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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department has no record of any capital contracts awarded to the company referred to by the deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety (24 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: Managing ventilation is just one of a suite of public health measures in place to keep our schools safe. The Department’s approach on good ventilation in schools, as part of a layered strategy of protective measures to control the spread of the virus, remains fully consistent with the Expert Group recommendations on good practices, the use of portable CO2 monitors and the targeted...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Jan 2023)

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.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Jan 2023)

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.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Business Supports (24 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: The funding allocated to my Department, as set down in the annual Estimates, is used to meet costs associated with the provision of educational services in our schools and various related functions. The allocation is used primarily to fund the salaries of teaching and non-teaching school staff, the development of school infrastructure, capitation funding for the ongoing running costs of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (24 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: Section 14 (1) of the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, requires Tusla to maintain a register of children being educated in a place other than a recognised school. Parents of such children must complete a registration and assessment process for inclusion on the register. This legal requirement exists to support parents in their constitutional right as the primary educator of their child. To...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the accommodation brief for the proposed building project for the school referred to is currently being developed and my Department will be in contact with the school authorities as soon as this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: The teacher redeployment arrangements are reviewed annually by my Department involving the education stakeholders, including teacher unions and management bodies. As part of the review, the Education Stakeholders can raise issues or concerns with the Department in relation to the operation of the redeployment process generally. It is open to members of the school community to liaise with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 147,900 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services are being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (25 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. The NEPS service provides access for all schools to: - Psychological support in the event of a Critical Incident - A Casework Service for individual children where there is a need for intensive consultation and assessment via a NEPS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding was approved under the Additional School Accommodation scheme for the construction of the required additional capacity at the St Johns College De La Salle, Le Fanu Road site. This additional accommodation encompasses provision for 6 general classrooms, 3 SET rooms, 2 Science labs with 1 prep area, 1 Home Economics room, 1 Textiles Room, 1 Art...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: I thank the Deputy for bringing this matter to my attention. As the Deputy is aware, my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to recognised 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (26 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: As I have previously stated, it is not appropriate to use resources or materials produced or funded by the alcohol industry for education and awareness on alcohol in schools, or for teachers to attend, in their professional capacity, associated training which may be offered by organisations funded by the alcohol industry. This is reflected in Departmental Circular 13/2016, Promotion of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (26 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has informed the school patron that the accommodation brief for the building project in question is being prepared and that my Department will be in further contact with the patron when this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Healthcare Policy (26 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: The Programme for Government (PFG) includes the commitment to ‘provide a range of free, adequate, safe, and suitable period products in all educational publicly-funded settings (including schools, colleges and HEIs), to ensure that no students are disadvantaged in their education by period poverty.’ The Government has also taken the decision to support the Private...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: The School to which the deputy refers has been approved funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme 2022 for the reconfiguration of three mainstream classrooms to provide a two classroom SEN base. The delivery of this project has been devolved to the School Authority; an approval letter issued to the school in this respect on September 2nd 2022. A design team has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy, that a Framework Plan was developed by Fingal County Council in 2018 for the Ballymastone area of Donabate indicating a significant amount of residential land use zoning. This level of residential development would potentially produce a demand of new primary and post primary schools in the area. The proposed location of these potential new schools were identified...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department has reached agreement in principle for the acquisition of a 3.31 acre site in Donabate to permanently accommodate Gaelscoil na Mara. The acquisition of this site is conditional on the development of a large residential development that was granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála in November 2022. As the Deputy is aware, unfortunately judicial review proceedings have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Question Heading for question(s) 253 (26 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has informed the school patron that the accommodation brief for the building project in question is being prepared and that my Department will be in further contact with the patron when this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). In accordance with the Department 's recruitment and appointment Circular 0031/2011 (post primary) which is available on my Department’s website...