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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 May 2022)

Norma Foley: The permanent school building projects for the schools referred to by the Deputy are being delivered under my Department's Design and Build programme. This delivery programme uses a professional external Project Manager to progress the projects through the relevant stages of architectural planning, tender and construction.    The first post-primary school referred to by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (4 May 2022)

Norma Foley: Yesterday, Minister Madigan and I announced a summer education programme for pupils with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage for summer 2022. Building on the successful 2021 programme, all schools (primary and post-primary) will once again be encouraged to provide summer programmes including post-primary children with complex needs and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 May 2022)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that it is the policy of my Department to ensure a high standard of permanent accommodation for all schools.  However, in the context of a rapidly increasing school population over the last decade or more it is sometimes necessary to put in place interim accommodation solutions to meet the needs of schools.  Given the timeframes for the acquisition...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (4 May 2022)

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: EU Directives (4 May 2022)

Norma Foley: There have been no fines issued by the EU on the Department of Education  for failing to transpose EU Directives for the past 25 years to date in 2022.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (4 May 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, on 29 March I announced an ambitious programme of work for a reimagined Senior Cycle of education where the student is at the centre of their Senior Cycle experience. The three tenets of Senior Cycle reform are to: - Empower students to meet the challenges of the 21st century - Enrich the student experience and build on what’s strong in our current system -...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (4 May 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, on 29 March I announced an ambitious programme of work for a reimagined Senior Cycle of education where the student is at the centre of their Senior Cycle experience. In my announcement I set out a clear vision for Senior Cycle, building upon the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s (NCCA’s) Advisory Report. The NCCA’s review of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (5 May 2022)

Norma Foley: The aims and objectives of the statutory educational welfare service are to ensure that every child either attends school regularly or otherwise receives a minimum education; to ensure and secure every child’s entitlement to education. This service is delivered by Educational Welfare Officers who work with families and children in a child-centred way to overcome barriers to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge (5 May 2022)

Norma Foley: An intradepartmental working group was established within my Department in September 2021 to progress the work of developing a new policy for Irish-medium Education outside of Gaeltacht areas. This working group consists of officers from relevant units in the Department of Education. It has met on a monthly basis since its establishment. The intradepartmental working group has focused on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (5 May 2022)

Norma Foley: I recently announced that from next September the DEIS programme will be extended to an additional 310 schools. 37 schools will also benefit from additional supports following reclassification. Schools were identified for inclusion in the programme through the refined DEIS identification model which is an objective, statistics based model. Schools were not required to apply for inclusion in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defibrillators Provision (5 May 2022)

Norma Foley: Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. The decision to install a defibrillator is made at local school level and is a matter for the board of management of each individual school.   The wider question of the need for defibrillators to be made available in public places is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (5 May 2022)

Norma Foley: Following my meeting with local representatives, community group representatives and Cavan Monaghan Education and Training Board to discuss post primary provision in West Cavan and the proposed amalgamation of the schools referred to by the Deputy, it was agreed that there should be a collaborative approach to identify a pathway forward to meet the educational needs at post-primary level in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 May 2022)

Norma Foley: The appointment of a school traffic warden is a matter for the relevant Local Authority and schools are advised to liaise the relevant Local Authority in relation to their concerns.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (5 May 2022)

Norma Foley: The School referred to by the Deputy is part of a Schools Campus Project and the new school is currently at construction stage.  Works are progressing satisfactorily with a contract duration of approximately 36 months. The contract amount for the Schools Campus Project is in excess of €24m and the expenditure to date is in accordance with the conditions of the contract.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 May 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved funding under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme to build a one classroom SEN Base.  This project is devolved to the Board of Management of the school.   I can confirm that my Department has received a fees uplift request from the school pertaining to its Design Team. Numerous queries...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 May 2022)

Norma Foley: In respect of a solution for the permanent school to which the Deputy refers, the Department is examining all options. In order to better inform these deliberations the Department has undertaken a site identification process in the greater Bray area. The site identification process has identified one site with some potential.  However to advance to negotiations the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (5 May 2022)

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 (5 May 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.   Under the terms...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (10 May 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no current record of receiving an application for additional accommodation from the school in question. The purpose of the Additional School Accommodation scheme (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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (10 May 2022)

Norma Foley: The funding allocation and staffing levels of the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) for each of the years from 2005 is set out in tabular form. The annual funding allocation includes a pay provision for both psychologist and administrative staff and a non-pay element to cover all other service support costs. The staffing level reflects both psychologist and administrative...