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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Nov 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: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Cavan & Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB). I am pleased to inform you that the project was recently approved by the Department to proceed to Stage 2b of the architectural planning process. The next step for the Design Team will be to obtain thestatutory planning approvals. While at this early...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for major capital funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme in respect of the school referred to by the Deputy. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department is currently planning for the delivery of a major campus project on the site referred to by the Deputy. The project will deliver two new 1,000 pupil post-primary school buildings for the two schools in question as well as a new primary school building. The accommodation brief for the campus project is currently being developed and my Department is continuing to engage with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department does not provide funding to schools for educational trips or visits of this nature. However, Léargas, the National Agency for the Erasmus+ EU Programme in the area of schools education and youth, has advised of the following that may be useful. One of the key actions of the Erasmus+ Programme available to schools is Mobility for Pupils and Staff in School Education....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Nov 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: Education Policy (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and in line with the Teaching Council Registration Regulations, 2016. The Council registers teachers under five routes of registration namely, Route 1 - Primary,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: In March 2022 I announced that arrangements are being put in place in a number of towns and areas of cities that have no multi-denominational primary schools at present as part of a pilot reconfiguration arrangement. This work involves identifying potential schools and engaging with school authorities, school staff and the school communities, including parents, with a view to agreeing on a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: It is not appropriate that resources or materials produced or funded by the drinks industry, for education and awareness on alcohol, are in use in our schools. As the Deputy may be aware, this position is set out in Departmental Circular 13/2016, Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles in Primary Schools, which states that schools should avoid using resources developed by the alcohol industry. This...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: The quality of our teaching profession is a critical factor in sustaining and enhancing the quality of education outcomes. The Department promotes the quality of teaching and learning through the provision of continuing professional development and supports for teachers and principals. The Department ensures that a range of high-quality models of CPD is provided to teachers and school leaders...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Nov 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: Official Engagements (23 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: No officials from the Department of Education have attended Joint Policing Committees and city and county development boards since 2019 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 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: Pleananna Oideachais (23 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: The Steering Committee overseeing the development of the new policy on Irish-medium education outside of the Gaeltacht consists of representatives from relevant government departments and agencies. Two meetings of the Steering Committee have been held to date, in April and October 2022. The minutes of Steering Committee meetings will be published on gov.ie after draft minutes have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (23 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: The teacher referred to by the Deputy is a teacher registered as a Primary School teacher with the Teaching Council under Route 1 registration. As such, the teacher concerned receives payment appropriate to a qualified primary school teacher for the sector that she teaches in. There are two rates of payment where a teacher is registered with the Teaching Council and who work in a substitute...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (23 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: The teacher referred to by the Deputy is registered with the Teaching Council as a Post Primary school teacher under Route 2 registration. The teacher is working in a primary school.Rates of pay are linked to registration with the Teaching Council for the sector where a teacher is undertaking the work. As the teacher is not registered with the Teaching Council as a primary school teacher and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: Retired teachers are not discouraged from teacher substitution and the Deputy referred to Information Note TS 0001/2022 which reminds schools that currently retired teachers can work for up to 50 days in the calendar year without incurring any abatement of pension. When a retired teacher returns to work in the public sector, their pension may become subject to abatement. Their pension...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (23 Nov 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. Parents have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (23 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that the general principles and approach to school selection on the Department's Energy Retrofit Pathfinder Programme include schools meeting Energy Monitoring and Reporting requirements and demonstrating a strong and holistic commitment to energy management practices through participation in the Energy in Education Programme. The programme selection also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (23 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department met with representatives of Donegal ETB earlier this year and provided information about the range of supports and resources available to it to support students and staff who have been affected by the MICA issue in the county, and will continue to liase with the ETB in this regard.