organisations, including schools, to assist them in ensuring that their responsibilities in respect of health and safety in the workplace are met. The Safety,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 Oct 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...