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

Norma Foley: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing arrangements include a provision whereby schools experiencing rapid increases in enrolment can apply for additional permanent mainstream posts, using projected enrolment....

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

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers, has been approved funding under my Departments Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. This project is devolved to the school authority for delivery. In October 2023, a pre Stage 1 report and associated documents were received and these are currently with the Professional and Technical team in my Department under review. Upon completion of that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary and special schools. The NEPS service provides access for all schools to:Psychological support in the event of a Critical IncidentA Casework Service for individual children where there is a need for intensive consultation and assessment via a NEPS...

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

Norma Foley: A Stage 2A report has been submitted and this is currently under review by my Department's Professional and Technical team and this review is expected to be completed shortly. The school authority is being assisted by Cavan and Monaghan ETB (CMETB) in the delivery of this project. Once this review is complete, the outcome will be conveyed to Cavan and Monaghan ETB and the school authorities.

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

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to the Office of Public Works (OPW). This project is currently at Stage 2A of the architectural planning process. Upon receipt, review and approval of the Stage 2A report, the next step for the design team will be to obtain the necessary statutory planning approvals. While at this early stage it is not possible to provide...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department records show that this teacher first began teaching on 25th November 2003. As she was appointed prior to 1st January 2011 she is being paid on the pre-2011 pay scale. Circular 41/2023 refers.A member of my staff has reviewed the teacher's service and I can confirm that the teacher is on the correct pay scale for salary purposes. In relation to...

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...

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

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, the project referred to has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. The brief for this project is to provide an extension to the existing school buildings, as defined in the schedule of accommodation, decanting if required, necessary to satisfactorily develop the post primary school on its existing site. The Stage 2B report has been received and is...

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...

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 Admissions (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, for school planning purposes, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical Information System to anticipate school place demand. Information from a range of sources, including Child Benefit data, school enrolment data and information on residential development activity is used for this purpose. Additionally, Project...

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

Norma Foley: 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. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Staff (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Special advisers are responsible to the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) in relation to filing of Section 19 Statements of Interests. Where a Statement of Interest is furnished, it is to be laid before the Oireachtas. There is no obligation on a special adviser to furnish a nil statement where no interests exist, however they may choose to do so.

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 474, 529, 531, 533, 538, 539, 560, 561, 565 and 566 together. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). In that regard there are more than 3,700 individual...

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

Norma Foley: It gives me great pleasure to have secured €10.5 billion in total funding for Education in Budget 2024. This significant increase in funding ensures that the total budget is at the highest ever for our primary and post primary schools. The funding will ensure continued reduced costs for families; it will continue to tackle disadvantage and it will provide further supports to safeguard...

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...

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

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers, has been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of bundled school building programmes. This project is part of the bundle referred to as ‘Project Liffey’. This campus project will include the school referred to by the Deputy. A letter was issued by the Department to the schools to advise that their...

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

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy will be delivered under the Departments ADAPT Programme. The ADAPT Programme uses a professional external Project Manager to co-ordinate and drive the Design Team to achieve the best possible timeframe for the project through the stages of Architectural Planning to Tender and Construction. The Brief for this project is 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 2022/23 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 are being...

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

Norma Foley: Please find breakdown of the advertising spend by the Department of Education for the years 2020 to 2022 attached, by national media outlet and local newspaper outlet. The Department does not hold the statistics for its public bodies and agencies. ">Advertising Totals