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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: Mar chuid den Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030, tá gealltanas tugtha ag an Roinn Oideachais deiseanna a chruthú chun an t-oideachas trí mheán na Gaeilge a leathnú lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht i gcomhthéacs na bhfógraí ó Aibreán 2018 maidir le bunú 47 scoil nua ó 2019 ar aghaidh, ina dtugtar aird ar leith ar bhunú...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department has agreement in principle to acquire the site in Glanmire and the Elected Members of Cork City Council have approved the disposal of the land. The Chief State Solicitor's Office, acting on behalf of my Department, is currently progressing the acquisition through the conveyancing stage. My Department and the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) continue to work very...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has not confirmed a date on which the Leaving Certificate 2023 results will be issued. The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has responsibility for the operation, delivery and development of the State examinations. 2022 marked the return to externally delivered examinations for all candidates at both Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle, with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: In Ireland, all migrant children, including children of international protection applicants, children of migrant workers and unaccompanied minors can access can access primary and post-primary education in a manner similar to Irish nationals, until they have reached 18 years of age. Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) works with the International Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP) and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 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 Staff (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The recruitment of teachers is a priority area of action for the Department given the importance of ensuring that every child's experience in school is positive and that they have available to them qualified, engaged and supportive teachers to support them in their learning. My Department is undertaking a comprehensive programme to support the supply of teachers. A number of measures are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: Under the DEIS programme, the HSCL Scheme seeks to promote partnership between parents, teachers and community family support services, with a view to supporting improved attendance, participation and retention. A HSCL Coordinator is a teacher from a participating school/s who is released from teaching duties, for a maximum of five years, in order to work intensively with and support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Official Engagements (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The information requested, by the Deputy, is not readily available at this time. All of the Ministers previous engagements are available to view on the Department of Education website or with the following link - gov.ie - Department of Education Ministers' Diaries (www.gov.ie)

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The recruitment of teachers is a priority area of action for the Department given the importance of ensuring that every child's experience in school is positive and that they have available to them qualified, engaged, and supportive teachers to support them in their learning. My Department is undertaking a comprehensive programme to support the supply of teachers. A number of measures are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The current Leaving Certificate (established) Irish curriculum was introduced to schools in 1995. Informed by research and building on the model of provision already in place at primary and junior cycle levels, NCCA established a representative subject development group to commence work on developing draft T1 and T2 specifications for Leaving Certificate (established) Irish in 2018. NCCA...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: Funding to cater for ancillary services is made available by my Department under two separate schemes. One is the 1978/79 scheme under which school secretaries and caretakers are paid directly through the payroll operated by my Department. This scheme is being phased out as posts become vacant and no new posts are being created. The second is the capitation grant scheme towards the funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scrúduithe Stáit (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: Tugadh curaclam reatha Gaeilge na hArdteistiméireachta (bunaithe) isteach i scoileanna i 1995. Bunaithe ar thaighde agus ag tógáil ar an tsamhail soláthair atá i bhfeidhm cheana féin ag leibhéil na bunscoile agus na sraithe sóisearaí, bhunaigh an Chomhairle Náisiúnta Curaclaim agus Measúnachta (CNCM)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The Teaching Council, as the professional regulatory body for teaching, has statutory responsibility for the accreditation of initial teacher education programmes and for the registration of primary and post-primary teachers. Revised standards for the accreditation of programmes of initial teacher education, Céim – Standards for Initial Teacher Education (ITE), were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: 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. Additionally, Project Ireland 2040...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (2 Feb 2023)

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. Under the provisions of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, all schools are required to have admissions policies, which have been approved by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: As part of my Budget 2023 announcement, and as part of the Cost of Living measures to be enacted this year, €90m is being provided in one-off additional funding to support increased running costs for primary and post-primary schools in the free education scheme in dealing with challenges they face in light of rising energy costs. This will be paid at a rate of 40% of schools’...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The ETB sector has undergone unprecedented change in recent years.  Under the Education and Training Board Act 2013, the 33 VECs were dissolved and the 16 ETBs established. At the same time, major changes also took place in the coordination and funding of further education and training with the establishment of SOLAS in October 2013.  As well as integrating the further education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: Under Project Ireland 2040, my Department continues to make progress to increase the infrastructural capacity in the schools sector, in order to meet demographic and other demands. My Department's capital investment programme provides for devolved funding for additional classrooms for existing schools where an immediate enrolment need has been identified. The current status of approved...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department has a large pipeline of projects for delivery under the school building programme. The main elements of this pipeline currently involve in excess of 1,300 school building projects for delivery under the Department’s Large Scale and Additional Accommodation Scheme. These projects are currently in progress across the various stages of planning, design, tender and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: I can advise the Deputy that following an extensive consultation involving parents, children, teachers, school leaders, stakeholder organisations and the general public on proposals to update the primary curriculum and consideration of significant national and international research in the area,  the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.  The introduction of modern foreign...