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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 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 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: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a request to sanction the summer programme for one week for eight classes was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); if this school’s case can be examined at the earliest opportunity, with a view to ensuring a consensus to run at least a week’s programme given the importance of the school to local children...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 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 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: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has the statutory responsibility to work with schools to open additional special classes. It is also important to remember that the vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers through the provision of special education teachers and special needs assistants. In...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (29 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) is part of the Department of Education. NEPS provides a comprehensive, school-based educational psychological service to all primary, post primary schools and special schools. Through the application of psychological theory and practice, NEPS psychologists support the wellbeing, and the academic, social and emotional development of all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (29 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 83 and 84 together. In Budget 2024 over €47 million was allocated to continue implementation of the schoolbooks scheme at primary level. On the 8th May I announced details of year 2 of the Primary Schoolbooks Scheme which provides at a minimum free schoolbooks, workbooks and copybooks to pupils in recognised primary and special schools. More than...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (29 May 2024)

Norma Foley: As Minister for Education I believe it is crucially important that all children and young people are actively supported to access education in its fullest forms. Since June 2020, and over the past four Budgets, I have secured funding to support measures aimed at achieving that goal. One of the most important policies in this regard has been the establishment of Ireland’s first...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 May 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 September. The staffing arrangements for the 2024/25 school year are set out in Circular 0011/2024. The staffing process contains an appeals mechanism for schools to submit a staffing appeal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 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 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (29 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Cian O'Callaghan: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projects planned to increase the number of school places at both primary and secondary level in an area (details supplied) where there is huge demand for increased places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24374/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Bríd Smith: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status and expected starting time of works on the development of a new building for a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay with the project; if her Department has had talks with the builders or management at the school in relation to delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24375/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (29 May 2024)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy has been advised the policy on patronage divesting is to use existing educational infrastructure to facilitate provision of diversity in areas where there is no demographic imperative to establish new schools. As part of the process of identifying a suitable accommodation solution which would facilitate the establishment of the school, my Department liaised with Cork...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (29 May 2024)

Catherine Martin: My Department recognises that the wide and inclusive access to the arts is essential to the wellbeing of our society and in bringing together communities with shared enthusiasm and interests. This was particularly evident during the COVID-19 pandemic, and our National Cultural Institutions strove to strengthen relationships with many organisations across the country by sharing pieces from...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (29 May 2024)

Catherine Martin: The proposal set out in The Programme for Government Our Shared Future to consider creating a new National Town of Culture competition was substantially superseded by the Covid-19 pandemic and the responses to the recommendations that emerged from the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce, including the Basic Income for the Arts research programme, increased support for professional arts...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (29 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants available through her Department to help promote tourism in areas of Cork; if a grant is available at national level or through the local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24248/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (29 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards. This includes the allocation of funding to sporting organisations, including the the organisation referred to by the Deputy, across its various programmes. I have referred the Deputy's question to Sport...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (29 May 2024)

Catherine Martin: A key deliverable of the European Capital of Culture designation was the development of a legacy framework to sustain and build on the capacity, networks and opportunities arising from the cultural programme of Galway 2020. A Performance Delivery Agreement is in place between my Department and the Galway Culture Company to ensure the appropriate oversight of the implementation of the legacy...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (29 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department's role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of local authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless services rests with individual local authorities. My Department does not fund any homeless service directly...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (29 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The capital expenditure provision for my Department in 2024, as set out in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2024 published by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (DPENDR) and available at www.per.gov.ie/en/rev/ is €3,888m. The breakdown of this capital allocation by Programme is set out below: PROGRAMME 2024 GROSS CAPITAL...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (29 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Dillon: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (the Act), planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January 2019. The rate of the levy increased to 7% for sites listed on...

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