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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I announced on the 9th March, 2022 the expansion of the DEIS programme benefitting 347 schools. These schools were identified as having the highest levels of educational disadvantage. In the 2022/23 academic year there will be 1,194 schools in the DEIS Programme - 960 Primary and 234 Post Primary. This will also mean a €32million increase in my Department's expenditure on DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I announced on the 9th March, 2022 the expansion of the DEIS programme benefitting 347 schools. These schools were identified as having the highest levels of educational disadvantage. In the 2022/23 academic year there will be 1,194 schools in the DEIS Programme - 960 Primary and 234 Post Primary. This will also mean a €32million increase in my Department's expenditure on DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department, in consultation with Bus Éireann, is putting in place a new process to facilitate the provision of School Transport Scheme Services for children arriving to Ireland from Ukraine. When set up, there will be link to a form (which will also be available in Ukrainian and Russian) for families/host families to complete in order to apply for school transport. This form will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: All schools drafted new admissions policies under the provisions of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. These newly revised admission policies were approved by the patron, following consultation with staff and parents of children who are attending the school. The school’s admissions policy is published on the schools website. To assist schools with consistency with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the current school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 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 €289m in 2021. The purpose of my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an Additional Schools Application (ASA) form from the school authority referred to by the Deputy. The application is currently in the final stages of assessment. and the school authority will be directly notified of the decision shortly. The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom and Special Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers made an application for fencing to be erected between the school and a neighbouring property under my Departments Emergency Works Scheme. The purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme is to address for unforeseen emergencies or to provide funding to facilitate inclusion and access for special needs pupils. An emergency is deemed to be a situation which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I announced on the 9th March, 2022 the expansion of the DEIS programme benefitting 347 schools. These schools were identified as having the highest levels of educational disadvantage. In the 2022/23 academic year there will be 1,194 schools in the DEIS Programme - 960 Primary and 234 Post Primary. This will also mean a €32million increase in my Department's expenditure on DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Mar 2022)

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 121,400 children, including over 15,500 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 €289m in 2021. The purpose of the Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: In line with advice from the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) and best international practice, children and young people arriving from Ukraine into Ireland, including those with special educational needs, need to be placed as soon as possible in a school setting and given the opportunity to settle in, adapt and adjust to their new environment, new home, new school, and to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: The pilot workshops on trauma informed approaches is complete and is ready for launch. The webinars were developed as part of support and development work by NEPS. The series of Wellbeing and Resilience in schools webinars, explore the use of whole-school, compassionate and trauma-informed approaches to build safe and connected schools. Part 1, is called ‘The Stress factor - Getting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: There are no civil servants in my Department on secondment to the private sector.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: School secretaries are valued members of our school communities and my Department is fully aware of the vitally important role played by them in the running of our schools. On the 24th February, following a series of engagements at the WRC, a package to settle a claim on terms and conditions for grant-funded school secretaries was proposed, which Fórsa agreed to recommend to its...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (30 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I announced on the 9th March, 2022 the expansion of the DEIS programme benefitting 347 schools. These schools were identified as having the highest levels of educational disadvantage. In the 2022/23 academic year there will be 1,194 schools in the DEIS Programme - 960 Primary and 234 Post Primary. This will also mean a €32million increase in my Department's expenditure on DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: The permanent building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design and Build programme which uses a professional external Project Manager to progress the project through the relevant stages of architectural planning, tender and construction. An application for Planning Permission for the school was submitted to the relevant Local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers opened in its current interim location in 2021. My Department will not consider relocation of the school for September 2022 as there is sufficient accommodation in their current location to meet the schools requirements. The other school building in the location referred to by the Deputy was not considered as a temporary location originally as it had...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education Circular 0016/2022 sets out the details of a temporary amendment to Regulation 7 of the Education Act 1998 (Unregistered Persons) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 32 of 2014) which permits payment for periods of more than 5 consecutive school days to 3rd and 4th year undergraduate student teachers. These 3rd and 4th year student teachers must satisfy the criteria to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (30 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I announced on the 9th March, 2022 the expansion of the DEIS programme benefitting 347 schools. These schools were identified as having the highest levels of educational disadvantage. In the 2022/23 academic year there will be 1,194 schools in the DEIS Programme - 960 Primary and 234 Post Primary. This will also mean a €32million increase in my Department's expenditure on DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: A number of additional measures have been put in place to enhance substitute cover. At primary level additional posts have been allocated to primary substitute teacher supply panels in areas where significant challenges in sourcing substitution continue, bringing the total to 680 posts on 142 panels, covering approximately 2,700 schools. The supply panels’ work alongside the existing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 An Chomhairle Muinteoireachta is the professional standards body with the statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the State. An Chomhairle Muinteoireachta registers teachers in line with the requirements set out in the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015...