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

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has four current contracts with the specified company. Two of these contracts are for the provision of expert support in respect of the design, development, implementation and on-going improvement of shared services projects, the Esinet platform for schools and initiatives for my Department and the education sector. The other two contracts...

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 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: Capital Expenditure Programme (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Through Project Ireland 2040, we are investing at least €5 billion over the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn and work in our schools every day. My Department has a proven track record of delivery, with over 180 projects completed last year within a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Parental Leave (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department’s Circular Letter 0054/2019titled ‘Leave Schemes for Registered Teachers employed in Recognised Primary and Post-Primary Schools’ details the agreed terms and conditions for the main leave types currently available to teachers. Leave entitlements for public servants, including teachers, are determined by the Department of Public Expenditure, National...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (26 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the state examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (26 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department provides capital funding to school authorities for the procurement and delivery of modular accommodation to meet their mainstream and special education enrolment requirements. The projects referred to by the Deputy are devolved to individual school authorities who enter into contractual arrangements with the modular supplier and are therefore the responsibility of these school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Oct 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’. A letter was issued by the Department to the schools to advise that their respective school had been included in the programme and the NDFA has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The project for the school referred to by the Deputy currently has planning permission and will, along with a number of other projects, be brought to the level of employer-led design with a Design Team assigned to do so under the supervision of my Department’s Project Manager. My Department’s Project Manager recently completed the Design Team appointments for this programme and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (26 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department operates the Schools Broadband Programme at an annual cost of some €13m, providing connectivity to recognised primary, special and post-primary schools through a range of technologies at the best level of connectivity available based on local infrastructure. The Department is obliged to adhere to procurement regulations and must engage with the selected providers on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Oct 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 Staff (26 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The information requested by the Deputy is attached. It should be noted that this is provisional at this time and that final numbers will be known in November when the staffing process has completed at the end of this month. Budget 2024 has provided for an unprecedented €10.5 billion investment in Education and Schools which includes an increase of €421 million in core current...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (26 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 183 to 185, inclusive, together. Certain casual workers employed by ETBs are entitled to be paid increments once they meet the appropriate criteria, which can differ depending on the role and the type of contract on which they are employed. The date upon which the increment is paid differs from person to person and if arrears are due these are paid to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (26 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The number of pupils from Ukraine enrolled in Irish schools is available in the monthly press release from my Department which includes the figures at both Primary and Post Primary level. As of the 2nd October 2023, 17,501 Ukrainian pupils are enrolled in Irish schools. Out of that figure, 10,655 of these pupils have been accommodated in primary schools while 6,846 pupils have enrolled in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (26 Oct 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: Departmental Consultations (25 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department is fully committed to creating safe, supportive and inclusive environments in schools to support every student to achieve their full potential. Cineáltas, the Department of Education’s Action Plan on Bullying, contains the commitment to update the anti-bullying procedures for primary and post-primary schools to take account of gender identity bullying, cyber...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Oct 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 (25 Oct 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 (25 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers, was approved funding under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for the provision of one general classroom and two SET rooms. I am pleased to advise that the project was recently approved to progress to tender stage. Upon completion of the tender process, the project will then progress to construction in due course....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (25 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that this school has been granted approval for the provision of two Special Education Needs classrooms and 2 SET rooms under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. I have been advised that from a professional and technical point of view, it will be feasible to install drainage after the modular project is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (25 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that this school has been granted approval for the provision of two Special Education Needs classrooms and two SET rooms under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. I have been advised that from a professional and technical point of view, it will be feasible to install drainage/future site works after...