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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: As outlined to the Deputy in my response to her previous questions raised on this issue, Domestic Violence Leave is a statutory leave regulated by the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023. With effect from the 27th of November 2023, all employers are required to provide up to five days paid domestic violence leave over a period of 12 months. Ireland is one of the first...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project at the school referred to by the Deputy is at Architectural Planning Stage 3 – Tender Action and Award. The project brief is for the construction of a new 16 classroom school, a GP Hall and classrooms for children with special educational needs. All departments, including the Department of Education, have to control the timing and scope of capital...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Apr 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: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: Budget 2024 has provided for an unprecedented €10.5 billion investment in Education and Schools in Budget 2024 which includes an increase of €421 million in core current funding, as well as over €80 million in core capital funding. These additional funds build on significant increases in recent budgets and further enhance the investment in Ireland’s primary and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Seirbhísí Dátheangacha (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: Faoi na hAchtanna um Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta 2001-2015 is í an Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta an comhlacht ag a bhfuil an t-údarás reachtúil agus atá freagrach as gairm na múinteoireachta a rialú in éirinn lena n-áirítear clárú múinteoirí sa Stát. Is í an Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta an comhlacht...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, my department has invested in the region of €4.5 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 800 school building projects and with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes 31 new school buildings. These 300 projects currently at construction involve a total State investment of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Apr 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 are being transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. This figure includes over 135,000 children on mainstream services, 19,800 on children with special educational needs,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The Schools PV Programme will provide eligible schools with 6 kilowatts of roof-mounted solar PV, which equates to approximately 16 solar panels. The scheme will be funded from the government’s Climate Action Fund, in line with the government’s recognition that taking action on climate change is central to Ireland’s social and economic development. The scheme will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my department received an application under the Additional Schools' Accommodation (ASA) Scheme in 2021 from the school in question. The application was for funding for the provision of three special education needs classrooms on foot of the sanction of three ASD special classes by the NCSE in February 2021. Funding was approved for prefab replacement in 2022...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Apr 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 Enrolments (16 Apr 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 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 Galway City and surrounding areas. As part of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Apr 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 are being transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. This figure includes over 135,000 children on mainstream services, 19,800 on children with special educational needs,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was granted approval under the my Department's Additional Accommodation scheme for the provision of 4 General Classrooms, 1 Technology Room with Preparation Area, 3 Science rooms with Preparation Area, 1 Art Room, 1 Music Room,1 Multimedia Room, 1 Textile Room, 1 Home Economics Room, a 4 Classroom SEN Base, 1 SET Room and 1 user assisted WC long with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, the purpose of the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) is to enable individual school authorities to undertake small-scale building works on a devolved basis and, ideally, can be carried out during the summer months or at other times that avoid disrupting the operation of the school. The SWS operates on a multi-annual basis for categories of works such as roof works, window...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pleananna Oideachais (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 102 agus 128 le chéile. Tá dul chun cinn suntasach déanta ag mo Roinn maidir le cur i bhfeidhm an Pholasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta. Tá obair anois faoi lán seol sa Roinn ar fhorbairt pholasaí nua don oideachas lán-Ghaeilge lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht. Is céimeanna tábhachtacha iad an dá bheartas...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: Caretakers are valued members of our school communities who carry out work vital to the operation of our schools. At present, the majority of primary and post-primary schools receive assistance to provide for caretaker services under ancillary grant funding. Under the February 2022 agreement the implementation of revised salary and annual leave entitlements for school secretaries is now fully...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Programme was developed in partnership by the National Transport Authority (NTA) and An Taisce Green-Schools. This Programme launched in March 2021 and was open to all schools in Ireland to apply for active travel funding and delivery. The programme is an initiative of the Department of Transport and is supported by my Department. The Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved a project under my Department's Additional School Accommodation scheme for the provision of a one mainstream classroom and one special education teaching room. The responsibility for delivering the project has been devolved to the school authority. My Department provided advice to the school's Design Team on their Stage 2b architectural...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Apr 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 children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for the Department. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department’s demographic projections utilise various data sources, such as current enrolment figures,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: Senior Cycle Redevelopment is an ambitious programme of work for a reimagined Senior Cycle of education that will significantly enrich the student experience. The redevelopment of Senior Cycle will maintain the high-quality education system for which Ireland is well known and reduce the focus on terminal written examinations. Significant progress has been made on the Senior Cycle...

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