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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Mar 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), ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in the area.  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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in the area.  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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, the decision-making authority in respect of the status of existing schools, including whether they are single or mixed gender, belongs to the Patron, subject to the agreement of my Department. New schools which are established by my Department to meet demographic need (primary and post-primary) are mixed gender in nature. Co-educational schools provide greater...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The major construction project for the school referred to by the Deputy commenced on site in October 2020. Works are progressing satisfactorily on site and it is anticipated that the school will be ready for occupation in quarter 2 2023.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Mar 2023)

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,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (1 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy was recently connected to high speed broadband on the schools broadband programme. The school is now on a dedicated 100mbs fibre connection and that service is now live and operational in the school. Internal network connectivity within the school is a matter for the Board of Management of individual schools, in line with their Digital Learning Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (1 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department has a strong track record of delivery of school building projects and this was achieved again in 2022 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing €4.4 billion over the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Mar 2023)

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,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (1 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 112 and 113 together. A commitment was made under the Programme for Government to ensure robust data collection on the use of reduced school days and to further ensure that reduced school days are only used in a manner that is limited, appropriate and absolutely necessary. My Department issued guidelines to schools on reduced school days in September 2021...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (1 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: I am committed to ensuring that actions to improve educational outcomes for Travellers are advanced in line with relevant Programme for Government commitments, including the commitment to develop a National Traveller Education Strategy. Work is progressing to advance this, and there is a range of work currently underway that will inform its development, including: - Work by the National...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (1 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the NCCA has this week published its research report on Traveller Culture and History in the curriculum. The report is available on www.ncca.ie.  This report aims to provide an important resource to support teachers, practitioners and students in understanding and appreciating Traveller culture and history. Funding was provided by my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (1 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department’s electronic databases, POD (Primary Online Database) and P-POD (Post-primary Online Database), hold data on all primary and post-primary school pupils, including their name, address, PPSN, date of birth and nationality. On an optional basis and requiring written consent from a parent/guardian, P-POD also contains data on students’ mother tongue and both databases...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (2 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, a piece of legislation that emphasises the promotion of school attendance, participation and retention. TESS has three strands namely the Statutory Educational Welfare Service (EWS) and the two school support services the Home School Community Liaison Scheme (HSCL) and the School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (2 Mar 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), ...

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

Norma Foley: Please find attached requested data. Please note data provided is for academic year 2021-2022, the latest year we have final standard and programme data for. We do not publishing standard or programme by gender. This is due to the small numbers involved for some standards and programmes which can increase the risk of statistical disclosure.  This data was collated from the class and...

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

Norma Foley: There are four state-funded higher education institutions (HEIs) providing primary initial teacher education (ITE) and one independent private provider of primary ITE. 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:...

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

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, in order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data in a way that takes account of the significant local and regional variations in demographic trends and enrolment projections, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas, of which some 40 are in Dublin.  Using school planning area boundaries within my...

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

Norma Foley: There are four state-funded higher education institutions (HEIs) providing primary initial teacher education (ITE) and one independent private provider of primary ITE. 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:...

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

Norma Foley: My Department has a strong track record of delivery of school building projects and this was maintained in 2022 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. There were circa. 180 school building projects delivered during 2022 and a further 273 school building projects remained under construction at the start of 2023...