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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers submitted a request for funding under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) regarding Life Safety Systems in December 2023. My Department has been engaged in ongoing consultation with the school since this application was received. I am pleased to inform the deputy that all the works under the application have been approved. The school can now submit the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers submitted an application for funding under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) to address the flooring on the first floor of the school building. This application is currently being examined by the Technical area within the EWS team. My Department is aware of the urgent nature of the works and the school will be kept informed throughout the process.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter the Department’s pipeline of school buildings for a project to provide 2 classroom SEN base. A Stage 2b report has been submitted and is currently being reviewed from both a technical and cost perspective in accordance with the requirements of the Public Spending Code. All projects, including this one, will undergo the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 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 mainstream and special education classroom space. The purpose of the Additional Schools' Accommodation scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Rights (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: My officials have been in contact with the agencies under the remit of my Department in regard to the Deputy’s query. I am advised that no bodies have been investigated by SCOPE section that fall within the range of the Deputy's question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter the Department’s pipeline of school buildings for a project to provide 1 mainstream classroom and 1 SET room. My department issued approval to planning in Q4 of 2022, followed by the submission of planning permission and updated drawings in Q4 of 2023. Currently, a stage 2B report is under review from both a financial and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (14 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 educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: Circular 0041/2023 (Revision of Teachers’ Salaries under the Building Momentum Pay Agreement) has been superseded by Circular 0033/2024 (Revision of Teachers’ Salaries under the Public Service Agreement 2024-2026). With regard to the removal of the clause that qualification allowances are not payable, the Department of Education, along with other Departments across the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 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 Staff (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: At primary level, teachers are allocated to schools at an average of 1 classroom teacher for every 23 pupils, the lowest level ever seen at primary level. DEIS Urban Band 1 schools receive an average allocation of 17:1, 21:1 and 19:1 for junior, senior and vertical schools respectively. Each one point improvement in the staffing schedule at primary level for DEIS and non-DEIS schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I recognise the key role school leadership in improving educational outcomes by creating a positive school climate and environment as well as motivating and empowering educators and learners within their school communities. The Sectoral Bargaining process under Building Momentum for the primary sector has been used to increase posts of responsibility (POR) in primary and special schools by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 May 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, general up-keep etc. and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 Information System, using data from a range of sources, including CSO Census data, Child Benefit and school enrolment data, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (14 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: Teaching Council of Ireland (14 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: Departmental Advertising (14 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The Department's total spending on advertisement in print media for the period in question is outlined below. (YTD) 2024 €113,525 2023 €349,703 2022 €17,007 2021 €48,306 2020 €154,938 2019 €2,031 A list of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 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: Departmental Schemes (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 provided that Caranua could make funding supports available to those who had received an award of redress from the Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB) or a similar court award or settlement. The RIRB was established in 2002 and closed for applications in September 2011. The RIRB made approximately 15,600 awards of redress,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (9 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 Funding (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The School to which the Deputy refers most recently submitted an application for funding for an internal fire escape staircase under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS), which was approved and completed in July 2023. There have been no subsequent EWS applications received from this school. There has been some direct engagement with the school on the issue of fire certification but the school...