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

Norma Foley: Teacher allocations to all second level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department website. In accordance with these rules, each school management authority is required to organise its subject...

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: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers, was approved a project under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for a 2 classroom SEN base. The project is devolved for delivery to the school authority. The review of the stage report by my Department’s Professional and Technical team is nearing completion and the recommendations will be shared with the school...

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

Norma Foley: My Department has provided funding towards the annual BeLonG To Stand Up Awareness Campaign since 2013. The objective is to prevent and tackle homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools, increase respect for diversity and LGBT identities and thereby reduce the potential for mental health difficulties among LGBT students. I can confirm for the Deputy that my Department provided the...

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

Norma Foley: The provision of a payroll service for school secretaries by my Department is part of a package agreed with Fórsa, the trade union representing school secretaries, following a series of engagements at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) and which also includes revised terms and conditions for secretaries. Traditionally, school secretaries were paid directly by the schools and my...

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

Norma Foley: My Department is aware of the situation in the school in question and has been engaged in intensive communication with the school over the last two weeks. My Department's Emergency Works Section (EWS) has provided both administrative and technical assistance, including a site visit, and work is ongoing on a comprehensive scope of works to address the situation in a timely manner. Officials...

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

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy in relation to the school referred to, that my Department has received a Stage 1 report from the school. This report has been reviewed by officials in my Department and approval to progress the project to Stage 2A was conveyed to the school authority in October 2023. This project is devolved to the school authority for delivery. My Department will assist 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: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the deputy refers has been granted capital funding under the Department’s SEN Reconfiguration & Modular Accommodation Programme for the provision of 2 x Special Educational Needs classrooms with 100m2 soft-play area and 2 x Special Education tuition rooms. This programme involves the use of Project Management supports which is designed to enable the...

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 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: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval under the Additional School Accommodation scheme issued to the school in question for the provision of a 1 x 100m2 SEN classroom. Although this project is devolved for delivery to the school authority, the Department arranged a project manager under its procurement framework to assist the school authority in the delivery of its building...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 515 to 517, inclusive, together. De bharr cinneadh an Rialtais i 2012, chuir mo Roinn toradh an tAthbhreithniú um Sheirbhís Leathan ar na Liúntais agus ar na Préimh-Íocaíochtaí Poiblí a rinne an Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe a bhí ann ag an am i bhfeidhm. Ag teacht as seo ní...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Tá ag éirí le scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge laistigh agus lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht fáilte a chur roimh scoláirí ón Úcráin agus iad a chlárú. In go leor cásanna, ní labhróidh na scoláirí ach Úcráinis agus/nó Rúisis agus seans go mbeidh tuiscint éigin acu ar an mBéarla. Beidh go leor de...

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

Norma Foley: Tá roinnt beart déanta ag mo Roinn thar na blianta chun tacú le scoileanna oileánda agus leis na pobail ar a bhfreastalaíonn siad. Tá leithdháiltí breise múinteoirí agus maoiniú deontais imfhálaithe curtha ar fáil gach bliain do gach ceann de na cúig iar-bhunscoil oileánda ó 2018 i leith. Tá tiomantas mo...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Tá múnlaí éagsúla maoinithe ag mo Roinn chun freastal ar riachtanais na gcineálacha éagsúla iar-bhunscoile. San earnáil BOO (ETB), déantar leithdháiltí airgeadais ar BOOanna mar chuid de bhlocdheontas. Tugtar ardleibhéal neamhspleáchais do na BOOanna maidir le bainistiú agus leithreasú an deontais seo agus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Clár Tógála Scoileanna (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Deimhním don Teachta nach bhfuil iarratas faighte ag mo Roinnse ó Ghairmscoil Mhic Dhiarmada, Uimh. Rolla 71244F, i ndáil le seomra aclaíochta/ilchuspóra. Cheadaigh mo Roinnse cóiríocht bhreise sa scoil le deireanas d’fhonn 1 sheomra gnáthranga amháin, 1 Sheomra Ealaíne amháin agus leithris a chur ar fáil faoin Scéim...

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

Norma Foley: 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, 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: School Funding (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Through Project Ireland 2040, we are investing at least €5 billion over the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn and work in our schools every day. The School referred to by the Deputy received capital investment of over €68,000 in 2021. My Department...

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

Norma Foley: New schools are established by my Department on the basis of identified demographic demand in an area, and only after consideration of the capacity of existing schools to absorb the expected school place demand. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical...