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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (22 May 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department provides a wide range of supports to all schools, DEIS and non-DEIS, to support the inclusion of all students and address barriers to students achieving their potential. Supplementing the universal supports available to all schools, the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) Programme is a key policy initiative of my Department to address concentrated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (22 May 2024)

Norma Foley: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with the statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the state. The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (22 May 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 arrangements for the 2024/25 school year are set out in Circular 0011/2024. The staffing process contains an appeals mechanism for schools to submit a staffing appeal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can advise the Deputy that in the first instance, Individual school authorities are responsible for ensuring the safety and welfare of children and others in their care. By way of background Fermoy was one of the 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (22 May 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 arrangements for the 2024/25 school year are set out in Circular 0011/2024. The staffing process contains an appeals mechanism for schools to submit a staffing appeal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 May 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 Funding (22 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The first phase of the Schools Photovoltaic (PV) Programme was launched to over 1600 schools in November 2024. It will provide eligible schools with 6 kilowatts of roof-mounted solar PV, which equates to approximately 16 solar panels. The scheme is funded from the government’s Climate Action Fund, in line with the government’s recognition that taking action on climate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The Project referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter the department’s pipeline of school buildings for a project to provide 3 Mainstream Classrooms, 1 Home School Liaison classroom, 2 SET Rooms and 2 classroom SEN including central activities base. Also included in brief is reconfiguration of GP room back to original purpose. The project was devolved for delivery to the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 May 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 May 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 Schools' Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for extra accommodation to provide for one special education needs classroom. The purpose of the Additional Schools' Accommodation scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application from the school in question under the Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme. The purpose of my Department’s ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is available to cater for pupils enrolled...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school in question. Since 2020 my Department has invested in the region of €4.5 billion in our schools throughout the country, including the completion of over 800 school building projects with construction currently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (21 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and in line with the Teaching Council Registration Regulations, 2016. The Council registers teachers under five routes of registration namely, Route 1 - Primary,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (21 May 2024)

Norma Foley: In line with the arrangements set out as part of the current Government formation, since January 2021 Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) is under the remit of my Department. TESS has three strands namely the statutory Educational Welfare Service (EWS) and the two school support services, the Home School Community Liaison Scheme and the School Completion Programme. The three TESS strands...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (21 May 2024)

Norma Foley: In July 2016, the Government launched a major initiative for Dublin’s North East Inner City (NEIC) to oversee the long term, social and economic regeneration of the area. The Mulvey Report entitled “Dublin’s North East Inner City – Creating a Brighter Future” was published in February 2017 and made a number of recommendations. As part of this response, in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The terms and conditions for the Scheme for Leave of Absence following Assault are contained in my Department’s circular letters for teachers special needs assistants (SNAs): www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/12591/f6cbe8d1c76 647eba5bc93602ee517e2.pdf#page=1 assets.gov.ie/12588/8cc8a7b60c584a00b4d50dc86875be96.pdf They provide for special leave with pay (subject to specified...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that Fermoy was one of the 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 multi-denominational school would be established for demographic reasons). The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 May 2024)

Norma Foley: Officials in my Department continue to liaise with officials in Dublin City Council on an ongoing basis in relation to the land swap for Gaelscoil Cholmcille and the planned residential developments in the area. There is a good working relationship between the officials, supporting the provision of housing and the associated required school place provision. Department officials also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 May 2024)

Norma Foley: Officials in my Department continue to liaise with officials in Dublin City Council on an ongoing basis in relation to the land swap for Gaelscoil Cholmcille and the planned residential developments in the area. There is a good working relationship between the officials, supporting the provision of housing and the associated required school place provision. Department officials also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (21 May 2024)

Norma Foley: In 2024 over €47 million is allocated to continue implementation of the schoolbooks scheme at primary level. On the 8th May I announced details of year 2 of the Primary Schoolbooks Scheme which provides at a minimum free schoolbooks, workbooks and copybooks to pupils in recognised primary and special schools. More than 563,000 pupils enrolled in approximately 3,230 primary schools,...