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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: The Education Act requires the Minister for Education, as a function, to plan and co-ordinate the provision of education in recognised schools and to do all such acts and things as may be necessary to further the objects of the Act. The Act also bestows on the Minister all such powers as are necessary or expedient for the purpose of performing her functions. It also stipulates that in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: The DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) programme is my Department's main policy initiative to address educational disadvantage at school level. The Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) scheme is an integral element of the DEIS programme. It is a school-based intervention that seeks to promote partnership between parents, teachers and community family support services. A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: The Teaching Council have advised that an average of 600 applications from teachers who qualified outside of Ireland are approved annually for registration. The average processing time for these applications is 10-11 weeks. Information on processing times is clearly provided on the Teaching Council website and the Council advise those intending to register from overseas to commence the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (13 Dec 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 Staff (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: The teacher secondment scheme is designed to facilitate the temporary assignment of a teacher to a vacant position in a host organisation, where the work to be carried out by the seconded teacher is of clear benefit to the education system. A secondment must be based on mutual agreement between the teacher, the school authority and the host organisation and is subject to approval by my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: Parents have the right to choose which school to apply to and where the school has places available the pupil should be admitted. However, in schools where there are more applicants than places available a selection process may be necessary. This selection process and the enrolment policy on which it is based must be non-discriminatory and must be applied fairly in respect of all applicants....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (13 Dec 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: Departmental Funding (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: The Minor Works Grant is the funding mechanism for schools for dealing with small scale works. More significant works are dealt with via the multi-annual Summer Works Scheme. The purpose of the Summer Works Scheme is to devolve funding to individual school authorities to undertake small-scale building works which, ideally, can be carried out during the summer months or at other times that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: With regard to the issue raised by the Deputy in relation to student teachers undertaking substitution in schools, it is expected that all teachers who are working in substitute capacity are registered with the Teaching Council which includes, amongst other things, having a teaching qualification. Section 30 of the Teaching Council Act commenced on 1 November 2013 and took effect on 28...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department has undertaken a significant level of work in developing projections for teacher demand and supply in our schools. The statistical projections on annual teacher demand and teacher supply at primary and post-primary level are set out in the Developing a Teacher Demand and Supply Model for Ireland 2021-2038 - A Technical Report:...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: Under the Programme for Government, there is a commitment to reduce the pupil teacher ratios in primary schools and I am delighted that significant progress has been made. In Budget 2023, I ensured major investment in our schools and I have succeeded in bringing the teacher allocation ratio to an average of 1 classroom teacher for every 23 pupils in all primary schools for the 2023/24...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: The Programme for Government sets out this Government’s intention to continue to develop our educational system to meet the needs of all students and to tackle disadvantage from an early age. Progressing this ambition, while responding to the particular challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in the Ukraine, has been a key priority for my Department since 2020. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: During my time as Minister for Education I have shown a strong commitment to addressing educational disadvantage. My Department’s Statement of Strategy, sets out the vision and mission of the Department for an educational system where every child and young person feels valued and is actively supported and nurtured to reach their full potential. It sets as a goal to ensure equity of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Dec 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. The purpose of the Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: I fully recognise the important role of Education and Training Boards (ETBs) in the education sector. The 16 ETBs were established in July 2013 under the provisions of the Education and Training Boards Act, 2013.ETBs carry out their duties in relation to the provision of education in accordance with the ETB Act 2013 and under the legislation that established SOLAS in relation to further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: The Department has reached an agreement in principle for the acquisition of a 3.31 acre site in Donabate to permanently accommodate Gaelscoil na Mara. The acquisition process is at an advanced stage. Heads of Terms have been agreed and draft contracts have been exchanged. The acquisition of this site is conditional on the development of a large residential development which is awaiting final...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the number of granted and declined incremental credit applications for teachers is not readily available in my Department but this information will be collated for the years 2014 to 2021 and will issue directly to the Deputy. The information requested in relation to the value of incremental applications approved and the geographical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: The Teaching Council has confirmed that this person was removed from the Register under Section 34 of the Teaching Council Acts 2001 -2015 on 14 March 2022. Under Section 34, teachers are removed from the Register if they fail to apply for renewal of their registration. In line with the legislation, where a teacher is removed from the Register, they must make a full application for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, for school planning purposes, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical Information System to anticipate school place demand. Information from a range of sources, including Child Benefit data, school enrolment data and information on residential development activity is used for this purpose. Additionally, Project...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (13 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, for school planning purposes, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical Information System to anticipate school place demand. Information from a range of sources, including Child Benefit data, school enrolment data and information on residential development activity is used for this purpose. Additionally, Project...