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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, are 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 are eligible...

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

Norma Foley: The following table shows the number of students aged 19 enrolled in post-primary schools for the years 2015-2020, inclusive. Academic Year Age Count Unique Enrolments - <=30th Sept 2015 19 1,241 2016 19 1,213 2017 19 1,167 2018 19 1,196 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (5 Oct 2021)

Norma Foley: A key part of the DEIS Plan was the introduction of a new DEIS identification process based on an objective, statistics based model to determine which schools merit inclusion in the DEIS programme. An extensive body of work has been undertaken in terms of the refinement of this model, based on the latest school enrolment data and data available from Census 2016 under the HP Deprivation Index....

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

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has approved funding to the patron of the school in question to undertake refurbishment works in the property to facilitate the school's access to additional specialist accommodation. This accommodation includes science, woodwork and home economics rooms. The delivery of the project has been devolved to the patron for delivery. The patron has...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has approved funding to the patron of the school in question to undertake refurbishment works in the property to facilitate the school's access to additional specialist accommodation. This accommodation includes science, woodwork and home economics rooms. The delivery of the project has been devolved to the patron for delivery. The patron has...

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

Norma Foley: My Department does not provide assessment instruments/tests to schools. Guidance on the use of assessment tools is provided to schools. Schools are advised to develop their own assessment policy setting out in detail the school’s policy on the use of tests - to include consent, administration, interpretation, retention, feedback and processing, in accordance with GDPR regulations.

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 2020/21 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: Schools Building Projects (5 Oct 2021)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, Officials from the Department are in negotiation with a landowner in respect of the acquisition of a site suitable for the project to which you refer. Officials from the Department continue to work closely with Officials from Kildare County Council in order to progress the acquisition of the site. While a site acquisition process is underway, given the commercial...

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

Norma Foley: The details of all live school building projects for schools in Cavan and Monaghan that have been approved funding under the Additional Accommodation Scheme, including temporary accommodation, are available at the link for the Deputy's information. ">Table

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (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 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 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 ensure...

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

Norma Foley: An Occupational Health Strategy is in place as a supportive resource for individual staff members in recognised primary and post primary schools. The aim of the Occupational Health Strategy is to promote the health and wellbeing of employees in the workplace, with a strong focus on prevention. The Occupational Health Strategy comprises the Employee Assistance Service and the Occupational...

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

Norma Foley: The information sought by the Deputy is being collated by officials in my Department. A response will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

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

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application for additional school accommodation (ASA) from the school authority in question. The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom and Special Education Needs (SEN) accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the need cannot be met by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Revenue Commissioners (5 Oct 2021)

Norma Foley: Within the period 2016 to 2020, one of the State agencies under the remit of my Department entered into a settlement with the Revenue Commissioners. The Educational Research Centre was non-compliant with the requirement to produce P46s and as a result, Revenue levied a fine of €4,000, which was paid in 2018.

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 407 and 408 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (5 Oct 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department will arrange to visit the land in question. On foot of this visit my Department will take any remedial works where appropriate.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (5 Oct 2021)

Norma Foley: I refer to the application for a spouse's pension, in respect of the deceased member of the Primary School Teachers Pension Scheme. Following consultation with the relevant officials, I can confirm that the application for spouse's pension has been processed by the Pension Unit. It is expected that the payment will commence in the next pay issue from the Department's Retired Teachers Payroll.

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

Norma Foley: Under the Programme for Government there is a commitment to make further progress in reducing the pupil teacher ratios in primary schools and support small schools. As part of the Budget 2021 measures, the Government have sought to deliver on this commitment by the announcement of a 1 point change to the primary staffing schedule and the introduction of a three point reduction in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (5 Oct 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department implemented the outcome of the public service-wide review of allowances and premium payments (September 2012) by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform which means that many allowances, including this one, were no longer payable to “new entrant” Teachers. Circular 0008/2013 outlines the effect of this review on teachers. In common with a number of...