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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for my department and for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). The vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for my department and for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). The vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to confirm to the Deputy, that the school in question was approved capital funding under my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme for 2x Special Education Needs Classrooms. This project has been devolved to the school authorities for delivery and is currently at stage 1 - preliminary design. The purpose of the Additional School Accommodation scheme is to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 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 traveling 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 (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy will deliver a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including four classrooms, for children with special educational needs. This project is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme and is currently at tender stage. The Invitation to Tender issued in April 2023, as part...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 401 and 404 together. I have confirmed that the Deputy is referring to the Teaching Council (Registration) (Amendment) Regulation (CAR). 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Responsibilities (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: All invitations are considered and the Minister endeavours to officially open as many new school building projects as her schedule and diary allows. Invitations can be sent to the Minister via post or by email to ministers_calendar@education.gov.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, for school planning purposes, the Department of Education divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System (or GIS) 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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (9 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: School Transport (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) carried out an examination of the provision of school transport and completed his report in August 2017 – the C&AG Special Report 98. The C&AG report referenced a surplus in the Transport Management Charge element of the costs. This amount was held by way of an uncommitted reserve by Bus Éireann to be used solely...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers applied for funding for new windows under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS), and this was approved. Following tender approval the design of the window was submitted by the Board of Management, however this did not comply with the Department's technical guidance documents in relation to the provision of background ventilation. A revised design was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for my department and for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). The vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 409 and 411 together. The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning - Stage 2(b) - Detailed Design, where the design team secure all statutory approvals and prepare the suite of tender documents. The Stage 2(b) Submission has been received in my Department and upon review,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: In relation to school admissions, it is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an admissions policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998 and the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. Under the provisions of the Act, school admission policies are approved by the Patron, following consultation with staff and parents of children who are attending...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question has been granted funding through my Department's Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme to establish a special educational needs base with one classroom. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. A Stage 3 (tender report) was recently submitted for evaluation. Once this report has been reviewed,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy will be delivered under my Department's ADAPT Programme. The ADAPT Programme uses a professional external Project Manager to co-ordinate and drive the Design Team to achieve the best possible timeframe for the project through the stages of Architectural Planning to Tender and Construction. The brief for this project is to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Official Travel (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: * This figure may change as further information or invoices are received in the Department. Travel Costs Accommodation Costs Total Spend €2,913.83 €667.17 €3,581.00*

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. There are currently six vacant properties (for which there are no building projects planned or in train). However, this position can evolve and is kept under review. There are currently no properties leased by my Department that are vacant. By way of information the number of properties owned by my Department is very...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Priorities (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 416 and 417 together. My Department received a report of a Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) working group in March 2023 that proposed the creation of a national relocation scheme. The proposed scheme envisages that teachers could identify the locations that they would like to relocate to through a portal and then effectively “swap”...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 418 and 420 together. 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...