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

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval under the Additional School Accommodation scheme has issued to the school in question for the provision of two Special Education Needs classes and reconfiguration works for two displaced general classrooms. The project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. The...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 441 and 442 together. 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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 443 and 444 together. 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...

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

Norma Foley: The Department has approved the provision of a new school building for Castlebar Educate Together NS. This project requires the provision of a new site. The site acquisition process is being progressed in line with standard acquisition protocols. My Department has engaged the services of a Site Acquisition Manager (consultant) in order to shortlist potential sites. Following an extensive...

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

Norma Foley: My Department works closely with a media buying agency to plan its radio advertising for public awareness campaigns. Local and regional radio are included as part of the Department's radio advertising media plans. The media agency have advised that community radio stations are not commercially licenced and therefore inventory is not available to trade commercially. My Department does...

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: As the design and the delivery of a school on the designated site referred to by the Deputy is dependent on road infrastructure and services to be delivered as part of the residential development, the Department awaited the outcome of the planning appeals period, prior to advancing with the acquisition of this site. As this period has now concluded, my department will be in contact with the...

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

Norma Foley: The criteria for the award of incremental credit are set out in the Department’s Circulars 10/2001 for Primary teachers, 29/2007 and 29/2010 for Post-Primary teachers. The criteria for the award of incremental credit to recognised teachers was agreed under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council (TCC). To qualify for an award of incremental credit, a teacher and their...

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: School Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 451 and 452 together. I refer to your representation on behalf of St. Bríd’s Special School, Castlebar. 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...

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

Norma Foley: Ensuring that every child’s experience is positive and that they have qualified, engaged teachers available to support them in their learning is a priority area of action for the Government. 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...

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 1x Mainstream Classroom and 2x Special Education Needs Classrooms. As part of this project brief, interim accommodation was approved for a Special Education needs classroom. This project has been devolved to the school...

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

Norma Foley: The Percent for Art funding for the school referred to by the Deputy was authorised by my Department in July 2014. It would appear that the funds authorised by my Department have not been drawn down yet by the school. Department officials will make direct contact with the School in relation to this matter in the coming days.

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

Norma Foley: The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) of the Department provides a school-based psychological service to all primary and post primary schools through the application of psychological theory and practice to support the wellbeing, academic, social and emotional development of all learners. School staff have an important role in identifying students’ need and are required...

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

Norma Foley: Teaching allocations are determined by the enrolment of the school on the previous 30th September. This process enables the Department to have in place the necessary measures to assess the accuracy of returns and thereby strengthen the integrity of the resource allocation process and the equitable treatment of schools, whilst ensuring that publicly funded resources are properly allocated. ...

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

Norma Foley: The major project referred to by the Deputy is currently at Architectural Planning Stage 4 - Construction. The date for the official opening of the new primary school referred to is a matter for the Schools Board of Management.

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

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy will provide a 24 Classroom School with provision for Special Education for this amalgamation project. Based on the current primary school teacher ratio, a 24-classroom school would be expected to cater for up to 595 pupils with the appointment figure for a 25th mainstream post now at 596 pupils. However, in relation to school admissions, it is the...

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

Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that the school mentioned has been granted funding for 2 mainstream classrooms, 4 special education tuition rooms, and conversion works for 2 special education classrooms under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme of my department. The school submitted documentation in the fourth quarter of 2023 for this project which did not align with the...

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

Norma Foley: The School to which the deputy refers applied for funding for roof repairs under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS). After assessing this application, a revised scope of works and accompanying Itemised Cost Breakdown was requested from the school, which has not been received to date. Once a response is received the EWS team will consider and revert to the school, and will continue to liaise...