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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education recently announced details of the 2024 Summer Programme on 21st March 2024. All schools have an opportunity to run a programme over the summer months for children with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage, so that they can be supported, nurtured and encouraged to continue to engage in a fun and inclusive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education recently announced details of the 2024 Summer Programme on 21st March 2024. All schools have an opportunity to run a programme over the summer months for children with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage, so that they can be supported, nurtured and encouraged to continue to engage in a fun and inclusive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: At present, there are 5 stages of architectural planning involved in the delivery of major school projects. The stages reflect the Capital Works Management Framework developed by the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform. The period of time it takes to progress through each of the stages varies from project to project depending on its size and complexity and can often take...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education recently announced details of the 2024 Summer Programme on 21st March 2024. All schools have an opportunity to run a programme over the summer months for children with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage, so that they can be supported, nurtured and encouraged to continue to engage in a fun and inclusive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that the school in question has submitted an application for capital funding, under my Department's Additional School Accommodation Scheme for one modular special education needs classroom. The purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (or ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my department is in receipt of an application, under the Additional Schools' Accommodation (ASA) Scheme from the school in question. The purpose of the Additional Schools' Accommodation Scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year and where the need cannot be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education recently announced details of the 2024 Summer Programme on 21st March 2024. All schools have an opportunity to run a programme over the summer months for children with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage, so that they can be supported, nurtured and encouraged to continue to engage in a fun and inclusive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The Deputy will be aware that Dublin 15 is an area of significant population growth and as part of forward planning the Department of Education has been assessing school accommodation in the area. In this regard, the Department is planning a school building for the area that will be designed to be adaptable to cater for primary or post-primary school requirements as the needs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education recently announced details of the 2024 Summer Programme on 21st March 2024. As in previous years, a budget of €40m has been allocated for the programme in 2024. All schools have an opportunity to run a programme over the summer months for children with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage, so that they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department operates a scheme of grant-aid to primary and post-primary schools towards the cost of purchasing essential assistive technology equipment, which has been recommended by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) as being essential for students with physical and/or sensory or communicative disabilities in accordance with the criteria set out in Circular 0010/2013 which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department received correspondence from the school in question regarding retrospective funding for the play area at the school. Officials in my Department will consider the correspondence received and will contact the school authorities directly. The Board of Management is responsible for the management of a school on behalf of the patron(s). Individual...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). The Service Level Agreement (SLA) has been issued to KWETB. The next step is for the ETB to procure a Design Team for the project to design the buildings, obtain the necessary statutory planning permissions, and move the project onward to tender and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 479 to 482, inclusive, together. I want to thank the Deputy for raising this issue. At the outset I would like to confirm that there is no change in the provision of supports my departments provides to children who are blind or visually impaired. The Special Education teaching allocation model for 2024/25 distributes the total available number of SET...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for my department and for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). The vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: Tá obair leanúnach ar siúl i mo Roinnse faoi láthair chun polasaí nua a fhorbairt don oideachas lán-Ghaeilge lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht. Tógfaidh an polasaí nua seo ar an méid atá bainte amach ag an bPolasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta. Tá an tAonad um Oideachas Gaeltachta freagrach as forbairt an pholasaí nua don oideachas...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The Physical Activity in Teaching and Learning Pilot Programme was launched on Thursday 22 February 2024 by Thomas Byrne TD, Minister of State for Sport and Physical Education. The deadline for applications by schools to the Pilot Programme was Friday 22 March. The purpose of the Pilot Programme is to provide an opportunity for schools to be innovative and creative in integrating physical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education recently announced details of the 2024 Summer Programme on 21st March 2024. All schools have an opportunity to run a programme over the summer months for children with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage, so that they can be supported, nurtured and encouraged to continue to engage in a fun and inclusive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for my department and for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). The vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department supports and encourages the use of school buildings for community and recreational purposes, where feasible, and this has remained a core feature of the new Guidelines (or Procedures as they are now called). However, the decision on the use of school property is a matter for the property owner taking into considerations the requirements of the school, students and staff. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Apr 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...