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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 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 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: Schools Building Projects (25 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme, from the school in question. The purpose of the ASA 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 met by the school’s...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 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: Schools Building Projects (25 Jun 2024)

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: Following an extensive site identification and assessment exercise, to identify a permanent site location for Mary Immaculate Secondary School in Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare a number of site options were identified and investigated by the Department in conjunction with officials from Clare County Council. A preferred option has now been identified. The Department has now commenced the process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Freedom of Information (25 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department has 3 staff working in its Freedom of Information Unit. A full-time Executive Officer who works full-time on FOI requests and a Higher Executive Officer and Executive Officer (both employed on a full-time basis) who work for part of their time on FOI requests. The Assistant Principal Officer and Principal Officer of the section have overall responsibility for the FOI unit and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: The monies due to the Department in this case are related to Illness Benefit deductions of salary that were not made. The reason that these deductions were not made when they should have been, was due to late notification by the school, of the sick leave absence. The amount that the Department deducts is equal to the amount of Illness Benefit payment that a person receives from the Department...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to inform the Deputy that payment will issue to the individual concerned on 4th July 2024, together with any arrears due.

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

Norma Foley: The school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design and Build Programme and will deliver a new 16 classroom primary school and accommodation, including four classrooms, for children with special educational needs. The Planning Permission application was submitted to Fingal County Council on 17th June 2024. It is not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Seirbhísí Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna (20 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: “Is ceist don Roinn Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta é tacaíocht a sholáthar d’oideachas pobail. Cuirfidh mo Roinn ceist an Teachta ar aird an Aire sin.”

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

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, and further to the response provided previously on 12 June the six large scale projects being delivered for Project Boyne will be delivered across schools in counties Carlow, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow by the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) on a devolved basis for the Department.These school building projects are flagship projects in their area and will...

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

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter my department’s pipeline of school buildings for a project to provide 1 mainstream classroom and 1 SET room with a connecting corridor. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. A Stage 3 (tender report) has been received by my department which is currently being reviewed. All projects, including...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 119 and 120 together. The large-scale capital project for the Campus including the school referred to by the Deputy, is included in my Department’s Construction Programme which will be delivered under the National Development Plan (NDP) as part of Project Ireland 2040 framework. The project brief includes the phased construction of two 16 classroom...

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

Norma Foley: The school under reference in Fermoy was established in 2018 under the patronage divestment process. Prior to the establishment of the new school in 2018 under the patronage divesting process, the Department and Educate Together, as school patron, agreed that given the accommodation available at the property and the need to accommodate some Further Education and Training services from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (20 Jun 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my department has received a request from the patron of the schools under reference for the amalgamation of the two schools. As the Deputy will be aware the decision making authority for school amalgamations belongs to the patron or trustees of a school, and this is subject to the approval of the Minister for Education. Any proposed change involves...

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

Norma Foley: 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 process contains an appeals mechanism for schools to submit a staffing appeal under certain criteria to an independent Primary Staffing Appeals Board. The appeal submitted...

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

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter my Department’s pipeline of school buildings for a project to provide 1 Classroom SEN Base and 1 SET room under the 2019 Additional School Accommodation Scheme. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. A Stage 3 (tender report) has been received by my Department which is currently being reviewed....

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 and 128 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 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 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...