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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers is part of a school campus project and it has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). The Department requested the design team to incorporate a decarbonisation strategy and a revised cost plan as part of their Stage 2b submission. KWETB have advised that they expect to be in a position to submit this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department received an application from the school in question under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme in October 2023. The application is currently being assessed and contact will be made with the school authorities as soon as the assessment process is completed. In tandem with this, a major building project to provide a permanent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers is part of a school campus project and it has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). The Department requested the design team to incorporate a decarbonisation strategy and a revised cost plan as part of their Stage 2b submission. KWETB have advised that they expect to be in a position to submit this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of 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 Transport (7 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 (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The 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: Departmental Data (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Attached is the list of all new Post Primary schools established between 2000-2007. Details of when roll numbers were assigned for new schools is not readily available for the projects though it was normal practice to assign roll numbers in the year that a school opened.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 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: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved funding under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme and the project was devolved to the school authority for delivery. I can confirm that a request has been received by my Department for review of additional fees which are currently under consideration, and the result of this review will be communicated to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 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. There was an increase of 21% in tickets issued to eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Budget 2023 provided for the provision of funding from the Climate Action Fund, which is under the remit of the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, in relation to the provision of Photovoltaic Panels in schools up to 6KW output. The Department has been engaging regularly with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications to prepare for the roll-out of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The permanent school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is a campus project to deliver a 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including four classrooms, for children with special educational needs and a 16 classroom primary school and accommodation, including two classrooms, for children with special educational needs. The campus project is being delivered...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers has been granted approval for the provision of 6 mainstream classrooms under my Department's Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This programme involves the use of Project Management supports which is designed to enable the accommodation to be provided as quickly as possible and help ease the administrative workload for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Nov 2023)

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 Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers, has been approved funding under my Departments Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. This project is devolved to the school authority for delivery. In October 2023, a pre Stage 1 report and associated documents were received and these are currently with the Professional and Technical team in my Department under review. Upon completion of that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (7 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: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: A Stage 2A report has been submitted and this is currently under review by my Department's Professional and Technical team and this review is expected to be completed shortly. The school authority is being assisted by Cavan and Monaghan ETB (CMETB) in the delivery of this project. Once this review is complete, the outcome will be conveyed to Cavan and Monaghan ETB and the school authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to the Office of Public Works (OPW). This project is currently at Stage 2A of the architectural planning process. Upon receipt, review and approval of the Stage 2A report, the next step for the design team will be to obtain the necessary statutory planning approvals. While at this early stage it is not possible to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department records show that this teacher first began teaching on 25th November 2003. As she was appointed prior to 1st January 2011 she is being paid on the pre-2011 pay scale. Circular 41/2023 refers.A member of my staff has reviewed the teacher's service and I can confirm that the teacher is on the correct pay scale for salary purposes. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 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...