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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: Ministerial Correspondence (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: I wish to update the Deputy on the position relating to the four items of correspondence referred to in the details supplied. Item 1 Response issued to the Deputy on 7th September. Item 2 With regard to the matters which have impacted the handover of the building in question in advance of the coming school year, my Department is taking appropriate steps to ensure that it is completely...

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

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that my Department has recently published updated guidance on ventilation in classrooms on the back to school website. This can be found at the following web address:

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

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, on 27 July last the Government published the Roadmap for the Full Return to School, along with details of a significant financial package to support the implementation of the measures in the roadmap, following approval by the Government. The package of supports is expected to cost in excess of €437 million in the 2020/2021 school year. The range of...

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

Norma Foley: The Roadmap for Full Return to School set outs the plan for the safe and sustainable reopening of our schools. It has been developed in line with public health advice issued by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC), the Roadmap for Society and Business, and follows comprehensive and intensive engagement with education stakeholders including the school management bodies and staff...

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

Norma Foley: With regard to the matters which have impacted the handover of building in advance of the coming school year, my Department is taking appropriate steps to ensure that it is completely satisfied that the building is fit for handover prior to accepting it. There is currently an engagement underway between my Department and the Contractor in this regard under the contract. While this process...

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

Norma Foley: With regard to the matters which have impacted the handover of the building referred to by the Deputy, my Department is taking appropriate steps to ensure that it is completely satisfied that the building is fit for handover prior to accepting it. There is currently an engagement underway between my Department and the Contractor in this regard under the contract. While this process is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: I can confirm a potential site option has been identified and discussions are ongoing with the landowner with a view to acquiring this site. As the Deputy will appreciate, the site acquisition process can be lengthy and there can be complex issues which need to be addressed during negotiations, technical assessments or conveyancing. At all times the Department strives to obtain best value...

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: School Accommodation (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The measures to be put in place in individual schools, including the school referred to by the Deputy, to address requirements arising from the COVID-19 pandemic are a matter for the school authorities. The school under reference has access to minor works funding, as part of a new minor works grant totalling €42 million for the post-primary sector to assist with reopening. It is for...

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: 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: The permanent school building project for this school is being delivered under the Department's Design and Build programme. A preplanning meeting was held with Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council earlier in the year and this is informing the design for the project. Lodgement of the Planning Application will be the next key milestone in the progression of the project. The Department...

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...

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

Norma Foley: The building project referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme. I am pleased to advise the Deputy that planning permission has been secured for the project and the Departments Project Management team are currently working on the preparation of the tender documents for the tender and appointment of a Contractor. The Department and...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 606 and 622 together. School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. 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...

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

Norma Foley: The Deputy will be aware that my Department gave grant approval for the school to build a classroom and an Assisted-User WC under the Additional Schools' Accommodation Scheme 2016. Delivery of this project has been devolved to the school authority. The current position with respect to this project is that the school has been required to retender same as there were a number of issues with...

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

Norma Foley: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy has submitted an application to my Department, for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation scheme. The application is currently under consideration and a decision will be conveyed directly to the school authority as soon as the assessment process is completed.

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

Norma Foley: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school in question is included on the Department's Capital Programme to be delivered as part of the National Development Plan (NDP) and a site has been acquired for this purpose. My Department is engaging directly with the school in the context of the planning work associated with the project. Information has been requested from the...