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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Transport (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. this figure includes over...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy will be delivered under my Department's ADAPT Programme. This project is one of the projects on my Departments 3rd Adapt Programme - Adapt 3A, which procured and appointed design teams during 2023. The ADAPT Programme uses a professional external Programme Manager to co-ordinate and drive the Design Team to achieve the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: The project for the school referred to by the Deputy is part of my Department's construction programme and will be delivered as part of a campus project which will provide a new 8 classroom primary school and accommodation, including 2 classrooms for children with special educational needs for the school referred to by the Deputy and a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Patronage (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: There is a commitment under the Programme for Government to seek to increase choice for parents by ensuring that families can access both multi/non-denominational and faith based education. I am liaising with my Department officials on the best way to deliver on this commitment.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: Since 2020, my department has invested over €5.7 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 1,150 school building projects and with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes new school buildings some of which are being delivered in phases. These 300 projects currently at construction involve a total State...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Staff (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: Ensuring that every child's experience in school is positive and that they have qualified, engaged teachers available to support them in their learning is a priority area of action for the Government. Like many sectors, recruitment challenges exist in the education sector, especially in urban areas. While most teaching positions are filled, some schools face significant recruitment...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Weather Events (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 447 and 464 together. The decision to close a school in response to a severe weather event is a matter for individual school management authorities around the country, taking into consideration the full guidance and direction available from the principal response agencies. Individual school management authorities are best placed to do this in light of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Special Educational Needs (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: My department’s main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in the area. Parents have the right to choose which school to apply to and where the school has places available for the relevant year, the student should be admitted. However, in schools where there are more applicants than places available, a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy that my department is in receipt of an Additional Schools' Accommodation (ASA) application from the school in question. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has the responsibility for planning and coordinating school supports for children with special educational needs. The Department engages intensely with the NCSE in relation to the forward...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Inspections (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: My department are reviewing the independent roofing report for the school building project referred to by the Deputy. My department will update the school and their patron body once the review is complete.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy will be delivered under my Department's ADAPT Programme. The ADAPT Programme uses a professional external Programme Manager to co-ordinate and drive the Design Team to achieve the best possible timeframe for the project through the design stages of architectural planning to Tender and Construction. The brief for this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Appointments (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: The brief that I received on my appointment as Minister for Education and Youth is currently being reviewed for publication and will be made available on my Department's website in the near future.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Accommodation (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter the Department’s pipeline of school buildings for a project to provide 2 Mainstream classroom, 1 Technology room and a Preparation Area, 1 Science Laboratory and Preparation area, 1 Art room and Project Store and a 2 Classroom Special Education Needs Base under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme. The project was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: Since 2020, my department has invested over €5.7 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 1,150 school building projects and with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes new school buildings some of which are being delivered in phases. These 300 projects currently at construction involve a total State...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Enrolments (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: It is an absolute priority of my Department to ensure that every child in the State has access to a school place and we are continually investing in existing and new schools to ensure that this is the case. My Department has put in place a number of measures to support post-primary schools, including in the Galway City School Planning Area, in managing and effectively coordinating their...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved to enter the department’s pipeline for a project under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project will provide 1 Technology & Prep area and a 3 classroom SEN base. The project was devolved to the school authority for delivery. A stage 1 report was received in Q3 2024, this was reviewed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Education and Training Provision (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: Cavan Part Time Education Support Centre (ESC) was removed from the registers of ESCs in January 2022 due to failure to convene a management committee. This was following extensive engagement between my Department, the chairperson of Cavan part-time ESC and the chairperson of Monaghan ESC who were the full time ESC associated with Cavan. Cavan is part of the region covered by Monaghan...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Costs (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: My Department is committed to providing 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 and general up-keep, and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Equipment (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: The first phase of the Schools Photovoltaic (PV) Programme was launched in November 2023. The scheme provides eligible schools with up to 6 kilowatts peak of roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) installations on their roofs, which equates to approximately 14 solar panels. Since the launch of the first phase of the programme late last year, more than 1,100 schools have been approved for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Staff (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: I wish to advise the Deputy that the post primary payroll section of my Department, has sent to the teacher concerned, details of his service history in respect of the schools whose staff members are paid on the Department of Education payroll. My Department provides a payroll service in respect of the salaries of post primary teachers who are employed in Community and Comprehensive, or...