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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: School Accommodation (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation scheme, from the school referred to by the Deputy. 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: 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: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the building project for the school to which he refers is being devolved for delivery to the School Authority with the assistance of Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB). My Department will engage with the School Authority to put in place a Service Level Agreement (SLA) which is the next step in progressing the project. ...

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

Norma Foley: The information requested by the deputy is not available. Provisional data for the academic year 2020/2021 will be available in January 2021. Please find attached information for the academic year 2019/2020 - the most recent available data. The figures are based on mainstream classes in mainstream schools and were collated from the relevant Class Size tables published on the DES website and...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 615 and 616 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the project to which refers has been devolved to the school for delivery under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme 2019. Funding has been provided to deliver a 4 classroom SEN base in that context. As it is a devolved project, it is a matter for the school authorities to progress it.

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. In the current school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, are 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 over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Supervision and Substitution Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The Roadmap for the Full Return to School provides for comprehensive supports across a range of areas to allow for the safe reopening of schools. Among the supports provided is the extension of the Substitute Teacher Supply Panel. The scheme has been expanded from a pilot scheme consisting of 6 base schools to over 100 base schools, providing substitute cover to over 2,000 schools across...

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: Departmental Offices (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department does not maintain data on the number of desks spaces available, however space utilisation is maximised with the support of the Office of Public Works. Approximately 68% of the staff complement in my Department are based outside Dublin. Within the larger offices in Tullamore and Athlone, there was a greater than 100% subscription for the available desk spaces. A number of...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the project brief for the school in question is currently being finalised and this is expected to be completed shortly. This will then facilitate the progression of the project into the architectural planning process.

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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Advisers (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: In accordance with the terms of the Public Service Management Act 1997 I will be appointing two Special Advisers to assist me in carrying out my ministerial functions at the Department which will not be subject to a civil service secondment arrangement. The current salary scale applicable to the position of Special Adviser is as follows: Point Amount 1...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to clarify for the Deputy that, in relation to the application to which he refers, and commensurate with the level of funding set aside for the Summer Works Scheme, applications are being assessed on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the Circular accompanying the Scheme. In that regard, applications submitted under categories 2 to 10, including...

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: 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: Teacher Training (8 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that school placements will proceed in primary and post-primary schools in this school year. School Placement is a critical part of initial teacher education (ITE). It is first and foremost a space and time where student teachers learn to become teachers. It enables the student teacher to experience teaching and learning in a variety of contexts, and to participate in school...