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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The requirements a primary teacher needs to meet in qualifying for a contract of indefinite duration (CID) are set out in the Department of Education circular 23/2015.  Eligibility for a CID includes that a teacher should have completed two consecutive fixed term contracts with the same employer and that there should be a viable post with no objective grounds in the year the CID is being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that the Emergency Works team have been in contact with the school to which he refers with regard to the new play area and they have agreed to submit a scaled back application for consideration. A decision on this scaled back application will issue directly to the school.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to thank the Deputy for her question. To streamline the alignment of education focused supports for Ukrainian families arriving in Ireland my Department has established Regional Education and Language Teams (REALT). The primary role of the REALT is to assist children in finding school places and to support schools to meet the needs of these children as they emerge. The REALT will also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. It acts in the interests of the public good while upholding and enhancing standards in the teaching profession. The Teaching Council registers teachers in accordance with the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and the Teaching Council...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Meals Programme (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: From next September the DEIS programme will be extended to an additional 310 schools. These schools were identified as having the highest levels of educational disadvantage. This now means that in the 2022/23 academic year there will be 1,194 schools in the DEIS Programme. 240,000 students or nearly 1 in 4 students will be supported in the programme. My Department will work with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to thank the Deputy for his question. Utilisation of each school’s existing capacity in the most flexible way possible is key to supporting Ukrainian children who are being enrolled in our schools. There is generally good capacity across the country albeit there may be capacity pressures to be managed in some areas.  The Department’s assessment of applications for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department is working to support education provision for arriving children with immediate education needs. Utilisation of each school’s existing capacity in the most flexible way possible is key to supporting Ukrainian children who are being enrolled in our schools. There is generally good capacity across the country albeit there may be capacity pressures to be managed in some...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The main purpose of the Retention of Records Bill 2019 was to ensure the preservation of the records of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, the Residential Institutions Redress Board and the Residential Institutions Review Committee which may otherwise, in accordance with the relevant legislation, be required to be destroyed upon the dissolution of those bodies. The Bill lapsed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Radon Gas Levels (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department is aware that last week the EPA published new radon maps for Ireland that update the radon risk assessment for the country and the national reference level has been reduced to 300 Bq/m3 measured over a three-month period which was previously 400 Bq/m3 measured over a three-month period. Between 1998 and 2002, on behalf...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Radon Gas Levels (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department complies with the Environmental Protection Agency guidelines in relation to the management of radon risk.  My Department operates 5 offices in areas identified as high-risk for radon. Testing has been carried out on 3 of these offices to date.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 Jun 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 costs from 2011 – 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The Architectural firm referred to by the Deputy is currently involved on one project for my Department.  Please see below requested information in tabular form. NUMBER OF PROJECTS SCHOOL NAME DATE CONSULTANT APPOINTED PROJECT BRIEF CONTRACT AMOUNT PROJECT STAGE One Gaelcholaiste Mhuire RN 19926M...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Details in respect of "architects and architectural firms that have been awarded school building projects since 1 January 2020" is not readily available. Information will be forwarded separately to the Deputy when the relevant information is collated and finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 274 and 275 together. My Department is at the forefront of design with respect to sustainable energy in school buildings and this performance has been recognised at both National and International level with sustainable energy awards for excellence in Design and Specification. My Department’s Technical Guidance Documents set the benchmark for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Renewable Energy Generation (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The specific information requested by the deputy is not readily available; however, in this sphere my Department is at the forefront of design with respect to sustainable energy in school buildings and this performance has been recognised at both National and International level with sustainable energy awards for excellence in Design and Specification. Schools that are designed and built in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Renewable Energy Generation (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The specific information requested by the deputy is not readily available; however, in this sphere my Department is at the forefront of design with respect to sustainable energy in school buildings and this performance has been recognised at both National and International level with sustainable energy awards for excellence in Design and Specification. Schools that are designed and built in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The nature of the application referred to by the deputy is not clear. If the deputy can provide more detail relating to the application, my Department will endeavour to provide the relevant information in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 279 and 280 together. The Letter of Acceptance (LOA) issued to the preferred tenderer on the 18th May 2022 commencing the school building contract for the school referred to by the Deputy.  The construction programme underpinning the contracts will be provided by the Contractor shortly and my Department will advise the schools as soon as possible in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The Letters of Acceptance (LOA) issued to the preferred tenderer on the 1st June 2022 commencing the school building contract for the school projects referred to by the Deputy.  The construction programme underpinning the contracts will be provided by the Contractor shortly and my Department will advise the schools as soon as possible in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jun 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. My Department has made contact with the school authorities and once a completed application is received, my officials will process this and issue a decision directly to the school authority.  The purpose of my...