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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: A system of Calculated Grades was put in place by my predecessor due to the inability to run the normal Leaving Certificate examinations. The purpose of this process is to allow as many students as possible to progress to employment, further education and training, or higher education in a way that is fair and equitable to all Leaving Certificate students. The results of the Calculated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: Additional funding of €1 million provided under Budget 2020 was allocated to 102 Primary DEIS schools for a new pilot programme which aims to provide free school books for the 2020/21 school year. This was announced in January of this year and further information including the selection process is available on my Departments website at . The aim of this pilot is to provide free...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: The HEAR and DARE schemes are operated by the Irish Universities Association (IUA) and regulated by the higher education institutions themselves. As such, the Department of Education and Skills has no role in the policy criteria of the scheme. Admissions under the HEAR and DARE schemes are regulated by the higher education institutions themselves. Each institution determines its own...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. The purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. In the 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children, including over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Jul 2020)

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Jul 2020)

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: The school building project to which the Deputy refers is due to be ready for occupation for the school year 2020/2021.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: The Deputy will be aware that the project to which she refers has been devolved to Westmeath County Council (WCC) for delivery. The new school building for the project is over 97% complete. There continues to be a very close engagement between WCC and its design team, the Department of Education and Skills (DES) and the contractor in relation to getting the remaining elements of work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: The interim public health advice received by my Department sets out the key public health requirements that will be required for a safe full reopening of schools in late August/September and the measures that will be required to achieve this. The residential element of boarding schools are privately run operations and do not fall within the remit of my Department. Consequently, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: There has been a lot of engagement between my Department and stakeholders in relation to reopening in September and this engagement is ongoing. My Department’s number one priority, and the wider school sector is to reopen our schools as fully, normally and safely as possible at the start of the new school year. The Department and stakeholders are collectively focused on working...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: Public health advice for the reopening of schools and educational facilities underpins the important work of ongoing engagements with education partners and stakeholders in terms of planning and providing guidance for schools to ensure the return to school is safe for children and staff. The guidance for schools, when fully developed, will include templates that can be used by schools as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. The purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. In the 2019/2020 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 418, 424 and 427 together. The national co-ordination group for tertiary education is meeting on a regular basis to consider key issues impacting the tertiary sector, including arrangements for re-opening institutions. These arrangements will be dependent on public health advice, and will be communicated to learners as soon as possible. Student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the issues raised is a matter for the school authority and not a matter for my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: The interim public health advice received by my Department sets out the key public health requirements that will be required for a safe full reopening of schools in late August/September and the measures that will be required to achieve this. This public health advice will underpin ongoing engagements with education partners and stakeholders in terms of planning and providing guidance for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: Innovation 2020, Ireland’s national strategy for research and development, science and technology recognises the need for greater collaboration between enterprises and the public research system, including the higher education institutions (HEIs). Collaboration is necessary to create the critical mass for world-leading research in many disciplines. Government agencies including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: Following the school closure in March 2020, my Department published a range of guidance to assist schools and teachers in ensuring continuity of teaching and learning for students as well as supporting their wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. This guidance aimed, inter alia, to ensure regular engagement of students in lessons, tasks and learning experiences across the range of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 423 and 425 together. To assist with the development of plans for the reopening and operation of higher education in an environment that may require social distancing and other public health requirements, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science is engaging with relevant stakeholders from the higher education sector,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: The decision on eligibility for a student grant is a matter for the centralised student grant awarding authority SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland) to determine. For the 20/21 academic year student grant applications will be assessed based on gross income from all sources for the period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. Postgraduate students who meet the qualifying conditions for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department has commissioned and just this week received a report with estimated costing to carry out comprehensive repairs on the roof of the school referred to by the Deputy. The Department is also awaiting a report with costings on the sewerage system at the school which is due in very shortly. Once these reports have been examined, decisions will be made in respect of what remedial...