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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The Deputy will be aware that 2022 marked the return to externally delivered examinations for all candidates at both Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle, with 61,108 candidates sitting Leaving Certificate examinations and 67,130 candidates sitting Junior Cycle examinations. There were a number of factors that affected the timing of the issue of results for both examinations in 2022. These...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has responsibility for the operation, delivery and development of the State examinations. The Deputy will be aware that 2022 marked the return to externally delivered examinations for all candidates at both Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle, with 61,108 candidates sitting Leaving Certificate examinations and 67,130 candidates sitting Junior...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Mar 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 Accommodation (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the deputy refers received approval under my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for 11 x General Classrooms, 3 x SET room, 1 x Multimedia room, 1 x Textiles room, 1 x Science lab/Prep area, a 2-Classroom SEN base and removal of 3 temporary units. My Department is engaging with MSLETB regarding this project with a view to identifying the optimum...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Mar 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 Admissions (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for my Department. In order to plan for school place needs, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department's Planning and Building Unit is currently assessing its work programme and priorities for 2023 in the context of its available funding. My Department's published NDP allocation for 2023 is €860 million. Key priorities for my Department's work programme include continuing strong delivery to support the operation of the school system with particular regard to planning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: Under the Programme for Government there is a commitment to seek to make further progress in reducing the pupil teacher ratios in primary schools. 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 school year which is the lowest...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The permanent school building project for the site referred to by the Deputy is a campus project to deliver a 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including four classrooms, for children with special educational needs and a 16 classroom primary school and accommodation, including two classrooms, for children with special educational needs. The campus project is being delivered...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The Special Education Teaching allocation, as outlined in Circular 0020/2022, (primary schools) and provides a single unified allocation for special educational support teaching needs to each school, based on each school’s educational profile and also encompasses the Language Support (EAL) allocation that schools were allocated in previous years. All schools are advised in the first...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of a request from the Patron of both national schools in Moate, concerning the possibility of an amalgamation. Officials from my Department have been in correspondence with the school authorities in relation to this matter and remain available for any further questions the schools may have.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department is liaising directly with the DDLETB in this regard. It is expected that this matter will be concluded in the short term.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme, from the school in question. Officials in my Department are currently liaising with the school authorities regarding this application and a decision will issue upon completion of the assessment process.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: Please find attached requested data with regard to enrolments, denomination and gender. Please note data is for academic year 2021-2022 the last year we have final enrolment data for. We expect to publish final data for 2022-2023 in June 2023. Data was complied from primary and post-primary data in individual schools which can be found on our website at the link below;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: I refer to your recent correspondence to the Minister for Education, Ms. Norma Foley TD, in relation to issues raised. On 7 March 2023 the Government approved the establishment of a scoping inquiry to inform the government response to revelations of historical sexual abuse in day and boarding schools run by religious orders. The scoping inquiry was established in response to recent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (29 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 Staff (29 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The Home School Community Liaison (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 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: School Accommodation (29 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: A Minister-owned site has been identified as an option for potential redevelopment to accommodate a second school. Representatives of the existing school have agreed to collaborate with the Department to carry out a master plan study to assess the potential of developing a second school on the Minister-owned site. The outcome of the master plan study will determine the next steps to be taken....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Mar 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...