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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department provides a wide range of supports to all schools, DEIS and non-DEIS, to support the inclusion of all students and address barriers to students achieving their potential. Supplementing the universal supports available to all schools, the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) Programme is a key policy initiative of my Department to address concentrated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: An application for Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) funding was received from this school under Category 10: External Environment works in respect of a play area. This application has now been approved and the school has been informed of this decision.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Dec 2023)

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. Attracting qualified teachers, whether working overseas or not, is required to address teacher supply issues. As a result, several measures are already in place to support teachers who either...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Dec 2023)

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 Accommodation (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers applied for funding under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) for a roof replacement which was outside the scope of the EWS. The school was asked to scale back the works to leak repairs only. The revised application has been received by my Department, these works have been approved and the school has been informed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: Since 2020 we have invested in the region of €3.5 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 690 school building projects with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects. School building projects at construction involve an overall State investment of over €1.2 billion. We also have over 200 modular accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: Earlier this year the Department received a report from a Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) working group. The report proposed the creation of a national relocation scheme whereby teachers would identify the locations that they would like to relocate to through a portal and then effectively “swap” with teachers in that location. The proposal included findings from a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. The brief for this project includes an extension to the existing school buildings, as defined in the schedules of accommodation, decanting if required, necessary to satisfactorily develop the post primary school on its existing site. The Stage 2b report has been received and is currently under...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to the Central Remedial Clinic. The brief includes both the development of a new school building for pupils with special educational needs and a clinical services building. The delivery body has appointed a design team to manage the progression of the project. The project is currently at Stage 2a (detailed design) of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Communications (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education operates an X account (formerly Twitter) and a LinkedIn account. Both accounts are verified. No subscription has been paid. The Department uses social media platforms as part of how it communicates with the public and will continue to keep all platforms under review with a view to ensuring it can share its messages with the public in the most effective manner....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 251 and 257 together. My Department is committed to providing funding to recognised primary and post-primary schools in the free education scheme by way of per capita grants. The two main grants are the Capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, general up-keep etc. and the Ancillary grant to cater...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2022/2023 school year, over 149,000 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In addition, school transport scheme services were provided...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department has allocated an equivalent of 928 guidance posts for the current school year 2023/24. Each school receives an allocation for guidance that is separate from the general allocation to schools. In this way, the hours for guidance are ring-fenced. The hours for guidance are subject to change each year as they are calculated with regard to student numbers in each school. Measures...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval under the Additional School Accommodation scheme issued to the school in question for the provision of three special classrooms and ancillary accommodation. The project 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: School Accommodation (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department has recently received an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school in question. The purpose of the 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: The current Summer Work Scheme (SWS) 2020, is a multi-annual based scheme that was announced in 2019 and commenced in the summer of 2020. Schools were invited to make applications under the scheme in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Circular Letter 0027/2019. The purpose of the SWS is to devolve funding to individual recognised primary and post-primary school authorities, to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department uses social media platforms as part of how it communicates with the public and will continue to keep all platforms under review with a view to ensuring it can share its messages with the public in the most effective manner. Department of Education Spend 2019-2023 YTD (ex VAT) Year X (formerly Twitter) 2019 € 2,543.80 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Dec 2023)

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 Department is aware of pressures for school places in the Malahide School Planning Area. A critical next step is to acquire clarity on the actual number of additional first year places required for 2024 in order for an appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: School caretakers are valued members of our school communities and the Department is fully aware of the vitally important role played by such individuals in the running of our schools. As you have mentioned in 2022 a suite of measures designed to improve the working conditions of school secretaries was agreed and since then comprehensive work to move school secretaries who have accepted...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teagasc na Gaeilge (5 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: Ba mhian liom a chur in iúl don Teachta go bhfuil an Roinn ag obair ar na sonraí a d’iarr sé a chur le chéile agus cuirfidh sí chuig an Teachta iad a luaithe is atá siad ar fáil.