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Death of Charlie Bird: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: On behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party, I would also like to join in the words of sympathy to the family of Charlie Bird, to his wife, Claire, to his daughters. He was an enormous presence in all of our lives, particularly growing up, as he was a permanent figure on RTÉ. He was a journalist who could turn up anywhere around the world, both domestically and internationally. He was a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no current record of receiving an application for additional accommodation from the school in question. The purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (or ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is available to cater for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (or 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 each year, where the need cannot be met by the school’s existing accommodation At primary level, this situation generally arises to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (20 Mar 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 these universal supports, the DEIS programme provides a targeted and equitable way to address concentrated educational disadvantage that promotes equity and has benefits for students. My...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that the school in question has applied under the Additional Schools' Accommodation (ASA) scheme for replacement of a prefab. Following an initial assessment a potential need for additional accommodation was identified. As part of its overall programme planning for 2024 school accommodation needs, the Department is now examining enrolment data from the current school year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The permanent building project referred to by the Deputy, will deliver a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including 4 classrooms, for children with special educational needs. The project is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build programme and is currently at tender stage. The Invitation to Tender for the project issued in April 2023, as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The permanent building project referred to by the Deputy, will deliver a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including 4 classrooms, for children with special educational needs. The project is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build programme and is currently at tender stage. The Invitation to Tender for the project issued in April 2023, as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my department has had the need to contact An Garda Síochána in relation to the threats listed above, during the period of 2020 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 352 and 353 together. I can advise the Deputy that Languages Connect, Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education 2017 – 2026, aims to increase and diversify the teaching and learning of foreign languages. Post Primary Languages Ireland (PPLI) are fully funded by the Department and charged with implementing a wide range of actions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department provides funding to recognised schools in the Free Education Scheme. The provision of advice on the funding of private schools is not a matter for my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (20 Mar 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: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has the responsibility for planning and coordinating school supports for children with special educational needs. The Department engages intensely with the NCSE in relation to the forward planning of new special classes and additional special school places. This forward planning work is well underway ahead of the 2024/25 school year. This...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357, 358, 361 and 362 together. The campus school building project referred to by the Deputies is assigned to my Department’s Design and Build programme which uses a professional external Project Manager to progress the project through the relevant stages of architectural planning, tender and construction. This campus project will deliver a new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Mar 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 Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers is to provide a 4 classroom Special Education Needs base, general purpose room and ancillary under my Department‘s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project was devolved for delivery to the school authority and it has appointed a design team to progress the project. I wish to advise the Deputy that the Stage 1 Design Report for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Mar 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 (20 Mar 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 Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that provisional approval was issued to the school in question for 1xEarly intervention classroom, 1x Special education classroom and 1x Mainstream classroom in May 2022. This project is currently at stage 1 with the Delivery section in the Department. The school also received approval for 1 Modular Special Education needs classroom which is currently in place...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: Ensuring that every child's experience in school 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. While schools in certain locations are experiencing challenges in both recruiting teachers and obtaining substitute teachers, the vast majority of sanctioned teacher positions are filled. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: Ensuring that every child's experience in school 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 Department recognises the importance of providing well-timed and appropriate support to pupils with identified learning needs. The Special Education Teaching allocation for mainstream...