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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Department has not requested admissions data for the named school so this data is unavailable at this time. Enrolment data for this school from 2019 to 2023, 2023 being the latest year we have final enrolment data, are set out at the link below. We expect to publish final enrolments data for academic year 2024-2025 in June 2025 at: www.gov.ie/en/collection/post-primary-schools/

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides psychological support to all primary, post-primary, and special schools. The service is divided into six geographical regions and Dublin South Central is part of Region 3. There are currently 235 whole time equivalent psychologists providing a service across the country. 43 psychologists are currently employed in Region 3. NEPS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 information system, using data from a range of sources, including CSO census data, child benefit and school enrolment data, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 416 to 418, inclusive, together. The Transition Year Grant is paid to non-fee charging voluntary secondary schools, community and comprehensive schools and schools in the ETB sector in addition to capitation payments. The Transition Year Grant is paid on a per capita basis – therefore it increases or decreases in line with the number of actual...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Safety (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: Under the provisions of the Education Act, 1998 the board of management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school and the principal is responsible for the day-to-day management of a school. The Board has overall responsibility for school policies including any policy in relation to school trips/outings. Under the Children First Act 2015, all schools in Ireland must...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 and general up-keep, and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. this figure includes over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department has approved capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, for the school in question for a traditional building project consisting of 3 Mainstream general classrooms, 1 Music room,1 Science lab & prep area, 1 Graphics room,1 Home economics room, 1 Construction room & prep area, 1 Special education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 information system, using data from a range of sources, including CSO census data, child benefit and school enrolment data, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and in line with the Teaching Council Registration Regulations, 2016. There are five routes of registration, the minimum registration requirements for each route...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The requested data are set out in the table, namely, the number of mainstream pupils in 4th, 5th and 6th classes for the schools located in the Greystones, Kilcoole, Newcastle_Rathcoole & Rathdrum school planning areas. Academic Year 2023-2024 School Planning Area Fifth Class Fourth Class Sixth Class Total Greystones ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I wish to advise the Deputy that requirements for school places is kept under on-going review in the context of available information on population, enrolments and residential development activity. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my department divides the country into 314 school planning areas (SPA) and uses a Geographical Information...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The decision to close a school in response to a severe weather event is a matter for individual school management authorities around the country, taking into consideration the full guidance and direction available from the principal response agencies, especially the local authority. Individual school management authorities are best placed to do this in light of local weather conditions,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fire Safety (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 59, 60 and 61 together. My department, together with the National Council for Special Education, has been working with parents, schools, patron bodies and other stakeholders in Dublin to provide sufficient specialist school placements for children with special educational needs. The special school referred to is one of the 5 new special schools due to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: Tackling educational disadvantage and supporting students to fulfil their full potential in life is a key priority for me as Minister for Education, and for the Government. The DEIS programme is a key policy of Government to tackle concentrated educational disadvantage at school level. It provides a targeted range of supports and is additional to the universal supports provided to all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 and general up-keep, and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 and general up-keep, and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teagasc na Gaeilge (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: Tá an tsraith pictiúr, nó seichimh pictiúr, mar chuid den Bhéaltriail Ghaeilge d’iarrthóirí Ardleibhéil agus Gnáthleibhéil, agus tá 40% de mhóriomlán na marcanna don Ghaeilge san Ardteistiméireacht ar fáil don Bhéaltriail. Mar fhreagairt ar cheisteanna ar tugadh suntas dóibh i dtaighde na...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year, over 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes daily to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. This figure includes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 and general up-keep, and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....