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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 and uses a Geographical Information System, using...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (24 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department published Cineáltas: Action Plan on Bullying in December 2022, which is dedicated to the prevention and addressing of bullying, cyber bullying, racist bullying, gender identity bullying or sexual harassment, among other areas, in schools. Cineáltas is centred on a child right’s based approach and provides a collective vision and clear roadmap for how the whole...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for the Department. My Department is aware of pressures for school places for the 2024/25 school year in North Kildare School Planning Areas of Maynooth,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (24 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department’s Blended Working Policy was launched in 2023 and applications for blended working which have been received from staff are still being processed. Therefore, at this point, the department is not in a position to provide exact numbers as the data is not yet fully captured. Under my Department's Blended Working Policy, the majority of staff can apply to work from home up...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (24 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The information sought by the Deputy in regard to the bodies under the aegis of my Department is not routinely collated by my Department. We have requested all Department of Education aegis bodies respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Air Safety (24 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: Managing ventilation is one of a suite of public health measures in place to keep our schools safe. Updated guidance for schools on Practical Steps for the Deployment of Good Ventilation Practices in Schools was provided in 2021 following the work of an expert group that carefully considered the role of ventilation in managing COVID-19. The updated guidance for schools is also fully in line...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (24 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: Please find attached requested information for the years 2019-2022 inclusive, 2022 being the latest year we have class size data. The figures are based on mainstream classes in mainstream schools and were collated from the relevant Class Size tables published on the DE website and can be found at the link below; gov.ie - Class Size Information at Individual Primary School Level (www.gov.ie)

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (24 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The department had a total of 56 Twitter video posts between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, of which 51 (91%) utilised closed captioned/subtitled. 8 (14%) of the posts featured Irish Sign Language (ISL) A total of 24 videos were posted on LinkedIn between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, of which 21 (87%) utilised closed captioned/subtitled. 3 (12%) of the posts featured Irish Sign...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: 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: Public Sector Pay (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 220 and 240 together. My Department implemented the outcome of the public service-wide review of allowances and premium payments (September 2012) by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform which means that many allowances, including this one, were no longer payable to “new entrant” Teachers. Circular 0008/2013 outlines the effect of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: Teacher allocations for post-primary schools are approved annually by the Department of Education in accordance with established rules based on recognised student enrolment. The deployment of this allocation is a matter for school leadership and management. Circumstances may arise, especially in smaller post-primary schools, in which the most effective use of available resources involves...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Jan 2024)

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: Schools Building Projects (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department has approved the provision of a new school building for the school referred to by the Deputy. My Department is satisfied that the accommodation to be provided for 400 pupils plus provision for Special Education Needs classes will cater for the long term needs of the school. This project requires the provision of a new site. A number of potential site options have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 226 to 231, inclusive, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 232 and 236 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 schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 schools and post primary schools, as well as ETBs). While the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 schools and post primary schools, as well as ETBs). While my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 schools and post primary schools, as well as ETBs). While...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 and 239 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 schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Children in Care (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The report referred to by the Deputy was published last August by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The report looks at educational attendance and attainment of children in care in January 2023 and children who left care since April 2018. It is available at www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/fp/fp-eaacc/educationa lattendanceandattainmentofchildrenincare2018-2023/. The report is part...