Results 41-51 of 51 for drugs speaker:Norma Foley

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: ..., such as repeated short-term Sick Leave absences, concerns regarding performance of duties as a result of health factors, work-related factors that may be adversely affecting an employee’s health or alcohol/drug related problems. The Employers Procedures Manual contained at Appendix A of these Circulars includes the step by step process for referral of an employee to the OHS for an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (22 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with a range of difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. This is mainly done through the SPHE programme. SPHE forms part of the mandatory Wellbeing area of learning at Junior Cycle. Wellbeing in Junior Cycle is about young people...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with a range of difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. This is mainly done through the SPHE programme. SPHE forms part of the mandatory Well-being area of learning at Junior Cycle. Well-being in Junior Cycle is about young people...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: .... Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with a range of difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. This is mainly done through the SPHE programme. SPHE is currently mandatory in all primary schools and in Junior Cycle where it is part of the Wellbeing area. Schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: ...-track option. The programme provides important educational material and learning on road safety for pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and motorists. It covers such issues as seatbelts and airbags, driver fatigue, drink/drug driving, road-safety engineering and enforcement, basic first aid at road crashes, emergency services and rehabilitation, licensing and insurance issues, the NCT,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: ..., identifying those that are most commonly used, and examine and understand the effects they can have alcohol, - explore some of the reasons why people smoke, drink alcohol, misuse any kind of substances or take drugs that have no medical use. - The Programme for Government states that ‘this Government will develop inclusive and age appropriate curricula for Relationships...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: ...misuse. Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. SPHE is currently mandatory in all primary schools and in Junior Cycle, where it forms part of the mandatory 'Wellbeing' area of learning. Schools are also encouraged to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (7 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: ...includes a strand called ‘Health and Well-being’. The learning outcomes of this strand include that students should be able to ‘explore the factors that influence mental health and well-being, including the influence of family, peers, societal attitudes, media, technology, alcohol and drugs, and one’s sense of self’, to ‘recognise unhelpful...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: ...those serving populations with little or no disadvantage. It has provided children who come to education at a disadvantage with an equitable opportunity to achieve their potential in education. The Department provides funding for a number of projects in local drugs task force areas. The aim of these projects are to promote healthy choices and to prevent or reduce substance misuse....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (27 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...includes a strand called ‘Health and Wellbeing’. The learning outcomes of this strand include that students should be able to ‘explore the factors that influence mental health and wellbeing, including the influence of family, peers, societal attitudes, media, technology, alcohol and drugs, and one’s sense of self’, to ‘recognise unhelpful thinking...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: ...this work; - Creation of a new post in the Professional Development Service for Teachers, with a dual role in overseeing, developing and supporting CPD in diversity/social inclusion and in DEIS. My Department provides funding for a number of projects in local drugs task force areas. The aim of these projects are to promote healthy choices and to prevent or reduce substance misuse....