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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for the Additional School Accommodation Scheme (ASA) from the school in question.  The purpose of the 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 cannot be met by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: In reference to the interim site to which the deputy refers, work is under way and the Department will be making a Section 5 application to the relevant local authority this week.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (21 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: Education Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: As provided in response to Parliamentary Question No. 947, the Department provides support to heritage language speakers at Primary level including: - through the primary languages curriculum which provides for a diversity of languages spoken in our primary schools - through "Say Yes to Languages", the primary languages sampler module All Primary schools in the country have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware responsibility for delivering a major project for the school in question has been devolved to Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education & Training Board (DDLETB). The Department of Education originally approved (in 2012) the construction of a standalone extension of just over 4,000 m2 in area to include a 2-classroom Special Education needs base. Some works to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware responsibility for delivering a major project for the school in question has been devolved to Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education & Training Board (DDLETB). The Department of Education originally approved (in 2012) the construction of a standalone extension of just over 4,000 m2 in area to include a 2-classroom Special Education needs base. Some works to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Following extensive stakeholder consultation, new L1 and L2 specifications for Junior Cycle Irish were introduced in September 2017. Due the disruption to learning and cancellation of the summer 2020 and 2021 Junior Cycle examinations as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic it was not possible for students to engage with the final assessment component which is set by the State Examinations...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The terms and conditions of the Career Break Scheme for teachers are contained in my Department’s Circular Letter 54/2019 (Chapter 7). A Career Break is a period of unpaid special leave for not less than 1 school year. It may be extended on an annual basis provided the total period of the Career Break does not exceed 5 years at any one time, subject to an overall maximum of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: A commitment was made under the Programme for Government to ensure robust data collection on the use of reduced school days and to further ensure that they are only used in a manner that is limited, appropriate and absolutely necessary. My Department issued guidelines to schools on reduced school days in September 2021 which came into effect from 1st January 2022. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I can advise the Deputy that the Indecon report on career guidance tools and information was published in 2019.  Since then, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) has been established and both it and the Department of Education have been dealing with the impact of Covid-19, so work on implementation of the recommendations set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school referred to has been approved for a project under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme 2020. This project has been devolved for delivery to Cork Educational Training Board and will provide for the following accommodation at the school; A Two Classroom SEN base, Seven General Classrooms, Two Science Labs with One Prep area, One Home...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equality Issues (22 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Under the provisions of the Education Act, 1998 the Board of Management is responsible for the day to day running of a school. While schools have the autonomy to participate and support initiatives such as this, I would support and encourage all schools to implement measures that support the full inclusion of all students in all schools including LGBTI+ students and to put in place measures...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (22 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 125 and 133 together. The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 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: Childcare Services (22 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The policy of my Department is to support the use of school premises and facilities for community, recreational and education-related purposes. This includes the use of school facilities for after-school care. Any decision to make school facilities available lies with the relevant Trustees/ Property owners having regard to the requirements of the school, staff and students. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The terms and conditions of the Career Break Scheme for teachers are contained in my Department’s Circular Letter 54/2019 (Chapter 7). A Career Break is a period of unpaid special leave for not less than 1 school year. It may be extended on an annual basis provided the total period of the Career Break does not exceed 5 years at any one time, subject to an overall maximum of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (22 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Jun 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 question to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you. 

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, it is intended that the permanent accommodation needs of the school to which she refers will be met in a former school building which is in the ownership of the school patron.  In order to ensure that optimal use is made of this property, and in support of the achievement of Value for Money, the patron of the school appointed a consultant to undertake an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Jun 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.