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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: Under Project Ireland 2040, the education sector will receive a total of approximately €4.4 billion capital investment over the period 2021-2025. This significant investment allows us to move forward with certainty on our ambitious plans and deliver high quality building projects, with a real focus on sustainability, for school communities across Ireland. Budget 2022 progresses the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: The development of Relationships and Sexuality Education, Post Primary Junior Cycle'(1998) and 'Resource materials for Relationships and Sexuality Education, Post-Primary Senior Cycle’(1999) was co-ordinated by the RSE Training Support Service for Schools. This service, with responsibility for supporting the implementation of RSE in primary and post-primary schools nationally, was set...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) is the main policy instrument of my Department to tackle educational disadvantage. In the 2021/22 academic year there are 884 schools in the DEIS Programme serving over 186,000 pupils - 687 Primary and 197 Post Primary. This represents approximately 20% of the overall school population. The total Department spend on DEIS in 2021 is over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department has been guided by Public Health as to the mitigation measures needed to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in our schools. The aim of all of the Covid-19 infection prevention and control measures that have been put in place for schools is to support schools to operate safely and prevent the introduction of Covid-19 and also the onward of transmission of Covid-19 among the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: The approach to supporting schools to operate safely during Covid-19 has been to follow and implement public health advice. Public Health advice remains that asymptomatic children are at low risk for transmission. Schools are controlled settings and the approach to contact tracing is risk-based in relation to the setting, age-group and the existence of other preventive measures. Public Health...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 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: Education Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding was approved under the Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme to enable the school in question to build a two-classroom SEN base. This project was approved to Tender in August 2021. Subsequent to this approval, the school sought to incorporate a Summers Works Scheme (SWS) project into this tendering process. The school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available in the format requested. However, the information available is being collated by my Department and will be made available to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department is aware of increasing pressures and demand for school places in a number of school planning areas including Trim. However, it is important to note that where enrolment pressures arise, it may not be as a result of lack of accommodation but may be driven by the following factors: - Duplication of applications – pupils have applied for a place to a number of schools in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: 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 additional school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department received an application for capital funding in 2019, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school authority referred to by the Deputy. A decision on this application issued directly to the school authority. The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom and Special Education Needs (SEN)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 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 Admissions (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: The Department is aware of increasing pressures and demand for additional school places in a number of school planning areas. Where capacity issues arise, it may not be as a result of lack of accommodation but may be driven by the following factors: - Duplication of applications – pupils have applied for a place to a number of schools in the area - School of choice – pupils...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: The Department is aware of increasing pressures and demand for additional school places in a number of school planning areas including the school planning area referred to by the Deputy. However, it is important to note that where enrolment pressures arise, it may not be as a result of lack of accommodation but may be driven by the following factors: - Duplication of applications...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: The major construction project for the school referred to by the Deputy commenced on site in October 2020. Works are progressing satisfactorily on site and the contract duration is approximately 20 months.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, officials from my Department are in negotiations with a landowner in respect of the acquisition of a suitable site for the Curragh Post Primary school. Officials from my Department continue to work closely with Officials from Kildare County Council in order to progress the acquisition of the site. I am unable to provide any further information at this stage due to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: My officials have made contact directly with the Deputy's office seeking clarification on the information requested. When these clarifications are received, it is agreed with the Deputy's office that a response will be issued directly to the his office.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 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 Transport (23 Nov 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data in a way that takes account of the significant local and regional variations in demographic trends and enrolment projections, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas (SPAs). Using school planning area boundaries within my Department’s Geographic Information System (GIS) allows...