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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, the project referred to has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. The brief for this project is to provide 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 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 Transport (15 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 Transport (15 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 Funding (15 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: 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 for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (15 Nov 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: Educational Disadvantage (15 Nov 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: Educational Disadvantage (15 Nov 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: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design and Build Programme and is currently in construction. The Letter of Acceptance for the school referred to by the Deputy issued to the preferred tenderer on the 18thMay 2022 commencing the school building contract for the 500 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including two...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that my Department does not have any proposals to establish a bilingual French/English primary school in North Dublin. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I refer to the Deputy's query in respect of the new ETB product for the claiming and payment of Travel and Subsistence (Expenses) claims. I am informed by my officials that when the new ESBS-ETB Payroll and Expenses system was being sourced, the RFT identified as a requirement that the system and product being sourced would be capable of being fully compliant with my Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Road Safety (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) application from the school to which he refers, unfortunately, does not fit the criteria for funding under the EWS and the school have been advised it is open to them to make an application to upgrade the set down area under the Summer Works Scheme once it opens up for applications The main purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180, 186, 199, 205, 224 and 226 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The Teaching Council is the competent authority for the recognition of qualifications for those who qualified as teachers outside of Ireland. The Teaching Council adheres to the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015, the Teaching Council Registration Regulations (2016) and in its role as a competent authority, it operates in accordance with the EU Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy was delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme and has provided a new 16 classroom primary school and accommodation, including two classrooms, for children with special educational needs.Phase 1 of the construction project, comprising of 8 classrooms and the GP Hall, was handed over on 26th September...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Nov 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 Transport (14 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 Funding (14 Nov 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 Funding (14 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The Special Education Teaching allocation provides a single unified allocation for special educational support teaching needs to each school, based on each school’s educational profile and also encompasses the Language Support (EAL) allocation that schools were allocated in previous years. All schools are advised in the first instance to review whether the needs of newly enrolled...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 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. Budget 2024 contains a range of measures that demonstrate my commitment to continued investment in our education system. In addition to numerous actions I have taken in recent years to address...