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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2022/2023 school year, over 149,000 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2022/2023 school year, over 149,000 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services were provided...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2022/2023 school year, over 149,000 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. There was an increase of 21% in tickets issued to eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2022/2023 school year, over 149,000 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services were provided...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Under the Education Act, 1998 all schools are managed by the school board of management on behalf of the school patrons or trustees or Education and Training Boards (ETBs). Section 9 of the Education Act requires that schools must ensure that parents of a students, or in the case of a student who has reached the age of 18 years, the student, have access to the records kept by that school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department provides funding to recognised Primary and Post-Primary 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 such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, general up-keep etc. and the Ancillary to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff. These grants may be regarded...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with a range of difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. This is mainly done through the SPHE programme. SPHE forms part of the mandatory Well-being area of learning at Junior Cycle. Well-being in Junior Cycle is about young people...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The Schools Completion Programme, SCP, is a central element of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) programme, a key policy initiative of my Department to address educational disadvantage at school level. The programme is funded by my Department via Tusla Education Support Service, TESS, who have overall operational responsibility for the programme. At present, management...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise that approval under the Additional School Accommodation scheme issued to the school in question for the provision of 3 x Junior SEN classrooms and 2 x Moderate classrooms. The project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This programme involves the use of Project Management supports which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2022/2023 school year, over 149,000 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 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. In addition, school transport scheme services are being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in respect of every member of staff including LGBTI+ staff members and in respect of the actions referred to by the Deputy I can confirm that the Human Resources (HR) Unit of the Department, is represented on the LGBT Staff Network, hosted by the Department of Justice, and coordinates staff participation in Dublin Pride....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2024 (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Over recent years, additional resources have been made available to our schools, including through the delivery of thousands of extra teaching and Special Needs Assistant posts, increased capitation in schools, enhanced supports for school leadership and improved staffing schedule and free school books in primary schools. My aim for Budget 2024 is to continue to deliver on the priorities...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, the school in question was approved funding under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project approved consists of building a 4 classroom Special Education Needs base as an extension to the existing school building, secure hard and soft play areas, a sensory garden and associated works with car park. The project is devolved to Louth...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, last year I announced an ambitious programme of work for a reimagined Senior Cycle of education where the student is at the centre of their Senior Cycle experience. In my announcement I set out a clear vision for Senior Cycle. My announcement built on the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)’s Senior Cycle Review: Advisory Reportbut also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2022/2023 school year, over 149,000 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services were provided...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, Budget 2023 provided for the provision of funding from the Climate Action Fund in relation to the provision of Photovoltaic Panels in schools up to 6KW output. This is really positive news for our schools and will assist with their energy needs and costs along with supporting the decarbonisation of our school buildings. My officials are working closely with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: In May this year, Minister Foley announced that adjustments will be made to the assessment arrangements for students due to sit State examinations in 2024. These are the same as the assessment adjustments that applied for students sitting the 2023 examinations, and the August 2021 adjustments, but updated as relevant. These adjustments will play to student strengths by leaving intact the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2022/2023 school year, over 149,000 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services were provided...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2022/2023 school year, over 149,000 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services were provided...