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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 973, 974, 975 and 976 together. Temporary accommodation in schools may be rented or purchased and funded by the Department or by the school authority itself, with or without Department sanction. For that reason it is not possible to provide the Deputy with a complete picture in respect of all temporary accommodation at schools as requested. As the...

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

Norma Foley: Detailed planning for the 2023 examinations will start immediately following the completion of the 2022 examinations. At present no changes to the 2023 assessment arrangements for the State Examinations have been made by the State Examinations Commission and this will be kept under review. The decisions made, and which I announced in February, regarding the assessment arrangements and...

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

Norma Foley: It is my Department's intention to engage with the local authority as part of the overall plan to develop Department owned lands that adjoin the area in question.

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

Norma Foley: I announced on the 9th March 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...

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: Departmental Functions (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The criteria for the award of Incremental Credit for previous experience is outlined in Circular 0139/2006 for special needs assistants (SNAs), and was agreed in the first instance, by the Teacher Conciliation Council (TCC). This Council is comprised of representatives of the teacher unions, school management bodies, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and the Department of...

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

Norma Foley: It is the responsibility of my Department to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in an area. Parents can choose which school to apply to and where the school has places available the pupil should be admitted. It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to draft, publish and implement a school admission...

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...

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: 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. In the region of 5,800 vehicles are...

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: Bullying in Educational Institutions (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The Action Plan on Bullying, which was published in January 2013, sets out my Department's approach to tackling bullying and promoting an anti-bullying culture in schools. The Action Plan contains 12 actions that focus on the provision of support for schools, teacher training, research and awareness raising and aims to ensure that all forms of bullying are addressed. A number of these...

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

Norma Foley: My Department has recently authorised the Design Team for the building project in question to proceed to retender the project. An application for a new planning permission will also have to be made, due to a change in the Planning Acts introduced by the Dept. of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in Sept 2021 which removed the option to extend a planning permission. The application for...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 998 and 999 together. The school to which the Deputy refers opened in 2019 in a building in Sandyford Business Park. The landlord of this building has recently agreed to extend the lease until July 2023.

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

Norma Foley: The teaching profession is the only profession falling under my Department's responsibility in terms of formal recognition of qualifications. I can advise the Deputy that under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015, the Teaching Council is the body with the statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in...

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

Norma Foley: Funding for all recognised primary schools in the free education scheme is dealt with on a per capita basis. The two main grants are the capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, general up-keep etc., and the ancillary services grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff. The school referred to by the...

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

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning, Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design. In October 2020, my Department authorised DDLETB and its Design Team to commence the pre-qualification process to select a shortlist of contractors, in parallel with my Department’s review of the stage 2(b) submission for this project....

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

Norma Foley: I announced on the 9th March 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...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1008, 1009, 1010 and 1036 together. The site to which the Deputy refers will provide for a campus development of a 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including four classrooms, for children with special educational needs and a new 16 classroom primary school and accommodation, including two classrooms, for children with special educational...

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

Norma Foley: The project to which the deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Donegal Education and Training Board (DETB). I am pleased to inform you that the Department has approved the project to proceed to tender. A list of pre-qualified contactors has been approved, to which the project is being tendered. While at this stage it is not possible to provide a timeline for completion of the...