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

Norma Foley: Please find attached requested data regarding enrolments and school details. Please note data provided is for academic year 2022/23 as this is the latest year we have final enrolment data available. We expect to publish final data for 2023/24 in June 2024. As the Deputy may be aware, in order to plan for school place needs, the Department divides the country into 314 school planning...

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

Norma Foley: I can advise the Deputy that the number of applications received from the County Clare was 102, with the details of the schools as follows: Roll No. School Name Address County Primary/Post 02439G Scoil Mhuire Feakle Clare Primary 04548V Scoil Seanáin Naofa ...

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

Norma Foley: The Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 was published last year and is underpinned by an investment of €200m to support its implementation, committed to under Ireland’s National Development Plan (NDP). The first tranche of €50m issued to all recognised primary and post-primary schools in late 2021. The previous Digital Strategy for Schools 2015 to 2020 saw overall...

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

Norma Foley: The major building project for the Curragh Community School 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 provide a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 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 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 €1.2bn. ...

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

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved a project under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme to provide a 2 classroom SEN base, 5 general classrooms, 1 science lab/prep area, 1 art room and art store. The project has been devolved to the school authority for delivery and it has appointed a design team. My Department has received the Stage 1...

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

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school referred to has been approved for a project under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme. The project is to provide the following accommodation at the school: 2x Mainstream Classrooms, 2 Classroom SEN base and Early Intervention Unit. This project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority and is currently awaiting approval to...

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

Norma Foley: The main purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme is to provide for unforeseen emergencies that impact on school buildings. An emergency is a situation which poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or the environment, which is sudden, unforeseen and requires immediate action and, in the case of a school, if not corrected would prevent the school or part thereof from opening. The scheme...

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

Norma Foley: Caretakers are valued and vital members of the school system. The majority of primary and post-primary schools receive assistance to provide for caretaker services under grant schemes. Where a school employs a caretaker under these grant schemes to support those functions, those staff members are employees of the individual schools and as such the responsibility for the terms and conditions...

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

Norma Foley: Recipients of grant funding and other payments from my Department are not in the main indexed by whether the recipients have Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) status. It is not, therefore, possible to provide a full list of payments to NGOs over the past three years in the time available. I will revert directly to the Deputy with a response when this information is available.

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

Norma Foley: Since 1 January 2019 to date, neither I or officials from my Department, have had any engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings or in-person meetings with the National Women's Council of Ireland. Information in this regard in respect of bodies under the aegis of my Department is not held centrally. Contact details for my Department's aegis bodies are published on the...

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

Norma Foley: The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015. There are five routes of registration with the Teaching Council which are namely Route 1: Primary, Route 2: Post-primary, Route 3: Further Education, Route 4: Other and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (20 Mar 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 my Department. In order to plan for school place needs, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 504 and 505 together. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in the area. In relation to school admissions, it is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, on 27 June 2023 Government approved proposals for the provision of a package of ongoing supports to survivors. This package of supports is comprised of a number of elements, including health, education, and advocacy supports. The delivery of both the health and education supports will require the passage of legislation, the General Scheme of which was...

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

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers to was approved for a project under my Department's Additional School Accommodation scheme for the provision of a Special Education Needs class. I am pleased to confirm that my Department has been informed that this project was practically completed in Q1 2023. In Q1 2024, the school authority submitted a final drawdown request for the remainder of...

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

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my department has received an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school to which the Deputy refers 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Mar 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 process contains an appeals mechanism for schools to submit a staffing appeal under certain criteria to an independent Primary Staffing Appeals Board. The appeal submitted...

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

Norma Foley: My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in the area. In relation to school admissions, it is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998. Parents have the right to choose which school to apply to and...