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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bus Éireann (14 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 (14 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. My Department has a proven track record of delivery. During the period 2018 to date, 172 projects were completed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 was published last year and is underpinned by an investment of €200m to support its implementation, committed to under Ireland’s National Development Plan (NDP). The first tranche of €50m issued to all recognised primary and post-primary schools in late 2021. The previous Digital Strategy for Schools 2015 to 2020 saw overall...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: There are many strategies and specific policy tools driving digital technology in our secondary schools. The overarching policy in this area is the Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027. It sets out my Department’s policy approach in embedding digital technology across the curriculum and in all aspects of teaching, learning and assessment. The stated vision of the Digital Strategy is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 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: Special Educational Needs (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school in question. 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: According to my Department's Geographical Information System, the school referred to is in the Killester_Raheny_Clontarf School Planning Area. The question of enrolment in individual schools, including the setting of catchment areas, is the responsibility of the Board of Management on behalf of the school Patron and my Department does not seek to intervene in decisions made by schools in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The property referred to by the Deputy is not in my ownership as Minister for Education. It is in private ownership. The Deputy may wish to make further enquiries with the current property owner.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Rights (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The Public Service Sick Leave Scheme, which applies to teachers and SNAs, is currently regulated by the Public Service Management (Sick Leave) Regulations 2014, S.I. No. 124/2014, as amended by the Public Service Management (Sick Leave) (Amendment) Regulations 2015, S.I. No. 384/2015. Changes to the Public Service Sick Leave Scheme took effect from the 4thSeptember 2023, as a result of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (15 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 69, 70, 72 and 73 together. I wish to clarify for the Deputy that the application by the school in question for a change of status to co-educational has not been refused. My Department continues to work with the school's patron to support a move towards co-educational provision at the school. In the context of the current post-primary provision in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (15 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71, 79 and 80 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 employers (boards of management of primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers, was approved funding under my Department's Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme for the provision of 9 mainstream classrooms, 2 science laboratories and 1 prep area and 1 art and crafts room. The approved brief was subsequently increased to provide a total of 11 mainstream classrooms, 2 science laboratories and 1 prep area, 1 art room, 1...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (15 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: School Transport (15 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 Accommodation (15 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has recently received an application for additional school accommodation (ASA) from the school authority in question. The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom and Special Education Needs (SEN) accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the need cannot be met by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 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 schedules 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 (15 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 Transport (15 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 Transport (15 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 (15 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....