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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy was recently approved to progress to Stage 2(b) of Architectural Planning - Detailed Design - where the Design Team make their applications for statutory approvals and prepare the suite of tender documents. The Design Team have been requested to forward a Brief Change Request, in respect of additional classrooms for pupils...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (13 Jun 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. This application is currently being assessed, including identified technical complexities that are being considered as part of the assessment of the school’s accommodation needs. My officials will be in touch with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department is currently planning the delivery of a major building project for the school in question. The accommodation brief for the project is being finalised and my Department will be in further contact with the patron as part of this process. In the meantime, my Department understands that the school intends submitting an application for additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Under the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015 to 2020 overall investment of €210m issued to all recognised primary and post-primary schools in annual grant funding. This funding was to support schools to invest in appropriate digital infrastructure to embed the use of digital technology in teaching, learning and assessment. The new Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 was published...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that there have been no staff seconded to my Department from the company referred to by her in the past ten years.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department has had two contracts with the company listed during the past ten years. The costs were in respect of a software licence, renewed on an annual basis from 2015 to 2017 and a separate once off contract for training and development in 2016. The costs inclusive of all taxes are set out in the table below. YEAR COST 2017 10,036.80 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department is aware of the group the Deputy refers to through correspondence received in relation to the redevelopment and teaching of SPHE/RSE. Access to Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) is an important right for students. This is reflected in the Programme for Government, which states that this Government will develop inclusive and age appropriate curricula for RSE and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The Emergency Works applications to which the Deputy refers have been received by my Department and are under active consideration. Officials in my Department's Professional and Technical team are currently examining the applications from a technical perspective and once a recommendation has been made by the Professional and Technical team an update will issue to the school. My Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application from the school in question under the Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme. The purpose of my Department’s 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers to was approved funding under my Additional School Accommodation Scheme for the provision of a 2 Classroom Special Education Needs Base, 3 Mainstream Classrooms and Emergency Works for Fire Safety. The project is devolved for delivery to the school authority and a design team has been appointed by the school. I can confirm that my Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The Board of Management of schools is the employer of school staff and my Department acts as paymaster on behalf of over 4000 schools. The Board of Management of schools will inform the Department of the appointment, re-appointment, resignation, retirement and natural conclusion of contracts in the schools so that salary and pension can be paid to school staff. The Board of Management of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 603 and 617 together. Under the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015 to 2020 overall investment of €210m issued to all recognised primary and post-primary schools in annual grant funding. This funding was to support schools to invest in appropriate digital infrastructure to embed the use of digital technology in teaching, learning and assessment. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Under the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015 to 2020 overall investment of €210m issued to all recognised primary and post-primary schools in annual grant funding. This funding was to support schools to invest in appropriate digital infrastructure to embed the use of digital technology in teaching, learning and assessment. The new Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 was published...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: As outlined in my reply to your question of the 1st June 2023, the teachers unions have lodged a number of claims at the TCC in relation to incremental credit, and specifically a claim about private post primary teaching service outside the E.U. These claims are still under consideration. The Department will advise the TCC of the outcome on completion of this process.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, for school planning purposes, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical Information System to anticipate school place demand. Information from a range of sources, including Child Benefit data, school enrolment data and information on residential development activity is used for this purpose. Additionally, Project...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Each school is required to use the Framework for Junior Cycle 2015to plan a programme for each of the three years of the Junior Cycle that meets the requirements set out in the Framework and Circular 0028/2023. When planning its Junior Cycle programme, each school is required to take account of the school’s local context and the backgrounds, interests, and abilities of its students and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Choices regarding educational materials, textbooks, educational products as well as digital and online services to support the implementation of the curriculum in schools are made by individual schools and their boards of management. The current policy in the Department is not to endorse any products, publications or services from individual providers, therefore, it is not possible for my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (13 Jun 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 the universal supports available to all schools, the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) Programme is a key policy initiative of my Department to address concentrated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department has had engagement with the schools to which the Deputy refers regarding their proposed amalgamation. As part of this, the schools' accommodation has been discussed. My Department is considering a proposed option to meet the long-term needs of the schools. There are multiple factors being assessed as part of this consideration, including technical feasibility, climate action...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Under the Programme for Government, there is a commitment to make further progress in reducing the pupil teacher ratios in primary schools and supporting small schools and I am delighted that significant progress has been made. In Budget 2023, I ensured major investment in our schools and I have succeeded in bringing the teacher allocation ratio to an average of 1 classroom teacher for...