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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The campus school building project for the school 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 and a new 16 classroom primary school and accommodation, including 2 classrooms, for children with special educational needs. This project is being delivered under the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question. Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, for my department and for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). The vast majority of children with special educational needs are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, my Department has invested in the region of €4.3 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education is committed to supporting the emotional wellbeing of our children and I have secured funding in Budget 2023 and 2024 to pilot for the first time the provision of direct counselling and wellbeing supports in almost 650 primary schools across the country. This complements the excellent work that schools already undertake in respect of wellbeing, as well as other...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Oileáin (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: Is é príomhfhócas acmhainní mo Roinne le deich mbliana anuas agus don tréimhse atá le teacht ná spás ríthábhachtach breise a sholáthar chun freastal ar dhéimeagrafaic mhéadaitheacha. Is féidir liom a dheimhniú go bhfuil iarratas faighte ag an Roinn, faoin scéim um Chóiríocht Scoile Bhreise, ón...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers has submitted correspondence in respect of funding for a roof replacement under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS), however no EWS application has been received to date. The EWS operates on the basis of a minimal scope of works and the school was advised to submit an EWS application with a revised scope of works based on a leak detection test, and an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Mar 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 me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: All migrant children, including children of International Protection applicants and beneficiaries of temporary protection, can access primary and post-primary education in a manner similar to Irish nationals. The Department of Education’s policy is to integrate school-aged migrant children and young people into existing mainstream schools as quickly as possible, given that it can...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Cavan & Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB). The Tender Report has been received by my Department and is currently under review from both a technical and cost perspective. The review is nearing completion and my Department will revert to CMETB directly on the outcome and the next steps to progress...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department recently received an application from the school in question under the Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme. The purpose of my Department’s 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school in question. The purpose of my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year and where the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware I have secured funding in Budget 2023 and 2024 to pilot for the first time the provision of direct counselling and wellbeing supports in almost 650 primary schools across the country. This complements the excellent work that schools already undertake in respect of wellbeing, as well as other services provided by the state, such as the National Educational Psychologists...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school in question. The purpose of my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year and where the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 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 will provide the following accommodation at the school - 2 classroom SEN base, 12 SET rooms and reconfiguration of an existing staff room to provide HSCL room and new staff room. This project has been devolved for delivery to the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that the school in question has submitted an application for capital funding, under my Department's Additional School Accommodation Scheme (ASA) The purpose of the Additional School Accommodation scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year and where the need...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The Physical Activity in Teaching and Learning Pilot Programme was launched on Thursday 22 February 2024 by the Minister for Sport and Physical Education, Thomas Byrne TD. A lottery system will not be used to select schools to participate in this Pilot Programme. Every application form received will be read and assessed against the stated criteria as set out below. The purpose of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 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 arrangements include a provision whereby schools experiencing rapid increases in enrolment can apply for additional permanent mainstream posts, using projected enrolment. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of surplus permanent teachers to other schools where vacancies exist. Ensuring efficiency in the annual redeployment processes is significant in terms of managing the overall teacher numbers. At Post-Primary level, following discussions between the relevant stakeholders, a voluntary redeployment scheme has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, my Department has invested in the region of €4.3 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: 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. A revised planning permission is required as the original grant of planning permission for phase 2 of the major project has...