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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and in line with the Teaching Council Registration Regulations, 2016. The Council registers teachers under five routes of registration, the minimum registration requirements for each route are set out in the Schedule of the Regulations. All initial teacher education (ITE) programmes in Ireland that lead to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: In accordance with “AI – Here for Good”, the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Ireland, my Department investigated the potential for AI (Artificial Intelligence) to assist in improving the delivery of customer services. A proof of concept to examine if AI technologies could support Departmental staff in responding to customer queries has been completed. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Nov 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: Educational Disadvantage (7 Nov 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, including students attending Gaeltacht secondary schools, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Transition Year is a valuable programme for students that offers opportunities for life skills, personal, social and academic development and experience of adult and working life. Transition Year programmes are designed at school level and based on a multi-layered approach. Under the Transition Year (TY) Programme, the management authority of each school carries responsibility for making...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The site identification and assessment exercise for the school referred to by the Deputy is ongoing and a potential property has been identified. An architectural consultant has been appointed to commence an assessment of this potential property. Given the commercial sensitivities associated with land acquisitions generally I am not in a position to comment further at this time. I wish to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The acquisition of the site at Fassaroe, Bray, Co. Wicklow is at an advanced stage of the conveyancing process. It is intended that this site will provide a permanent location for the school referred to by the Deputy. A major building project for this school is included on the Department's school building programme. This site is subject to an SHD application, which is currently with An Bord...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers is part of a school campus project and it has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). The Department requested the design team to incorporate a decarbonisation strategy and a revised cost plan as part of their Stage 2b submission. KWETB have advised that they expect to be in a position to submit this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department received an application from the school in question under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme in October 2023. The application is currently being assessed and contact will be made with the school authorities as soon as the assessment process is completed. In tandem with this, a major building project to provide a permanent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers is part of a school campus project and it has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). The Department requested the design team to incorporate a decarbonisation strategy and a revised cost plan as part of their Stage 2b submission. KWETB have advised that they expect to be in a position to submit this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school in question. The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year and where the need cannot be met by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Nov 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 Funding (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The 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, general up-keep etc. and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Attached is the list of all new Post Primary schools established between 2000-2007. Details of when roll numbers were assigned for new schools is not readily available for the projects though it was normal practice to assign roll numbers in the year that a school opened.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Nov 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 Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved funding under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme and the project was devolved to the school authority for delivery. I can confirm that a request has been received by my Department for review of additional fees which are currently under consideration, and the result of this review will be communicated to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Nov 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: Departmental Schemes (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Budget 2023 provided for the provision of funding from the Climate Action Fund, which is under the remit of the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, in relation to the provision of Photovoltaic Panels in schools up to 6KW output. The Department has been engaging regularly with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications to prepare for the roll-out of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The permanent school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is a campus project to deliver a 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including four classrooms, for children with special educational needs and a 16 classroom primary school and accommodation, including two classrooms, for children with special educational needs. The campus project is being delivered...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers has been granted approval for the provision of 6 mainstream classrooms under my Department's Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This programme involves the use of Project Management supports which is designed to enable the accommodation to be provided as quickly as possible and help ease the administrative workload for...