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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: As set out in the Roadmap for the Full Return to School, to ensure access for schools, on a value for money basis, to a secure supply chain for any Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Consumables and Equipment associated with COVID-19 Response Plans, the Department has established, following a procurement process, a multi-supplier arrangement from which schools can choose suppliers and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (10 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: I am aware of the closure of the college referred to by the Deputy and of the difficulty that this may present for the pupils and teachers involved. My Department is available to support any students who were due to enrol in the college and who are unable to source an alternative school place for this school year. In relation to teacher and ancillary staff,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 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 (10 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: I wish to inform the Deputy that the project to which she refers has been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of a programme of school building projects. The NDFA is currently undertaking the second phase of the process of appointment of multi-disciplinary technical advisors (design teams) for these projects. Thereafter, it will ensure that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that officials from the Pension Unit of my Department received verification for this period of service, from the person to whom the Deputy refers, on 25th August last.  I am happy to confirm to the Deputy that it has been determined that the period of service to which this person refers and for which verification has been submitted, can be made...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Gaeilge (10 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: Thug an Foras Taighde ar Oideachas (ERC) isteach tástálacha caighdeánaithe ar líne i léitheoireacht an Bhéarla agus sa Mhatamaitic (i mBéarla agus i nGaeilge araon) do bhunscoileanna in 2019 ar an ardán ar líne a bhí ar conradh ag an am sin. Tar éis don ERC nós imeachta soláthair phoiblí a reáchtáil bronnadh...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Supervision and Substitution Scheme (10 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: Specific arrangements were implemented with regard to the payment of substitute teachers at the commencement of the lockdown period for primary and second level schools. These arrangements provided that substitute teachers who were contracted by the managerial authorities of the schools in which they were employed were paid for the duration of the contracts. Qualified substitute...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme (10 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school in question has been approved funding under the Emergency Works Scheme and it is now up to the school authority to progress the works.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department has published a suite of helpful guidance for the safe and sustainable reopening of schools. Each school is required to have a COVID-19 Response Plan for the safe operation through the prevention, early detection and control of COVID-19 in line with public health advice. This guidance is focused on the practical steps schools must take to minimise the risk of transmission of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 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 model for Leaving Certificate 2020 is a statistical procedure and has been subject to a high degree of human...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (10 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department provides ancillary grant assistance to over 480 primary schools in the Free Education Scheme in Dublin towards the cost of secretarial and caretaking services.  Within the grant programme, the level and extent of services provided is a matter for the school authorities who, through the discretion afforded by the scheme, apply their own arrangements for secretarial and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The Boards of Management of schools are responsible for the employment of school caretakers and it is a matter for each school to determine the level of caretaking services required for the school.  Funding to cater for these services is made available by my Department through the Ancillary Services and Capitation Grants. Within the grant programme, the level and extent of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: Physical activity (PE) is important and students should be encouraged to participate in PE in schools.  As part of the return to school plans the Department has published guidance for practical subjects in Post Primary Schools, including guidance for PE.  This guidance is based on Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) guidance for the return to sports activities for children...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (10 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The NCSE has responsibility for planning and coordinating school supports for children with special educational needs including the allocation of SNAs and reviews. As part of that responsibility, applications for the exceptional review process for SNA support are made directly to the NCSE.  I will forward the Deputy’s question to the NCSE for their direct reply. It is expected...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The specific information requested by the Deputy regarding the number of primary and post-primary school that have access to hot water in the counties in question is not readily available within my Department. Health guidance states that, while warm running water is preferable for handwashing, cold water is sufficient.  In schools which do not have warm running...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 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...