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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (31 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (31 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: The project referred to by the Deputy is at Architectural Planning Stage 3 - Tender Action and Award.  A tender process can take between 8-12 months to complete, subject to no issues arising. My Department has a large pipeline of projects for delivery under the school building programme, including the project referred to by the Deputy.  The main elements of this pipeline...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (31 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department approved a change of status request for the school in question, to go to a 2 stream school from a 1 stream school. This approval is to take effect from when the school in question has full possession of the Greenhills building. The school in question are currently sharing accommodation with a special school, which is awaiting new accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (31 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: As per our recently published preliminary enrolments figures for 2022-2023, there are 558,133 pupils enrolled in primary schools and 406,457 pupils in post-primary schools. The preliminary 2022-2023 enrolments will be replaced by the final enrolments in June 2023. www.gov.ie/en/collection/63363b-data-on-individual-schools/ Please find attached requested data for the number of teaching posts...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (31 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy is currently in interim accommodation at the location referred to since September 2021. This building was refurbished to provide accommodation comprising at present 11 classrooms, Home Economics room, Art room, Science Lab and Prep Area, Technology Room, Construction Studies room and Prep Area, Admin, PE hall and SEN accommodation. To meet additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (31 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: As part of Budget 2023, I announced over €50 million to provide free books to primary school pupils within the free education scheme from September 2023. This measure will eliminate the cost to these families for all school books at primary school, including workbooks. It delivers on the Programme for Government commitment to extend the free school book pilot, currently in 102 DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: More than €317 million of additional Covid-19 Capitation grant funding was made available to recognised primary and post primary schools to provide for the implementation of infection prevention and control measures to reduce the risk of the spread of COVID -19 for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 school years. A further €45 million has been provided to cater for ongoing enhanced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (31 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: Teaching Qualifications (31 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: Schools must ensure that each person proposed for appointment to a teaching post which is funded by the Oireachtas is registered with the Teaching Council, has qualifications appropriate to the sector, and is suitable to the post for which he/she is to be employed.  All appointments must be subject to compliance with the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (1 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department has a strong record with respect to sustainable energy in school buildings and this performance has been recognised at both National and International level with sustainable energy awards for excellence in Design and Specification. The Department's policy is supported by a strong research programme with 53 research projects at various stages including the energy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Feb 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: School Transport (1 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 123 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, for school planning purposes, the Department of Education divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) 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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Feb 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 their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising (1 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department’s total spending on advertising for the period in question is outlined below. The Department does not have a breakdown for online advertising available. The Department has not incurred any expenditure on advertising to date in 2023. The Department has recently engaged in a number of advertising campaigns including the Teaching Transforms campaign which has been ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising (1 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The Communications Unit of my Department, encompassing its press office, operates social media accounts in the Department's name, to inform stakeholders and the public about important matters relating to the Department's policies and its work.  It has not created any social media accounts under false names, for any purpose.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Feb 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: Teacher Training (1 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The current requirements for Gaeltacht Learning Periods (GLPs) for primary Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes takes the form of 2 x 2 week placements, which are outlined in the Teaching Council’s Céim: Standards for Initial Teacher Education.  Budget 2020 provided for the re-instatement of the grant to cover the full cost of the Gaeltacht Learning Periods (GLPs)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Feb 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...