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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 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: Departmental Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: It is open to the school to make an application under the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) for funding for this request. The purpose of the SWS is to devolve funding to individual school authorities to undertake small-scale building works which, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 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 provided...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (28 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The Irish language is an integral part of the primary school curriculum and teachers are required to be competent in addressing this element of the curriculum, which is based on a communicative approach and places particular emphasis on developing children’s listening and speaking skills. My Department specifies minimum entry requirements in core subjects: Maths, English and Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (28 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and in line with the Teaching Council Registration Regulations, 2016. . The Council registers teachers under five routes of registration namely, Route 1 -...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools of Music (28 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Cork Education and Training Board (ETB) is one of a number of ETBS which receive funding from my Department for the provision of non-mainstream music education. Cork ETB School of Music provides instrumental music education to individual and small group cohorts of students in a multi-campus model. As the information sought is detailed, Cork ETB will respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (28 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary and special schools. The NEPS service provides access for all schools to:Psychological support in the event of a Critical IncidentA Casework Service for individual children where there is a need for intensive consultation and assessment via a NEPS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (28 Nov 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: Schools Building Projects (28 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: Teaching Qualifications (28 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and in line with the Teaching Council Registration Regulations, 2016. The minimum registration requirements for each route are set out in the Schedule of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The relevant section within my Department has been in previous communication with the property owner's solicitor in relation to this case. In order for the request to legally surrender my interest in the property, as Minister for Education, a number of documents have been requested and are awaited. The surrender request can be examined once the necessary documents are received by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. As part of the management of the scheme, Bus Éireann manages the procurement tender process and contract management arrangements to include services provided by contractors under the School Transport Scheme. There are currently in the region of 7,000 vehicles...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 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: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The sick leave entitlements for a teacher are as follows: A teacher who is absent from duty because of personal illness or injury, may be granted paid Sick Leave of a maximum of 3 months (92 days) on full pay in a year, followed by a maximum of 3 months (91 days) on half pay in a year. Paid Sick Leave is subject to a maximum of 6 months (183 days) in a 4 year period. A teacher who is absent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question was issued a provisional letter of offer following their application for capital funding under my Department's Additional School Accommodation Scheme. Following consultation with the school pre-cast modular accommodation was accepted by the school as the solution to best meet their particular needs. The department has a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department is aware of pressures at post primary level in the planning area of the school referred to by the Deputy. This pressure is in part due to the reduction by some schools in the number of first year places being made available for 2024/25 school year. A critical next step is to acquire clarity on the actual number of additional first year places required for 2024 in order for an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I can advise the Deputy that my Department is aware of pressures at post primary level in the Athenry School Planning Area in part due to the reduction by some schools in the number of first year places being made available for 2024/25. 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 solution to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 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 provided...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (23 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 the Department. As the Deputy may be aware, for school planning purposes, the Department of Education divides the country into 314 school planning areas and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy will deliver a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including four classrooms, for children with special educational needs. This project is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme and is currently at tender stage. The Invitation to Tender issued on the 18th April 2023, as...