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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The permanent building project referred to by the Deputy, will deliver a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including 4 classrooms, for children with special educational needs. The project is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build programme and is currently at tender stage. The Invitation to Tender for the project issued in April 2023, as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my department has had the need to contact An Garda Síochána in relation to the threats listed above, during the period of 2020 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 352 and 353 together. I can advise the Deputy that Languages Connect, Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education 2017 – 2026, aims to increase and diversify the teaching and learning of foreign languages. Post Primary Languages Ireland (PPLI) are fully funded by the Department and charged with implementing a wide range of actions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department provides funding to recognised schools in the Free Education Scheme. The provision of advice on the funding of private schools is not a matter for my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with the statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of Teachers in the State. The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has the responsibility for planning and coordinating school supports for children with special educational needs. The Department engages intensely with the NCSE in relation to the forward planning of new special classes and additional special school places. This forward planning work is well underway ahead of the 2024/25 school year. This...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357, 358, 361 and 362 together. The campus school building project referred to by the Deputies is assigned to my Department’s Design and Build programme which uses a professional external Project Manager to progress the project through the relevant stages of architectural planning, tender and construction. This campus project will deliver a new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 161,600 children, including over 135,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 19,800 pupils with special educational needs, and 6,800 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine are transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers is to provide a 4 classroom Special Education Needs base, general purpose room and ancillary under my Department‘s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project was devolved for delivery to the school authority and it has appointed a design team to progress the project. I wish to advise the Deputy that the Stage 1 Design Report for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 161,600 children, including over 135,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 19,800 pupils with special educational needs, and 6,800 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine are transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The criteria for the award of incremental credit are set out in the Department’s Circulars 10/2001 for Primary teachers, 29/2007 and 29/2010 for Post-Primary teachers. The criteria for the award of incremental credit to recognised teachers was agreed under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council (TCC). To qualify for an award of incremental credit, a teacher and their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that provisional approval was issued to the school in question for 1xEarly intervention classroom, 1x Special education classroom and 1x Mainstream classroom in May 2022. This project is currently at stage 1 with the Delivery section in the Department. The school also received approval for 1 Modular Special Education needs classroom which is currently in place...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: Ensuring that every child's experience in school is positive and that they have qualified, engaged teachers available to support them in their learning is a priority area of action for the Government. While schools in certain locations are experiencing challenges in both recruiting teachers and obtaining substitute teachers, the vast majority of sanctioned teacher positions are filled. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: Ensuring that every child's experience in school is positive and that they have qualified, engaged teachers available to support them in their learning is a priority area of action for the Government. The Department recognises the importance of providing well-timed and appropriate support to pupils with identified learning needs. The Special Education Teaching allocation for mainstream...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers is part of a school campus project at Kilbride, Co. Wicklow. It has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). I am pleased to inform you that the pre-qualification process for the project is underway and once complete and following Departmental approval, KWETB will continue with the tender process for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 161,600 children, including over 135,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 19,800 pupils with special educational needs, and 6,800 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine are transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 372, 373 and 387 together. I can advise the Deputy that new circulars governing the granting of exemptions from the study of Irish were published in September 2022 (Circular 0054/2022 Primary and Circular 0055/2022 Post Primary). Exemptions from the study of Irish may only be granted by school management in accordance with the criteria set out in section 2.2...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: My department provides funding for emergency repairs caused by sudden unforeseen events which require immediate action. In order to avail of this funding a school must submit an application to the Emergency Works Scheme. The school to which the deputy refers has not submitted such an application to date. My department will process any application submitted by this school and revert with a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

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 Special Educational Needs (SEN) classroom. Kerrigan Sheanan Newman Construction Consultants (KSN) has been appointed, from the Department’s Framework, to design and tender the project. This consultant is leading the project...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers, was approved a project under my Departments Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme for the provision of a one class SEN base. I can confirm that the school have been approved to stage 3 of the architectural design process. In recent days, the school have noted Health and Safety concerns associated with the delay in progressing their project....