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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the Summer Works Project referred to by the Deputy was completed in 2019. Subsequently an Emergency Works Application for Universal Access has been received by the school and this is currently being assessed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The design of the Calculated Grades model was informed by advice from a Technical Working Group comprising experts drawn from the State Examinations Commission, the Inspectorate of my Department, the Educational Research Centre, and international external expertise. The standardisation process undertaken was an iterative statistical modelling, which by its very nature, was an evolving...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: In accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1998 the board of management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. School starting times and finishing times are matters for individual boards of management. School COVID-19 Response Plans for the safe and sustainable reopening of both primary and post-primary schools outlines that “staggered drop...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: I wish to inform the Deputy that the length of time that education-related infrastructure projects take to complete will depend on the scope, scale and complexity of the project. Once on site, contractors are required to complete the relevant works within a set period of time, which will vary from project to project, as set out in the contractual terms of their appointment.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: It is open to the school in question to apply for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme to address the outstanding issues as set out in the relevant correspondence. The main purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme is to ensure the availability of funding for urgent works to those schools that are most in need of resources as a result of an emergency situation or on receipt of an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The Calculated Grades Student Portal will reopen on 14September at 9.00 am and will provide students with the percentage marks they were awarded by the Calculated Grades process. They will also be able to access the estimated percentage marks provided by their schools. Students may wish to have access to and consider this data if they are considering an appeal of their Calculated Grade. An...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: I recognise the very important work done by these staff, and the other support staff in the running of our schools. In recognition of this, I have put special arrangements in place for the coming school year whereby schools will be funded to employ a replacement secretary or caretaker in the event that staff who are at very high risk of contracting serious illness from COVID-19 cannot work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scéimeanna Tacaíochta (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The purpose of the Remote Area Boarding Grant scheme is to give students who are disadvantaged because of their remoteness from schools an opportunity to attend school on the same basis as students not so disadvantaged. The terms of this scheme are set out in Circular 16/2016 which is published on my Department’s website at. My Department has investigated the case referred to by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: On 21 August, I announced a series of changes that would be made to assessment arrangements for both Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate examinations for 2021. This announcement was accompanied by a published document detailing these changes, Assessment Arrangements for Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate Examinations 2021, and forms part of the Roadmap for the Full Return to School. These...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The Deputy will be aware that the project to which he refers has been devolved to the school authority for delivery under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme. A Stage 1 report was received from the school in April and this raised a number of design issues that need to be addressed. These issues are complex and require a thorough and detailed analysis in order to establish the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: A response has issued from my Department to the correspondence to which the Deputy refers.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: It is my understanding that a number of people who attended Creagh Lane NS in the past have taken legal proceedings against the Christian Brothers.As a consequence, I don't intend to comment on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The staffing arrangements, including the criteria for Administrative Principal and the number of Principal Release Days allocated to schools, are set out in Department circulars and apply to all schools equally. Appendix B of Circular 18/2020 sets out the criteria for Administrative Principal to a primary school. Schools, such as the ones referred to by the Deputy, required an enrolment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The Department received advice from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) on the use of face coverings in educational settings on the 6th August 2020. The advice from the HPSC to the Department has recommended that face coverings should be worn by teachers, staff and students attending post primary schools when a physical distance of 2 meters from other staff or students cannot be...