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

Norma Foley: Thank you Deputy for your question, The most recent figures available (30 June 2022) show that a total of 7,285 students from Ukraine have enrolled in schools (5,047 primary, 2,238 post-primary) across all 26 counties. At that point, a total of 1,462 schools had students from Ukraine enrolled (1,041 primary, 421 post-primary) across all counties. I can also inform you that, as of...

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

Norma Foley: The terms and conditions of the Career Break Scheme (www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/229051/2bcc29cd- 6266-47cf-8906-e9ef4ae80ac4.pdf#page=102:~:text=relevant%20p ersonnel%20records.-,102,CAREER%20BREAK%20SCHEME,-(Should%20 be%20read) for teachers are contained in my Department’s Circular Letter 54/2019 (assets.gov.ie/31530/18a305c43c954e7d8bcada934e216522.pdf) (Chapter 7)....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 and 270 together. NEPS is organised into eight regions nationally. Psychologists work within a regional and local office structure serving the needs of schools in their vicinity. The Sligo and Mullingar Offices are part of the one region – the North West/North Midlands Region. Psychologists are assigned to schools across the region. Where there is...

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. In July 2022, Government announced funding for the...

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 at a cost of over €289m in 2021. The purpose of the Department's...

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

Norma Foley: The state examinations for 2022 saw examinations for all students, Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle, return for the first time since 2019. Recognising the disruption to teaching and learning which had been experienced by students as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, in February 2022 I announced measures to address concerns that had been raised. These included changes to exam papers,...

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 at a cost of over €289m in 2021. The purpose of my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: Under the Programme for Government there is a commitment to seek to make further progress in reducing the pupil teacher ratios in primary schools. At primary level, the annual staffing schedule determines the allocation of teachers to schools. The staffing schedule has been improved under both Budgets in the past two years. For the 2022/23 school year, the staffing schedule for primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I am aware of the calls for the provision of counselling services in schools. My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to...

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: Schools Building Projects (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 3 (tender action and award). Following changes to the Planning Acts, introduced in September 2021, a new application for planning permission is required, which is being finalised by the Design Team. A new tender process, including the shortlisting of contractors, will run parallel with the new planning application. The new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Sep 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 tender process is ongoing and the closing date for the Reserve Specialists is in October 2022. Following the completion of this tender process and a Departmental review of the Tender Assessment Reports, construction will commence...

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

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the building project for the school to which he refers has now been devolved for delivery to Donegal Education and Training Board (DETB). A Design Team for the project was appointed in July 2022. This team will now design the buildings, obtain the necessary statutory planning permissions, and move the project to procurement and construction stage....

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General: Financial Resolution (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on budget 2023 and how it pertains to education. I am joined by my colleague, the Minister of State with responsibility for special education, Deputy Madigan. Budget 2023 provides for an increase of more than €440 million in core funding for the Department of Education. This is a very significant increase and one that furthers the...