Results 12,521-12,540 of 19,666 for speaker:Norma Foley

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (10 May 2023)

Norma Foley: Education and Training Boards (ETBs) are not required to provide my Department with a breakdown of legal costs incurred by individual case or issue. However, information in relation to overall legal costs is available in the ETBs’ Annual Financial Statements. According to the Annual Financial Statements of the ETB concerned, the amounts spent on legal fees in respect of legal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (10 May 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department provides funding to all recognised 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 including heating, lighting etc. and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff. As part of the Cost of Living measures introduced in the Budget,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 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: School Transport (10 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: School Staff (10 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The Professional Support (Guidance Counselling Supervision) Programme provides all guidance counsellors employed in Department of Education funded post primary schools with five two-hour sessions of counselling supervision support in each academic year by a professionally qualified Supervisor. This provides a forum for Guidance Counsellors to meet their peers and discuss the issues they are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 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: School Curriculum (10 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The Special Education Teaching allocation, as outlined in Circular 0020/2022, 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 instance to review...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The Professional Support (Guidance Counselling Supervision) Programme provides all guidance counsellors employed in Department of Education funded post primary schools with five two-hour sessions of counselling supervision support in each academic year by a professionally qualified Supervisor. This provides a forum for Guidance Counsellors to meet their peers and discuss the issues they are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 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 149,000 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. There has been an increase of 21% tickets issued to eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education.  The total cost of the scheme in 2022 was €338.9m. The scheme is an important service for families and children. The purpose of the Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71 and 72 together. I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department has received an application, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school authority in question. The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classrooms and Special Education Needs (SEN) accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (17 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 73 and 74 together. The application to which the Deputy refers, for emergency works funding for safety features has been received and is under consideration by the Emergency Works team and the Professional & Technical Section within my Department. Due to the nature of the works required, a site visit by the technical team will be required and officials...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to inform the Deputy that the Teacher appointment forms for Primary Teachers are made available in late May for the following school year. These forms are currently being prepared for the 2023/2024 school year and will be made available on my Department's website shortly for download by schools. Schools will also be notified by email when the forms are available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Development Plan (17 May 2023)

Norma Foley: Under Project Ireland 2040, the Department of Education is investing €4.4 billion over the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn and work in our schools every day. My Department has a proven track record of delivery, with over 180 projects completed last...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (17 May 2023)

Norma Foley: 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 these universal supports, the DEIS programme provides a targeted and equitable way to address concentrated educational disadvantage that promotes equity and has benefits for students. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (17 May 2023)

Norma Foley: Seoladh próiseas comhairliúcháin poiblí don pholasaí nua don oideachas lán-Ghaeilge lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht ar an 27 Deireadh Fómhair 2022 chun tuairimí páirtithe leasmhara a fháil; daoine óga, tuismitheoirí, gairmithe oideachais, páirtithe leasmhara oideachais agus eagraíochta Gaeilge ina measc. Tháinig an chéad...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the state examinations.  In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you. 

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the state examinations.  In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you. 

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (17 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 81 and 84 together. The Department of Education is committed to supporting a quality and inclusive school system that provides an equal opportunity at success for all children, including those at risk of educational disadvantage. In line with the programme for Government, the Government is continuing to examine how the model of intervention in the north-east...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (17 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 83 and 86 together. My Department provides a wide range of supports to all schools, DEIS and non DEIS to support the inclusion of all students and 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 initiative of my...