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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (3 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The Minister has offered to personally engage with the person concerned. The Minister is committed to providing supports to survivors of residential institutions. There has been ongoing engagement from Senior Officials in the Department with the named individual and this will continue. Furthermore, in the context of advancing proposals for the future supports for survivors of residential...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 May 2023)

Norma Foley: An Occupational Health Strategy is in place as a supportive resource for teachers and SNA’s. The aim of this strategy is to promote the health of teachers and SNAs in the workplace, with a focus primarily on prevention rather than cure. The Occupational Health Strategy comprises the Employee Assistance Service and the Occupational Health Service (OHS). The OHS is in place to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 May 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, the purpose of the Summer Works Scheme is to devolve funding to individual school authorities to undertake small-scale building works which, ideally, can be carried out during the summer months or at other times that avoid disrupting the operation of the school. The Summer Works Scheme plays an important role in the maintenance and upgrade of the condition of our...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (3 May 2023)

Norma Foley: Information in relation to consultancy expenditure in my Department is compiled annually in respect of the previous year and published online at: www.gov.ie/en/collection/department-of-education-and-skills- expenditure-on-consultancy/. The data in respect of 2023 will be published online in Q1 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (3 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The information in respect of consultancy reports commissioned by state bodies is not held by my Department. Contact details for the state bodies are set out in the attached document should the Deputy wish to contact them directly with this query. Contact E-Mail Addresses for State Bodies under the Remit of the Department of Education as at 03 February 2023 Name...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed upon under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). The recruitment of teachers is a priority area of action for the Department given the importance of ensuring that every child's experience in school is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (3 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The report on the Review of the Out of School Education Provision was published by my Department in May 2022. The report is available at gov.ie - Out-of-school education provision (www.gov.ie). An Implementation Group is established to oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the report. The Implementation Group consists of representatives from relevant Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved funding under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme. The project is devolved for delivery to the school authority and is being managed in two phases. The project will provide a GP/Dining area, alterations to existing building,19x General classrooms, 7x SET rooms, 2x Meeting rooms, 1x DP Office, 3 Classroom SEN base, 1x Art Room,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 May 2023)

Norma Foley: Circular Letter 0056/2020 deals with the Cycle to Work scheme operated by my Department. The scheme applies to school staff (including teachers, S.N.A.s, clerical officers, etc.) paid on payrolls operated by my Department. Applicants under the scheme must be employed in a permanent, Contract of Indefinite Duration (C.I.D), fixed term, or Regular Part Time (RPT) capacity at the date of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 May 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: Schools Building Projects (3 May 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department and the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications have developed a jointly funded school sector decarbonisation pathfinder programme. It is administered by the Planning and Building Unit in my Department and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in partnership with devolved delivery support from Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board. This pathfinder...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no current record of receiving an application for additional accommodation from the school in question. The purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (or ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is available to cater for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (3 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (or ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the need cannot be met by the school’s existing accommodation. At primary level,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (3 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I would like to advise the Deputy that the school in question has received total funding of €218,013.77 for three separate projects under my Departments Emergency Works Scheme, in the period November 2018 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to inform the Deputy that pay slips are made available to teachers in two ways, firstly in paper format and secondly by accessing the pay slip electronically via the Digital Post-box. The Digital Post-box service is available to individuals that wish to receive their communications from public service bodies electronically. This is a service offered on an opt in basis. Access to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (3 May 2023)

Norma Foley: It is open to the school to make an application under the Summer Works Scheme. The purpose of the Summer Works Scheme is to devolve funding to individual school authorities to undertake small-scale building works such as external environment projects, which, ideally, can be carried out during the summer months or at other times that avoid disrupting the operation of the school. As part...