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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 permanent school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department’s Construction Programme. The project brief for the school includes 26 classrooms, which will provide capacity for 156 pupils when complete. The new school will also include specialist classrooms as well as extensive ancillary accommodation with multi-sensory facilities and a...

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

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for additional school accommodation from the school to which the Deputy refers. The purpose of my Department’s ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the need cannot...

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

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application from the school in question for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme and has been engaging with the school in this respect. The Deputy will be aware that my Department has broadened its delivery streams and is utilising Modern Methods of Construction, including Modular Accommodation, as well as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Official Engagements (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that no engagements with the Government of Israel or any State bodies thereof took place with my Department during the years 2021 or 2022. Officials in my Department met with officials of the Israeli Ministry of Education and representatives of the Myers-JDC Brookdale Institute (Israel’s leading centre for applied social research) in March of 2023.The purpose of this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Official Engagements (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm for the Deputy that officials of my Department met with officials from the Palestinian Ministry of Education in November 2022 to discuss educational areas of interest. Officials from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) joined this discussion. No engagements took place with the Palestinian Authority, any organ of the Palestinian Authority, or any...

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

Norma Foley: The level of turnover stipulated in the Term Maintenance, Refurbishment and Upgrade Construction Works Framework Suitability Questionnaire has been calculated using the Construction Works Management Framework (CWMF) Guidance Document GN 2.3.1.3 ‘Guidance Note Suitability Criteria for Works Contractors: Minimum Standards’ using the multiplier range of the annualized turnover of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Tá na riachtanais reatha maidir le Tréimhsí Foghlama Gaeltachta do chláir Oideachas Tosaigh Múinteoirí (OTM) ag an mbunleibhéal i bhfoirm socrúcháin 2 x 2 sheachtain mar chuid den chlár OTM. Tá an riachtanas seo leagtha amach i Céim: Caighdeáin d’Oideachas Tosaigh Múinteoirí na Comhairle Múinteoireachta....

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 from the school in question under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme. Following an assessment of their ASA application, an offer for modular accommodation was made to the school in question. The Deputy will be aware that my Department has broadened its delivery streams and is utilising Modern...

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

Norma Foley: There are currently 18 active pilot schemes currently underway and the information requested by the Deputy is provided below in tabular form: Pilot Scheme Nature of scheme Location Active School Flag Post Primary Pilot Scheme Active School Flag (ASF) is an initiative of the Department of Education, supported by Healthy Ireland and...

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

Norma Foley: Earlier this year, I announced a landmark new scheme which saw the government investing over €50 million to provide free schoolbooks, workbooks and copybooks for pupils. The investment in this scheme significantly increases the funding for schoolbooks provided to date to all recognised primary schools in the country. More than 560,000 pupils enrolled in approximately 3,230...

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

Norma Foley: In July 2016, the Government launched a major initiative for Dublin’s North East Inner City (NEIC) to oversee the long term, social and economic regeneration of the area. The Mulvey Report entitled “Dublin’s North East Inner City – Creating a Brighter Future” was published in February 2017 and made a number of recommendations. As part of this response, in...

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

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers was approved funding under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for the provision of 4 mainstream classrooms and a 2 classroom SEN base. I am pleased to advise that the review by officials at my Department has been completed, and the project was approved to Stage 2B in October 2023. It is now the responsibility of 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...

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

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was granted funding under the Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) for the provision of 4 mainstream classrooms and 2 SET rooms. During the initial design stage, the school requested my Department consider a 2 storey design solution with additional SEN and a lift which was not approved and the project progressed as a single storey extension as per 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...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 499 and 554 together. My Department works together with the Department of Health and other agencies to support students in the area of health. The aim is to equip students with the skills and knowledge to enable them to make the right choices for healthy lifestyles throughout their lives. Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop...

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 process contains an appeals mechanism for schools to submit a staffing appeal under certain criteria, including one specifically aimed at small schools. The school...

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

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department does not have any current contract with the company specified in her question.

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

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the building project referred to has been devolved for delivery to Kildare & Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). The execution of a Service Level Agreement (SLA) between the Department and KWETB, is currently being arranged. Once the SLA is in place, the ETB will procure a design team for the project to design the buildings, obtain the...