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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (1 May 2025)

Helen McEntee: All open competitions are administered by Public Jobs, the Department of Education has no oversight of their panels and is therefore unable to answer this question. It would be more suitable being referred with the relevant information to Public Jobs. The candidate can reach Public Jobs through their messages Portal.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (1 May 2025)

Helen McEntee: Under the Education Act, the Boards of Management of Schools have responsibility for the day to day management of schools. Decisions regarding the use and deployment of digital technology in schools is therefore a matter for the Board of Management of each school in the context of their digital learning planning. Schools are advised to consult with members of the school community including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (1 May 2025)

Helen McEntee: The project referred to by the Deputy has been devolved for delivery to Louth and Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB). The project is currently at Stage 2b of the architectural planning process. This stage involves obtaining all statutory approvals, preparing a set of fully detailed Tender documents, and preparing an accurate pre-tender cost plan. My Department manages the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 May 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: Education and Training Boards (1 May 2025)

Helen McEntee: All open competitions are administered by Public Jobs, the Department of Education has no oversight of their panels and is therefore unable to answer this question. It would be more suitable being referred with the relevant information to Public Jobs. The candidate can reach Public Jobs through their messages Portal.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 May 2025)

Helen McEntee: Cleaners are valued members of our school communities who carry out work vital to the operation of our schools. There are a number of employment arrangements in place for school cleaners, including those caretakers who were employed under a limited scheme introduced by the government of the time in 1978/1979, which was discontinued in 1985, and cleaners employed in ETB schools whose terms...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 May 2025)

Helen McEntee: Sick Leave may be granted to a teacher who is unable to perform their duties when absent for the purpose of obtaining medical related services provided such appointments could not have been arranged outside of regular working hours or working days. The Public Service Sick Leave Scheme, which applies to teachers, is regulated by the Public Service Management (Sick Leave) Regulations 2014,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (1 May 2025)

Helen McEntee: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy will be delivered under my Department's ADAPT Programme. The ADAPT Programme uses a professional external Programme Manager to co-ordinate and drive the Design Team to achieve the best possible timeframe for the project through the design stages of architectural planning to Tender and Construction. The brief for this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 May 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the deputy refers was approved a school building project under the Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for 1 Engineering Room with Prep Room, 1 Construction Prep/Store Area & 1 Home Economics Room. The project was devolved for delivery to the school authority. In the first quarter of 2023, department officials approved the project...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (1 May 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers was granted funding under my department's 2021 Additional Schools (ASA) Scheme to provide one home economics room, one engineering room and preparation area, and one construction preparation/store area. The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (1 May 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy that my department is in receipt of a request for grant aid for a proposed land acquisition under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme from the school in question. I am pleased to confirm that approval was given under the Department's Modular Framework for two special education classrooms and six mainstream classrooms and this project was delivered...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: — a child's right to education is enshrined in the Constitution and, under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, must be accessible on an equal basis with others in the community in which they live; and — the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (30 Apr 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. The DEIS programme provides a targeted range of supports and is additional to the universal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The large scale capital project at the school referred to by the Deputy is at Architectural Planning Stage 4 - Construction. The project is in the final stage of construction, works on the school building are complete with some external works ongoing.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB). This project is currently at Stage 4 which is the construction stage. It is envisaged that the project will be substantially completed in quarter three 2025 in accordance with the April 2025 Progress report from CMETB. My Department will continue to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The large scale capital project at the school referred to by the Deputy is at Architectural Planning Stage 4 – Construction. The project brief is to provide a new 14 Mainstream Classroom Special School and all ancillary accommodation. The project commenced in April 2024 and works are progressing well on site, it is anticipated that construction will be complete in quarter 1, 2026....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: A major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently underway, and will deliver a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including two classrooms, for children with special educational needs. The project is being delivered in two phases, under my Department's Design and Build. The school commenced operation in the completed Phase 1 of the new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (30 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: Transition Year is a valuable programme for students and under the redevelopment of Senior Cycle programme, it is my ambition that in the future every student who wishes to avail of Transition Year will have the opportunity to do so. This year, over 60,000 students are enrolled in TY programmes representing a record level of participation. Since 2018, the number of students choosing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (30 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school planning areas were developed for use with the department’s Geographic Information System (GIS) in 2008 and with the introduction of small areas in census 2011, these areas were amended to align with census small areas. The current school planning areas take account not only of local groupings of schools, but also of natural boundaries, census small areas and other local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: Since 2020, my department has invested over €5.9 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 1,350 school building projects. Between projects currently under construction and projects moving to construction in the coming months, investments by the Department of Education are adding over 610,000 square metres of new and modernised capacity to our...