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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: I refer to your recent correspondence to the Minister for Education, Ms. Norma Foley TD, in relation to supports for Teachers and Special Needs Assistants have been injured while working in the classroom and in schools. In accordance with Section 14 of the Education Act 1998, it is the duty of the Patron to appoint, where practicable, a Board of Management. The Board of Management is the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (18 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: 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. Schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Jun 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 traveling 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 (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: Teaching allocations are determined by the enrolment of the school on the previous 30th September. This process enables the Department to have in place the necessary measures to assess the accuracy of returns and thereby strengthen the integrity of the resource allocation process and the equitable treatment of schools, whilst ensuring that publicly funded resources are properly allocated. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: 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. As the Deputy may be aware, in order to plan for school place needs, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: 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. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: The school under reference in Fermoy was established in 2018 under the patronage divestment process. Fermoy was one of a number of areas surveyed in 2012/13 under the patronage divesting process, where there was sufficient parental demand supporting changes in school patronage. The areas surveyed were areas where demographics were not growing and therefore it was unlikely that a new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 42 and 43 together. The accommodation on the school site referred to by the Deputy are both rented modular units and purchased modular units, which were vacated on the recent completion of the new school building for the school in question. The rented units are in the ownership of a modular supplier and the Department is no longer paying rent in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: The Department recognises the importance of the Minor Works grant to primary and special schools. Under Project Ireland 2040, a commitment was given that the Minor Works grant would be paid in either December or January of the school year to all primary and special schools.? In recent years my Department’s approach has been to pay the Minor Works grant to primary and special schools in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 46 together. As both questions from the Deputy are in relation to a similar topic related to Section 29 Appeals, I will combine the two questions and issue one reply that addresses both questions. Section 29 of the Education Act 1998 as inserted by Section 7 of the Education (Admissions to schools) Act 2018 provides for an appeal, where a board of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Trade Unions (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 47 and 48 together. Budget 2024 has provided for an unprecedented €10.5 billion investment in Education and Schools in Budget 2024 which includes an increase of €421 million in core current funding, as well as over €80 million in core capital funding. These additional funds build on significant increases in recent budgets and further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: 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: Trade Unions (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: Regarding plans for increasing Irish-medium school places in the South Dublin area, which encompasses the Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 areas, it should be noted that the year of establishment, patronage model and language of instruction have yet to be determined for the new post-primary schools announced to serve the following school planning areas in the general South Dublin area: Dublin 2_Dublin 4...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the deputy refers has submitted an application for funding under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS). This application has recently been approved and the school has been informed in this regard.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: We will discuss those on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: To be clear, the ordinary medical card, as the Deputy referenced it, is subject to review. It is not given for life and it is means tested, whereas this medical card is not means tested. It is not and will not be subject to review and it is available for life. So, there is a clear distinction between what people class as the ordinary medical card and this enhanced medical card that is...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: I acknowledge the work that was done by the committee members during the pre-legislative scrutiny stage. Data and GDPR were raised by the committee and I want to be very clear that we strengthened the Bill as a consequence of that. Freedom of information and GDPR do apply. The records will still be in existence. I want to be clear about this. As I outlined in my speech, there is no...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: By and large, it might refer to a requirement for whatever needs to be done in a person's house. It is strictly to do with supports that might be required for housing, for example. There are no personal testimonies about experience in industrial schools or wherever else. It is my clear understanding that it is simply to do with records, whether it is invoices or applications for materials...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: No, there is no personal testimony there at all.