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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the deputy refers has recently applied for funding under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS). This application is currently being assessed by the Professional & Technical (P&T) side of the EWS team. My Department is aware of the urgent nature of the works and the school will be kept informed throughout this process.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval under the Additional School Accommodation scheme has issued to the school in question for the provision of two projects. The first project, for a Mainstream Modular classroom, is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This programme provides project management supports to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department’s Construction Programme. The brief for this project is to provide a new 8 classroom primary school and accommodation, including 2 classrooms, for children with special educational needs. The project will be delivered under my Department's ADAPT Programme which uses a professional external Project Manager to co-ordinate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers, was approved a project to cater for a school with 1,300 students, which was devolved for delivery to Dublin Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB). My Department officials have met with DDLETB in order to review significant technical challenges identified on the site and to assist DDLETB progress the project forward. DDLETB are now...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that 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 need cannot be met by the school’s existing accommodation or at other schools in an area. Where there is a need for accelerated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The ETBsNPA initially requested a meeting in April 2023 and has since followed up on this request on two further occasions. As advised to the ETBsNPA in response, my Department is in the process of arranging a meeting with the National Parents Council Post Primary to finalise a number of outstanding issues. Once these matters are resolved, the Department intends to meet, as appropriate, with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 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 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 a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no current record of receiving an application for additional accommodation from the school in question. The purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (or ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is available to cater for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The work of my Department in North-South and all-island issues feeds into the Education Sectoral meetings under the North-South Ministerial Council. There is currently no ongoing research commissioned by my Department in this area. Substantial research in the North-South space is funded under the Shared Island Fund. My Department liaises with the Shared Island Unit of the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB) and is part of a campus project. The project is currently at Stage 2a (detailed design) of the architectural design process. GRETB have advised that they expect to be in a position to submit the Stage 2a Report to the Department for review in Quarter 1,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department has been in contact with the school referred to by the Deputy. I can confirm that the Department is awaiting an application under the Additional School Accommodation scheme from the school. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The large-scale capital project at the school referred to by the Deputy 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise that the teacher referred to by the Deputy was granted a Carer's Leave of absence from her school for a specified period of time. The teacher applied to the Department to cancel the absence and return to work early. Officials from my Department liaised with the school regarding the cancellation of the Carer’s leave as the cancellation has an impact on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: Under Article 42 of the Constitution, the State acknowledges that the primary and natural educator of the child is the family. The State guarantees to respect the right and duty of parents to provide, according to their means, for the religious and moral, intellectual, physical and social education of their children. Parents are free to provide this education in their homes or in private...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: On the 23rd November, the first phase of the Schools PV Programme was launched by Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Ossian Smyth. It will provide eligible schools with 6 kilowatts of roof-mounted solar PV, which equates to approximately 16 solar panels. The scheme will be funded from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: On the 23rd November, the first phase of the Schools PV Programme was launched by Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Ossian Smyth. It will provide eligible schools with 6 kilowatts of roof-mounted solar PV, which equates to approximately 16 solar panels. The scheme will be funded from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Usage (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: On the 23rd November, the first phase of the Schools PV Programme was launched by Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Ossian Smyth. It will provide eligible schools with 6 kilowatts of roof-mounted solar PV, which equates to approximately 16 solar panels. The scheme will be funded from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jan 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 (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with the statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of Teachers in the State. The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The Council...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Galway & Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB). The Design Team for the project are currently progressing through Stage 1 of the architectural planning process (preliminary design), and the Stage 1 Report will be submitted to my Department in due course for review. Once this report is received, reviewed...