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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 232 and 236 together. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). In that regard there are more than 3,700 individual employers (boards of management of primary schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). In that regard there are more than 3,700 individual employers (boards of management of primary schools and post primary schools, as well as ETBs). While the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). In that regard there are more than 3,700 individual employers (boards of management of primary schools and post primary schools, as well as ETBs). While my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). In that regard there are more than 3,700 individual employers (boards of management of primary schools and post primary schools, as well as ETBs). While...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 and 239 together. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). In that regard there are more than 3,700 individual employers (boards of management of primary schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Children in Care (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The report referred to by the Deputy was published last August by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The report looks at educational attendance and attainment of children in care in January 2023 and children who left care since April 2018. It is available at www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/fp/fp-eaacc/educationa lattendanceandattainmentofchildrenincare2018-2023/. The report is part...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: Under Section 38 of the Teaching Council Act, all initial teacher education programmes must be accredited by the Teaching Council for registration purposes. The Council reviewed its policy on standards for programmes of initial teacher education and published updated standards in Céim Standards for Initial Teacher Education in October 2020. These standards ensure that graduates from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (25 Jan 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 Enrolments (25 Jan 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. As the Deputy may be aware, under the Education Act 1998, the question of enrolment policy in individual schools, including the setting of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers, was approved a project under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme to provide a one classroom SEN base and one SET room. The project has been devolved to the school authority for delivery. My Department has received a Stage 2b (post planning approval) report from the school. This report is currently under review from both...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Jan 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 Admissions (24 Jan 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. As the Deputy may be aware, while there can be enrolment pressures and demand for additional school places in some areas, it is important to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (24 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, while there can be enrolment pressures and demand for additional school places in some areas, it is important to note sometimes this may not be as a result of lack of accommodation, but may be driven by the following factors: Duplication of applicationsSchool of choiceSingle sex schoolsExternal drawNotwithstanding the above, in some areas demographic pressures and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 Jan 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: School Transport (24 Jan 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 (24 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers, was approved a project under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation Scheme (ASA) in January 2024 for the provision of 1 mainstream classroom and 2 class SEN base. This project has now been devolved to the school authorities for delivery.The school authority is now required to appoint a Design Team to prepare a Stage 1 design report,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is not possible to commit to a date or a new round of funding at this time. As the Deputy will be aware, any future funding is contingent on the budgetary resources available to the Department and the priorities and demands relating to the budget.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that as set out in Parliamentary Question No. 680 of 17 January 2024 a lottery was run but then the application from each school selected in the lottery was assessed on a case by case basis. The applications were read again by the evaluation team, to ensure they met the requirements as set out in the grant call. School status was one of the considerations taken...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school referred to was approved for a project under my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (24 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 117 and 120 together. My Department implemented theoutcome of the public service-wide review of allowances and premium payments(September 2012) by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform whichmeans that many allowances, including this one, were no longer payable to“new entrant” Teachers. Circular 0008/2013 outlines the effect of this...