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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I will just clarify on that. I was asked if there had been meetings and engagements between the Cork Life Centre and my Department. There absolutely has been. Social inclusion also comes under the remit of the Department. I just want to be clear. We were asked the question. There has been no reluctance on the part of my departmental officials to meet with representatives form the Cork...

Special Educational Needs School Places: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I move amendment No.1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: — a child's right to education is enshrined in the Constitution and, under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, must be accessible on an equal basis with others in the community in which they live; and — the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, I and my Department have been working actively to meet the needs of children from Ukraine enrolling in our schools, and to anticipate and address any related challenges that may arise. My Department’s overall objective is to maximise the number of children that can be accommodated in school settings, and my Department has been undertaking...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 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 purpose of my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Parental Leave (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The Parental Leave Scheme for teachers and special needs assistants (SNAs) is regulated by the Parental Leave Act 1998, as amended. Parental Leave is a period of statutory unpaid leave available to a teacher or SNA for the purpose of caring for their child. The terms and conditions of the Parental Leave Scheme are contained in my Department's Circular Letter 54/2019 for teachers and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Earlier this year, in recognition of the invaluable work carried out by school secretaries the Department of Education put forward for agreement by the Forsa trade union, representing school secretaries, a suite of measures designed to improve the working conditions of school secretaries. This followed extensive engagement between the Department and school management bodies with Forsa to work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Please find attached, requested information. Please not this data is for the most recent academic year we have final enrolment figures, 2020-2021. We will provide figures for academic year 2021-2022 when the final enrolment figures are available and we expect to publish the final figures by the end of June 2022. Second-level pupils in counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon Second-Level Pupils...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Please find attached, requested information. Please not this data is for the most recent academic year we have final enrolment figures, 2020-2021. We will provide figures for academic year 2021-2022 when the final enrolment figures are available and we expect to publish the final figures by the end of June 2022. Academic Year Post Code Enrolment in Post-Primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Please find attached, requested information. Please not this data is for the most recent academic year we have final enrolment figures, 2020-2021. We will provide figures for academic year 2021-2022 when the final enrolment figures are available and we expect to publish the final figures by the end of June 2022. Academic Year Post Code Enrolment in Mainstream...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Please find attached, requested information. Please not this data is for the most recent academic year we have final enrolment figures 2020-2021. We will provide figures for academic year 2021-2022 when the final enrolment figures are available and we expect to publish the final figures by the end of June 2022. Primary-level Pupils in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon (2020-21) ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: In relation to school admissions, it is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998 and the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in that area. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Earlier this year, in recognition of the invaluable work carried out by school secretaries the Department of Education put forward for agreement by the Forsa trade union, representing school secretaries, a suite of measures designed to improve the working conditions of school secretaries. This followed extensive engagement between the Department and school management bodies with Forsa to work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 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 purpose of the Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. For the 2022/23 school year, the staffing schedule for primary schools has been improved by one point and schools will be provided with class teachers on the basis of 1 teacher for every 24...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 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 purpose of my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, plans for the establishment of 47 new schools (primary and post-primary) since 2018, have been announced in areas of population growth. 36 of these new schools have been established up to the 2021 academic year, 21 Primary schools and 15 Post-primary schools. The timing and need for the remaining schools was being kept under review. Following such a review...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The current Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) Curriculum strives to foster an understanding and appreciation of all children. Through the curriculum objectives, children are supported to develop self-confidenceand a positive sense of self,and to appreciateand respect the diversity that exists in societyand to respect and appreciate human and cultural diversity. To this end, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The Special Education Teaching allocation provides a single unified allocation for special educational support teaching needs to each school, based on each school’s educational profile. Under the allocation model, schools have been provided with a total allocation for special education needs support based on their school profile. The SET allocation model has been in place since...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department makes supports available for students where English is an additional language. These supports are available generally in schools that have large numbers of students for whom English is not their first language. It has been of particular importance in recent weeks to support the large numbers of students enrolled in our schools coming from Ukraine. English Additional Language...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The Education (Admission to Schools) Act, 2018, specifically prohibits the charging of fees or seeking payment or contributions for an application for admission to a school or for the enrolment or continued enrolment of a student in a school. This applies to all recognised primary and post primary schools with exceptions only for fee charging secondary schools, boarding schools and schools...