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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 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 schedule 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 (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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (7 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, including students attending Gaeltacht secondary schools, 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...

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

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, for school planning purposes, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical Information System 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. Additionally, Project...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 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, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as...

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

Norma Foley: Special advisers are responsible to the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) in relation to filing of Section 19 Statements of Interests. Where a Statement of Interest is furnished, it is to be laid before the Oireachtas. There is no obligation on a special adviser to furnish a nil statement where no interests exist, however they may choose to do so.

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 474, 529, 531, 533, 538, 539, 560, 561, 565 and 566 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...

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

Norma Foley: It gives me great pleasure to have secured €10.5 billion in total funding for Education in Budget 2024. This significant increase in funding ensures that the total budget is at the highest ever for our primary and post primary schools. The funding will ensure continued reduced costs for families; it will continue to tackle disadvantage and it will provide further supports to safeguard...

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...

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 to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of bundled school building programmes. This project is part of the bundle referred to as ‘Project Liffey’. This campus project will include the school referred to by the Deputy. A letter was issued by the Department to the schools to advise that their...

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

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy will be delivered under the Departments ADAPT Programme. The ADAPT Programme uses a professional external Project Manager to co-ordinate and drive the Design Team to achieve the best possible timeframe for the project through the stages of Architectural Planning to Tender and Construction. The Brief for this project is 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 2022/23 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 Advertising (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Please find breakdown of the advertising spend by the Department of Education for the years 2020 to 2022 attached, by national media outlet and local newspaper outlet. The Department does not hold the statistics for its public bodies and agencies. ">Advertising Totals

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 permanent school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department’s Construction Programme. The project brief for the school includes 26 classrooms, which will provide capacity for 156 pupils when complete. The new school will also include specialist classrooms as well as extensive ancillary accommodation with multi-sensory facilities and a...

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

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for additional school accommodation from the school to which the Deputy refers. The purpose of my Department’s ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the need cannot...

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

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application from the school in question for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme and has been engaging with the school in this respect. The Deputy will be aware that my Department has broadened its delivery streams and is utilising Modern Methods of Construction, including Modular Accommodation, as well as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Official Engagements (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that no engagements with the Government of Israel or any State bodies thereof took place with my Department during the years 2021 or 2022. Officials in my Department met with officials of the Israeli Ministry of Education and representatives of the Myers-JDC Brookdale Institute (Israel’s leading centre for applied social research) in March of 2023.The purpose of this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Official Engagements (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm for the Deputy that officials of my Department met with officials from the Palestinian Ministry of Education in November 2022 to discuss educational areas of interest. Officials from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) joined this discussion. No engagements took place with the Palestinian Authority, any organ of the Palestinian Authority, or any...

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

Norma Foley: The level of turnover stipulated in the Term Maintenance, Refurbishment and Upgrade Construction Works Framework Suitability Questionnaire has been calculated using the Construction Works Management Framework (CWMF) Guidance Document GN 2.3.1.3 ‘Guidance Note Suitability Criteria for Works Contractors: Minimum Standards’ using the multiplier range of the annualized turnover of...