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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: I wish to advise the Deputy that my department has a robust forward planning process. The requirement 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers is part of a campus project and is devolved for delivery to CEIST. Following the recent grant of planning permission for the project, the Department now expect to receive the Planning Report for review. The design team will then finalise and complete the stage 2b report for submission to the Department. As soon as this report is received, reviewed,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (10 Jun 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 Youth, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: Tackling educational disadvantage and supporting students to fulfil their full potential is a key priority for me as Minister for Education and Youth, and for the Government. The DEIS programme is a key policy of Government to tackle concentrated educational disadvantage at school level. With regards to literacy, school leaders and teachers draw on a number of approaches to meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved for the provision of 1x mainstream modular classroom under my Department’s Special Education Needs (SEN) Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. The school authority returned the signed 'Form of Acceptance' which is the contractual commitment for the proposed accommodation in January 2025. This programme?involves the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: Tusla Education Support Service which includes the statutory Educational Welfare Service (EWS), is under the remit of my department since 2021. The primary role of the EWS is to ensure that every child either attends school regularly or otherwise receives a certain minimum education; to ensure and secure every child’s entitlement to education. Educational Welfare Officers (EWOs)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Projects (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: My Department is committed to supporting the delivery and development of youth work services and opportunities for young people across the 16 education and training boards (ETBs) including Tipperary ETB. Currently, there are four UBU Your Place Your Space projects operating throughout North Tipperary. Below, you will find an overview of each project, including the number of personnel...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: My department has different models of funding to meet the needs of the different types of schools. The current rate of capitation for primary schools is €200 and this will rise to €224 in September 2025. Gaelscoileanna (Irish-medium primary schools outside of the Gaeltacht) receive an additional €25 per pupil on top of the standard rate for all schools. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Ancillary Services Grant is payable to recognised primary schools and special schools in the Free Education Scheme. The grant is intended to cater for the cost of employing Secretarial and Caretaking staff. It is up to the BOM to allocate this funding as per their priorities. As per Circular 0040/2009 the capitation grant provided for general running costs and the ancillary services grant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (10 Jun 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 Youth, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). In Quarter 2 2023, the Department approved a submission from the school authority to increase the original brief in the context of a significant increase in projected new enrolments in the area. This allowed for the project to cater for a 1,000 pupil school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all similar types of schools equally. The school referred to by the Deputy is due to have two teaching posts...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: As funding from my Department is not allocated or recorded on a county basis, I am therefore not in a position to readily provide these details over the period, as requested by the Deputy. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department’s vote currently stands at over €11.9bn in the annual REV for 2025. This represents a significant investment in our education system and in our...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all similar types of schools equally. The school referred to by the Deputy is due to have two teaching posts...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Schools PV Programme provides eligible schools with up to 6 kilowatts peak of roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) installations on their roofs, which equates to approximately 14 solar panels. The Schools PV Programme is funded by the Government’s Climate Action Fund in line with the Government’s recognition that taking action on climate change is central to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 684 and 685 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that the my department has a robust forward planning process. The requirement 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Department recognises the vitally important role of Secretaries, and ancillary staff such as Caretakers within school communities, as a key link between students, parents, school leaders and other staff, ensuring that both the administrative and the caretaking needs of the school are met. Without them, our schools would be unsustainable. The Department of Education and Youth is not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: Over 224 million students worldwide were impacted by school closures during the pandemic (UNESCO, 2022). As a result, absenteeism post covid continues to rise, with rates of chronic absenteeism remaining high in primary and post primary schools across Ireland compared to pre-pandemic levels. Tackling school absences is a key part of my plan to ensure that every child can achieve their full...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (10 Jun 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 Youth, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (10 Jun 2025)

Helen McEntee: I have received the Pre-Budget Submission for Budget 2026 from the National Youth Council of Ireland, and its contents have been noted. Budget 2026 will be considered by Government in the context of the annual estimates process. As this is ongoing, the Deputy will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to comment further at this stage. However, I would like to note that we...