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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: To address the issue of casualisation of employment amongst SNAs, where a school/ETB has an additional allocation of standard SNA hours/posts (e.g. an additional allocation of standard SNA hours/posts or an SNA has left the employment) then that additional allocation of hours/posts must be offered to any existing part-time SNAs in standard SNA posts in that school, in order of seniority,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to thank the Deputy for the opportunity to give an update on the review of my Department's 'Guidelines on the Use of School Buildings Outside of School Hours', which the Deputy appears to be referring to. My Department supports and encourages the use of school buildings for community and recreational purposes where feasible, and this has remained a core feature of the new Guidelines -...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: Please find attached list of primary schools with language of Instruction. Please note that primary schools teaching through the medium of Irish have an Irish Classification of "All Subjects Through Irish" This list is based on the final enrolment data for 2022-2023, the latest year we have final data available for. Final data for 2023-2024 will be published in June 2024, at the link below; ....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: A project to provide a new 16 classroom primary school building plus provision for special education needs for the school referred to by the Deputy is being advanced by my Department. The project will be delivered as part of my Departments ADAPT Programme. ADAPT is an acronym which stands for the Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning and Tendering. The ADAPT Programme uses a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that Department of Education Circular 0059/2022 'Implementation of Sectoral Bargaining with effect from 1 February 2022 for post primary teachers – Payment of PME/HDip Allowance' provided that for appropriately qualified post primary teachers who entered teaching on or after the 1 January 2011, and who are paid on the new entrant pay scale (post-1 Jan 2011),...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department is aware of pressures for school places for the 2024/25 school year in North Kildare School Planning Areas including Prosperous_Clane. As part of planning for September 2024, data on applications for admission has been received by the department from post-primary schools across these areas of enrolment pressure, and updated data on offers and acceptances continues to be received...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 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 3 classroom SEN base, 2 SET rooms and 3 general classrooms. My Department has received the Tender report, which is currently under review by my Department's Professional and Technical staff. Once the review is complete, the outcome will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The Additional School Accommodation scheme project in relation to the school in question is currently under consideration. The assessment process is at the final stage with a decision expected to issue to the school authority in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved a project under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme for a 2-class SEN base and 4 mainstream classrooms. This project has been devolved to the school authority for delivery. The school has appointed a design team for the delivery of the project and submitted a revised Stage 1/2A report in May 2023. Additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 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 1 mainstream classroom. My Department has received a Tender report from the school authorities and this is currently under review. As soon as the review is complete, my Department will be in contact with the school directly on the next steps to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 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 under way at approximately 300 other projects, which includes 34 new school buildings. School building projects at construction involve an overall State investment of over €1.2...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project at the school referred to is assigned to my Department’s ADAPT programme. ADAPT is an acronym for Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning and Tendering. Prior to the commencement of the main contract, necessary enabling works under the contract are progressing on site for a number of months. The Enabling works contractor completed the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health Services Staff (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary and special schools. The NEPS service provides access for all schools to:Psychological support in the event of a Critical IncidentA Casework Service for individual children where there is a need for intensive consultation and assessment via a NEPS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy is at Architectural Planning Stage 3 - Tender Action & Award. A tender report was received by my Department and is currently under review. When the review is complete, my Department will be in contact with the school authority. The project has an estimated contract duration of 22 months to complete construction.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 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.. The Stage 2(b) Submission has recently been received in my Department and upon review, comments will issue from my Department for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 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 Transport (13 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 Transport (13 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 Staff (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: Since January of 2023, NEPS is supporting bursaries for students who are enrolled in the University College Dublin (UCD) Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology and the Mary Immaculate College (MIC), Limerick’s Professional Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology for Trainee Educational Psychologists. Those in receipt of a bursary commit to joining NEPS upon graduation....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: As referenced in Question No. 195 of 7 January 2024, 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). These circulars...