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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: Mar is eol don teachta, eisíodh Ciorcláin leasaithe ar dhíolúintí ó staidéar na Gaeilge i mí Lúnasa 2022. Tá Ciorcláin 2022 bunaithe ar athbhreithniú tosaigh ar chur i bhfeidhm chiorcláin 2019 agus bunaíodh iad ar aiseolas, comhfhreagras, Ceisteanna Parlaiminte, fiosrúcháin ón bpreas, agóidí...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the last school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I can inform the Deputy, that the Online Claims System (OLCS) is a system used by schools to record absences for teachers and SNA’s and where the absence is deemed to be substitutable, allow schools to input claims for payment for a substitute. A mechanism exists whereby schools can submit appointment forms directly to the Payroll Division of my Department for payment of a temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department’s Design Team are in the process of addressing the prior to commencement conditions and will be communicating with the Local Authority in relation to these. Currently it is not possible to provide a timeline as to when the interim building will be in place. Agreement in principle for the acquisition of the site referred to by the Deputy was reached with the Executive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding was approved under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme to enable the school in question to build a 2 Classroom SEN Base and an Early Intervention Unit. The project is currently at Stage 2b of the architectural planning process. I can confirm that the Department has received a Stage 2b Report which is currently being reviewed by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the last school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: In March I was glad to be able to announce a major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme which means that, for the first time since 2017, the programme is being significantly expanded and eligible schools will now gain access to targeted supports to address educational disadvantage. This will add an additional €32million to my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the state 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 (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. In the past school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 children with special educational needs, were 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 School Transport...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: As Minister for Education, I am acutely aware of the costs faced by families upon the return of their children to school. Apart from a small number of prescribed texts at post-primary level, determined by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), the decisions on which textbooks, programmes and resources, if any, to use in primary and post-primary schools are taken at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System, using data from a range of sources, including Child Benefit and school enrolment data, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: Decisions regarding the use and deployment of digital technology in schools is a matter for the Board of Management of each school. Schools are advised to consult with members of the school community including parents when planning for the introduction of digital technologies including devices with cost and other implications been fully considered by the Boards of Managements before a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: The road you refer to is currently being investigated by my Department's School Property Management section. The road is on land that has not yet been registered so, - at this point - , it is necessary to identify where actual ownership lies before any transfer can be considered. My Department has consulted with relevant parties including Donegal County Council, the school itself and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: The purpose of the Remote Area Boarding Grant scheme is to give students who are disadvantaged because of their remoteness from schools, an opportunity to attend school on the same basis as students not so disadvantaged. The terms of this scheme are set out in Circular 16/2016 which is published on my Department’s website at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the last school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health Promotion (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: Work is ongoing in my Department in relation to how to best give effect to the Programme for Government commitment to establish a new Primary School Healthy Eating education programme, building on the existing wide range of provision in schools in the area of healthy lifestyles. This includes promotion of healthy lifestyle choices through the curriculum, where appropriate, for example,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 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, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. The cost in 2021 was over €289m. Under the terms of my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: The schedule of the costs for all live studies, reviews and research projects in progress, undertaken or commissioned by my Department and the details of the person or body that is conducting each project is set out in the table below. Title of current study/ review / research undertaken or commissioned End Date Person / Body conducting project Total...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: The permanent building project for the school in question is being delivered under my Department's Design and Build programme. This delivery programme uses a professional external Project Manager to progress the project through the relevant stages of architectural planning, tender and construction. Planning permission for a 1,000 pupil post-primary school building, including 4 classrooms...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme, from the school in question. My officials are in contact with the school authorities directly in relation to this application and the issues of concern to the school.