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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 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. Key priorities for the Department's work programme include continuing strong delivery to support the operation of the school system with particular regard to planning ahead for the 2023/24 school year and beyond and also with particular regard...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Apr 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: Education Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 665 and 666 together. My Department provides a wide range of supports to all schools, DEIS and non-DEIS to support the inclusion of all students and address barriers to students achieving their potential. Supplementing the universal supports available to all schools, the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) Programme is a key policy initiative...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. The criteria, reviewed annually with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Hospital Staff (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 47 to 49, inclusive, 54, 60, 61, 63 and 64 together. The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) of my Department provides a school-based psychological service to all recognised primary and post-primary schools through the application of psychological theory and practice to support the well-being, and the academic, social and emotional development of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Apr 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 (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department received an application for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question in July 2022. My Department responded to the school with an offer of accommodation in August 2022, to which the school responded in January 2023, agreeing to the proposal. In February 2023 the school was in further contact with my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 57 together. I want to assure the Deputy that my Department is working extremely hard to ensure that schools are built as quickly as possible so that children and young people have access to a physical environment where they can receive a high standard of education and feel safe, valued and nurtured. My Department has a strong track record of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm agreement has been reached to facilitate the continued rollout of urgently required school building projects in both mainstream and special education settings, including to enable the project for the school to which the Deputy refers proceed to construction. The major project for the construction of the new school building is currently at Stage 3 (tender action) and a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Curaclam Scoile (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I gCreatchuraclam na Bunscoile, soláthraítear méadú ar an méid ama a thugtar don Fholláine agus tugtar uair an chloig sa tseachtain freisin chun teangacha iasachta a thabhairt isteach ón tríú rang ar aghaidh. Chun na hathruithe sin a dhéanamh, b’éigean roinnt ama a bhaint ó gach réimse eile den churaclam, teangacha san...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project for the school referred to by the Deputy was recently approved to proceed to Stage 3 - Tender action and award. A tender process can take 8-12 months to complete.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I want to assure the Deputy that my Department is working extremely hard to ensure that schools are built as quickly as possible so that children and young people have access to a physical environment where they can receive a high standard of education and feel safe, valued and nurtured. My Department has a strong track record of delivery with over 180 projects delivered last year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The project for the school to which the deputy refers is devolved for delivery to Kildare & Wicklow Educational Training Board (KWETB). The Brief for this project is to provide an extension to the existing school, the demolition of a section of the building and the refurbishment of some of the existing building. The building project was recently approved by the Department to proceed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department provides funding to recognised Primary schools in the free education scheme by way of per capita grants. The two main grants are the Capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, general up-keep etc. and the Ancillary to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff. Schools are permitted to regard the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Island Communities (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. The purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. In the current school year, over 147,900 children, including over 18,000 children with special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) of my Department provides a school-based psychological service to all recognised primary and post-primary schools through the application of psychological theory and practice to support the wellbeing, and the academic, social and emotional development of all learners. The NEPS service provides access for schools to:Psychological support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Apr 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. My Department's Planning and Building Unit is currently assessing its work programme and priorities for 2023 in the context of its available funding. Key priorities for the Department's work programme include continuing strong...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the deputy was approved a project under the Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Programme. The school has to date drawn down 90% of approved funding which is appropriate for this stage of the project. My Department has received an inflation framework claim which is currently under review. Departments officials will revert to the school once this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy formed part of a campus development, which included two primary schools, that was completed in 2015. Following a number of issues arising post-construction, there has been ongoing communication with the Design Team to determine and address the issues. A representative of the Department met with the Design Team at the campus last year and, subsequent to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Apr 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...