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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Senior Cycle Redevelopment Programme's vision is for equity and excellence in education. The approach to Senior Cycle redevelopment is ambitious, optimistic and inclusive and will be in phases. Senior Cycle redevelopment will ensure that the diversity of students’ learning needs and strengths are addressed and that all learning pathways in school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Department of Education has been made aware of the current situation in relation to the financial position of the school. My Department is committed to offering all available and appropriate supports to the school as quickly as necessary to avoid any further uncertainty. Officials from my Department are in contact with the school and the school’s Patron.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The current requirements for Gaeltacht Learning Periods (GLPs) for primary Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes takes the form of 2 x 2-week placements as part of the ITE programme. This requirement is outlined in the Teaching Council’s Céim: Standards for Initial Teacher Education. The programmes shall follow Na Siollabais Oifigiúla do na Tréimhsí Foghlama sa...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The current requirements for Gaeltacht Learning Periods (GLPs) for primary Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes takes the form of 2 x 2-week placements as part of the ITE programme. This requirement is outlined in the Teaching Council’s Céim: Standards for Initial Teacher Education and such programmes must follow Na Siollabais Oifigiúla do na Tréimhsí Foghlama...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The expansion of capacity at special schools is an important priority for my Department including for the special school referred to by the Deputy. I can confirm that in 2022 approval was granted by the Department for a traditional build project to provide four additional special education classrooms and the project is currently at design stage. The school subsequently submitted an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Department of Education has been made aware of the current situation in relation to the financial position of the school. My Department is committed to offering all available and appropriate supports to the school as quickly as necessary to avoid any further uncertainty. Officials from the Department are in contact with the school and the school’s Patron.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The current position in respect of the joint major building project referred to by the Deputy is as follows. The major project for the schools referred to in this question are currently at Stage 2(a) of Architectural Planning - Developed Design - which is a crucial element of the architectural planning process as it is at this stage that the design is developed to a stage where it can be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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. As the Deputy may be aware, in order to plan for school place needs, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. This figure includes over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes daily to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. This figure includes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department in the format requested. Officials in my Department will collate this information and I will arrange to have it forwarded to the Deputy directly. The information in respect of aegis bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department. Contact details for these bodies are set...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. It is currently being collated and reviewed by officials in my Department and a response will issue directly to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes daily to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. This figure includes over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: My department, together with the National Council for Special Education, has been working with parents, schools, patron bodies and other stakeholders in Dublin to provide sufficient specialist school placements for children with special educational needs. The special school referred to is one of the 5 new special schools due to be opened for the 2025/26 school year to meet the demand for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: While there are a number of primary initial teacher education programmes, there is currently one programme provided entirely through the medium of Gaeilge. This is the Baitsiléir san Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge (Bunmhúinteoireacht)/Bachelor of Education through the Medium of Irish (Primary), which is provided by the Marino Institute of Education. In addition, Marino...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: As part of the Government’s wider, long-standing cooperation with the Northern Ireland Executive on educational attainment issues, the Government in February 2024 allocated up to €24 million from the Shared Island Fund to enable a pilot cooperation programme to address educational underachievement. My Department and the Department of Education in Northern Ireland have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The RAISE Programme in Northern Ireland is an initiative of the Department of Education in Northern Ireland. It is designed to support the implementation of the findings and recommendations on educational disadvantage contained in the “A Fair Start” report, prepared by an Expert Panel in Northern Ireland and endorsed by the Northern Ireland Executive in 2021. It is a pilot...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The RAISE Programme in Northern Ireland is an initiative of the Department of Education in Northern Ireland. It is designed to support the implementation of the findings and recommendations on educational disadvantage contained in the “A Fair Start” report, prepared by an Expert Panel in Northern Ireland and endorsed by the Northern Ireland Executive in 2021. It is a pilot...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Department of Education in Northern Ireland and my Department to deliver this pilot programme of cooperation on addressing educational disadvantage. The Memorandum of Understanding sets out the framework for monitoring and reporting for the oversight and management of these projects, including RAISE, which is to be overseen by an Addressing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: Sacred Heart Junior School, Killinarden. The Department of Education has been made aware of the current situation in relation to the financial position of the school. The Department is committed to offering all available and appropriate supports to the school as quickly as necessary to avoid any further uncertainty. Officials from the Department are in contact with the school and the...