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

Norma Foley: My Department 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. The North East Inner City Multi-Disciplinary Team (NEIC MDT) comprises of Educational Psychologists from my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) and Health...

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 seek to make further progress in reducing the pupil teacher ratios in primary schools. 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 every 23 pupils in all primary schools for the 2023/24 school year which is the...

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

Norma Foley: While the Department of Education retains regulatory responsibility for the ETB sector, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science now has policy responsibility for the further education sector. Youthreach is a further education and training programme for early school leavers which aims to provide young people with the knowledge, skills and...

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

Norma Foley: The Department of Education’s Statement of Strategy sets out the vision, mission and goals in order to provide an education system where every child and young person feels valued and is actively supported and nurtured to reach their full potential. It aims to ensure that our school system is open and welcoming for all students, regardless of background, and that in particular learners...

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

Norma Foley: Circular Letter 10/98 is a historical circular that was published in 1998 by the Department of Education and has since been superseded. The allocation of staff in respect of VTOS is no longer a matter for the Department of Education. Staffing in respect of VTOS is now a matter for the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFERIS). My Department has...

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

Norma Foley: My Department is committed to the highest level of data protection for the personal data which it processes and takes its compliance with data protection obligations very seriously. My Department has a range of policies in place which encompass ICT usage, removing files, Information security Policy, GDPR compliance among others. These policies apply to staff regardless of location i.e....

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tÉileamh don Ghaeloideachas: an Roinn Oideachais (14 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Is an Gaeltacht education policy 2017-22 atá i gceist ag an Teachta, an ea?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tÉileamh don Ghaeloideachas: an Roinn Oideachais (14 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Chun é sin a chur i gcrích, tá roinnt rudaí déanta againne. Ar an gcéad dul síos, the Gaeltacht education unit has been established in the Department. There is also the Gaeltacht recognition scheme. Ms Nic Dhoinnléibhe may well come in on this. At present there are in and around 103 primary schools, to my understanding, and 29 post-primary schools...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tÉileamh don Ghaeloideachas: an Roinn Oideachais (14 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Faoi mar is eol don Teachta bhí comhairliúchán poiblí ann. A public consultation was launched in October 2022 and the public consultation aspect of it concluded at the end of January 2023. It is amazing to think that the online questionnaire listed more than 10,000 responses. It was an absolutely phenomenal uptake and show of interest, and I think, solidarity and...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tÉileamh don Ghaeloideachas: an Roinn Oideachais (14 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Is ea.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tÉileamh don Ghaeloideachas: an Roinn Oideachais (14 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Is é sin an aidhm atá againn.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tÉileamh don Ghaeloideachas: an Roinn Oideachais (14 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Aontaím leis an Teachta. Is maith an rud é go bhfuil daoine ag lorg Gaelscoileanna agus Gaelcholáistí. Aontaím léi ó thaobh an phointe sin. I agree absolutely that it is our aspiration that there would be greater access, opportunity, and greater prevalence of availability in terms of the Gaelscoileanna and the Gaelcholáistí. In terms of...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tÉileamh don Ghaeloideachas: an Roinn Oideachais (14 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: An féidir liom teacht isteach air sin?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tÉileamh don Ghaeloideachas: an Roinn Oideachais (14 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Aontaím leis an Teachta go bhfuil suíomh speisialta ag an nGaelainn sa Stát seo agus is maith an rud é sin. Táim féin agus an Roinn sásta gach iarracht a dhéanamh chun an suíomh sin a chaomhnú. Tá an-dul chun cinn déanta againn in áiteanna áirithe. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil níos mó ag teastáil. We...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tÉileamh don Ghaeloideachas: an Roinn Oideachais (14 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I appreciate that there are mixed and different views in this regard but we must recognise that there are demands being placed on the curriculum and that we have to expand it. It would be erroneous to think that the only experience of Irish is in the allocated hours. We have seen many other initiatives, for example, the content and language integrated learning, CLIL, programme through which...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tÉileamh don Ghaeloideachas: an Roinn Oideachais (14 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Ó thaobh na múinteoirí de, from the point of view of the teachers and the need to support them and get as many of them as possible confident in the teaching of Irish, very significant work is going on in this area. Specifically, the Deputy referred to teachers in the Gaeltacht and the need for them to have a particular caighdeán or standard. For example, 10% of places in...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tÉileamh don Ghaeloideachas: an Roinn Oideachais (14 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Tá.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tÉileamh don Ghaeloideachas: an Roinn Oideachais (14 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Ó thaobh an 10%, tá an ceart ag an Teachta. Tá an scéim sin ann le tamall, gan dabht. However, there are other things. That is just one. I just gave that as an example. The bachelor of education through Irish is a significant investment by the Department and we have doubled the places there. Equally, there is the provision for the masters through Irish. This would be...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: An tÉileamh don Ghaeloideachas: an Roinn Oideachais (14 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Bhain an dara ceist leis an straitéis atá againn. There are a number of aspects to that. It is práinneach. It is urgent agus táimid ag déanamh gach iarrachta chun é sin a chur chun cinn go tapa ach tá sé casta. For example, the Gaeltacht education policy has been completed. The next one we are working on is the Irish-medium policy outside the...