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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers is to provide three general classroom and a two Classroom Special Education Needs base under the Department’s Additional School Accommodation scheme. The project was devolved for delivery to the school authority and it has appointed a design team to progress the project. The project is currently at stage 1 (design) of the architectural process. At...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Feb 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. Budget 2024 contained a range of measures that demonstrate my commitment to continued investment in our education system.A professional masters’ of education incentive scheme will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (14 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 126, 127 and 131 together. Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) is under the remit of my Department. TESS operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, a piece of legislation that emphasises the promotion of school attendance, participation and retention. TESS has three strands namely the statutory Educational Welfare Service (EWS) and the two school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (14 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The 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. Where a board of management makes a decision to refuse admission, a parent/guardian can appeal that decision under Section 29 of the Education Act, 1998, and an independent appeals committee will be appointed to consider the appeal. This...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (14 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 129 and 130 together. Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) is under the remit of my Department. TESS operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, a piece of legislation that emphasises the promotion of school attendance, participation and retention. TESS has three strands namely the Statutory Educational Welfare Service (EWS) and the two school support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (14 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: It is an absolute priority of my Department to ensure that every child in the state has access to a school place that is appropriate to their needs and we are continually investing in existing and new schools to ensure that this is the case. Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) is under the remit of my Department. TESS operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, a piece of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Feb 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 (14 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that the department is in receipt of an application from the school in question under the Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme. The purpose of the 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Feb 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 (14 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: As you may be aware, the purpose of the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) is to enable individual school authorities to undertake small-scale building works on a devolved basis and, ideally, can be carried out during the summer months or at other times that avoid disrupting the operation of the school. The SWS operates on a multi-annual basis for categories of works such as roof works, window...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 Feb 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: Special Educational Needs (14 Feb 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: Referendum Campaigns (14 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The Department of the Taoiseach issues guidance to all Ministers and Government Departments in respect of the application of the principles of the various Court judgments relevant to the Government’s role in referendum campaigns . Officials in my Departments have brought the Department of the Taoiseach’s guidance and information to the attention of the bodies under the aegis....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (14 Feb 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 the Department. My Department is aware of pressures for school places for the 2024/25 school year in North Kildare School Planning Areas including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The project in Prosperous to which the Deputy refers is a Major Devolved project and has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). It is currently at Stage 2b of the process, which allows for detailed design/planning, obtaining the necessary statutory permissions and the preparation of tender documents. When this stage is finalised, the next...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (14 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: It is an absolute priority of my Department to ensure that every child in the state has access to a school place that is appropriate to their needs. There are a variety of reasons why a child may be without a school place, such as, children moving school mid-year, family relocating, expulsion and children receiving a place further away than they can travel to. The Educational Welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Feb 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: Departmental Properties (14 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The Letter of Acceptance (LOA) for the school campus building project referred to by the Deputy issued to the preferred tenderer on the 31st May 2022 commencing the building contract. The campus was completed in Q4 2023 and delivered a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school and two 24 classroom primary schools and accommodation, including 14 classrooms across the three projects, for children...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154 to 158, inclusive, together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Feb 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...