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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project at the school referred to by the Deputy is at Architectural Planning Stage 3 - Tender Action and Award. The original grant of planning is due to expire in December 2023, but due to changes to the Planning Acts in September 2021, it is no longer possible to apply for an extension to the planning permission for the main building project and a new application is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers is part of a campus project and has been devolved for delivery under the patronage of CEIST. The brief for the project includes the delivery of a 16 classroom Primary School with 2 classroom SEN base, GP room, library and other ancillary accommodation. The project is currently at Stage 2a of the architectural planning design process. At a recent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, the school to which he refers was approved a school building project under the Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project is being managed on a devolved basis by Louth & Meath Education and Training Board on behalf of the school authority and a design team was appointed for the project. The project approved consists of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (30 Nov 2023)

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. In order to plan for school place needs, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department is aware that a number of schools are experiencing some challenges recruiting teachers for the school year. The Department meets on a regular basis with school management bodies and teacher unions on this very important issue with a view to identifying solutions to the challenges faced by these schools. Fixed term replacement teacher posts must be filled according to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 345 and 346 together. Kildare and Wicklow ETB (KWETB) has informed my Department that a single governing authority for Maynooth Educational Campus (MEC) involving both Maynooth Post-Primary School and Maynooth Community College was established in 2013. The ETB has confirmed that details of the composition and membership of the governing authority at the time...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The information that the Deputy requested is set out in tabular form in the attached spreadsheets. The information is based on the annual October Returns which were submitted to the Department by Post Primary schools. It is assumed that the Deputy is referring to the Leaving Certificate exams in 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2022 and therefore the data provided is from the associated academic years...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The post primary school which was established as a regional solution for Dublin South City Centre is Sandymount Park Educate Together Secondary School. Please see below breakdown of parental preference per prospective patron. School Planning Area Patronage Parents Preference Dublin 2, 4, 6, 8 Educate Together 1,210 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Having reviewed the information to hand, since year 2000 to date, I can confirm that my Department has acquired 61 sites at a cost of circa €200m, to facilitate the delivery of second level education institutions. All of the details requested by the Deputy are not readily available within a central repository in my Department. As the Deputy will appreciate, it would involve a very...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Nov 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. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities. In that regard, there are more than 3,700 individual employers (boards of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: White Papers (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department has not published any White Papers from 2008 to date. White Papers are publicly available on: www.gov.ie/en/publications/

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Information in relation to consultancy expenditure by my Department is compiled annually, in respect of the previous year, and published online at: www.gov.ie/en/collection/department-of-education-and-skills- expenditure-on-consultancy/

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 353 and 354 together. 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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 355 to 357, inclusive, together. The Department of Education spend (excluding VAT) on social media advertising in the year 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 can be found in tabular form below. Year Google Meta (Facebook + Instagram) X (formerly Twitter) 2021 € 4,686.73 € 24,939.15 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2022/23 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 are being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 359 and 360 together. 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 149,000 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application, under the Additional School Accommodation scheme, from Corpus Christi Girls National 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 year and where the need cannot...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Nov 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, for school planning purposes, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System (or GIS) to anticipate school place demand. Information from a range of sources, including Child Benefit Data, school enrolment data and information on residential development activity is used for this purpose. In addition,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: After-School Support Services (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Thank you for your further enquiry on this matter. As stated previously, funding for pre-school services is a matter for the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. My colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has policy responsibility for school-age childcare. By way of information, generally capital funding by the...