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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: Réimse gníomhaíochta tosaíochta don Rialtas is ea a chinntiú gur dearfach atá eispéireas gach linbh ar scoil agus go bhfuil múinteoirí cáilithe gafa ar fáil chun cabhrú leo ina gcuid foghlama. Tá Buiséad 2024 ina léiriú ar an tiomantas atá ag an Rialtas seo d’infheistíocht leanúnach a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 Transport (11 Jul 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 (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including those with special educational needs, is an absolute priority for my Department. More than €280 million has been invested in school infrastructure in County Kildare since 2020 alone, reflecting a strong focus on alignment of school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including those with special educational needs, is an absolute priority for my Department. Since 2020, my department has invested in the region of €4.9 billion in our schools, involving the completion of over 900 school building projects....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jul 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. My Department is aware of pressures for school places for the 2024/25 school year in Maynooth. As part of planning for September 2024, data on applications for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including those with special educational needs, is an absolute priority for my Department. Since 2020, my department has invested in the region of €4.9 billion in our schools, involving the completion of over 900 school building projects....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including those with special educational needs, is an absolute priority for my Department. Since 2020, my department has invested in the region of €4.9 billion in our schools, involving the completion of over 900 school building projects....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). It is currently at Stage 2b of the architectural design process. The planning application was lodged with Kildare County Council in Quarter 1 2024 but a Request for Further Information (RFI) has been issued; the Design Team along with KWETB is progressing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jul 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, for school planning purposes, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including those with special educational needs, is an absolute priority for my Department. Since 2020, my department has invested in the region of €4.9 billion in our schools, involving the completion of over 900 school building projects....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including those with special educational needs, is an absolute priority for my Department. Since 2020, my department has invested in the region of €4.9 billion in our schools, involving the completion of over 900 school building projects....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the deputy that my department does not provide funding for the upgrade of traffic management or access to school sites outside of any works required as part of a wider school building project. Individual school authorities are responsible, in the first instance, for ensuring the safety and welfare of children and others in their care, including traffic management...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jul 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 Accommodation (11 Jul 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. My Department is aware of enrolment pressures in some areas across Co Kildare including Naas. My Department has been working very closely with patrons, management...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that requirements for school places is kept under on-going review in the context of available information on population, enrolments and residential development activity. More than €280 million has been invested in school infrastructure in County Kildare since 2020 alone, reflecting a strong focus on alignment of school place availability with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jul 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 Facilities (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to the Board of Management of the school. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that this project was approved by the Department to proceed to Stage 2a of the architectural planning process at the end of Q4 2023. Once the Stage 2a submission is received, reviewed and approved by my Department, the next step for the Design...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 Information System to anticipate school place demand. Information from a range of sources, including Child Benefit data, school enrolment data and information on residential development activity is used for this purpose. Additionally,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). I am pleased to confirm that a design team to deliver this project has been appointed by the ETB. The Design Team will now begin preparing the Stage 1 report (preliminary design). While at this early stage it is not possible to provide a timeline for...