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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (24 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers to was approved a project under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme (ASA) for the provision of a two class special education needs base. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority which appointed a design team who the Department understands are currently preparing initial designs. Once a Stage 1 (design) Report is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department provides funding to recognised 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 to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff. Schools have the flexibility to use...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 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: Public Sector Pay (24 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: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, my Department issued approval to the school authority in question for the provision of three special classrooms and ancillary accommodation. The project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This programme provides project management supports to enable the accommodation to be provided as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (24 Oct 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 (24 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: More than €400.7 million of additional Covid-19 Capitation grant funding has been made available to recognised primary and post primary schools to provide for the implementation of infection prevention and control measures to reduce the risk of the spread of Covid-19 to date. Schools have been reminded that the Covid-19 Capitation payment is a temporary measure and is kept under...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2024 (24 Oct 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 (24 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The Deputy will appreciate that using different locations on a map as a centre-point will give differing outcomes in terms of schools within a certain radius. Using Tyrconnell Park, there are 10 post primary schools within a 3km direct-line radius. All of these schools are within a 4km driving distance from that same point. They, with their ethos and gender intake, are listed in the table...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The project which the Deputy refers to has been devolved for delivery to Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB). The brief for this project is the provision of a new 32 classroom primary school and a two class Special Education Needs base. Approval under the Department’s Additional School Accommodation for refurbishment works to provide two special education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved a project under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme (ASA) for the provision of a two special education needs base and one mainstream classroom . The project is devolved to the school authority for delivery and it appointed a design team. The Department received the design team's Stage 1 (design) Report in Quarter 1 of 2023...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (24 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The Grant Calendars for Primary, Voluntary Secondary, and Community & Comprehensive schools are published on my Department's website and can be accessed at the link below. www.gov.ie/en/collection/33bf5-school-grant-calendars/

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project at the school is for the provision of a new 600 pupil school and ancillary accommodation. The project is at Architectural Planning Stage 3 – Tender Action and Award. The original grant of planning was due to expire in December 2022, but due to changes to the Planning Acts in September 2021, it was no longer possible to apply for an extension to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Oct 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. For the 2023/24 school year, the staffing schedule for primary schools has been improved by one point and schools will be provided with class teachers on the basis of 1 teacher for every 23...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: In relation to school admissions, it is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998 and the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. The Act provides for schools to explicitly state in the school's admission policy that it will not discriminate against an applicant for admission on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was granted approval for the provision of 2 x 80m2 Modular classrooms in September 2022 under my Department's Additional School Accommodation scheme. The project is devolved to the school authority for delivery. Department officials have received additional information from the School Authority recently which is currently being considered in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (24 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The delivery of high quality internet connectivity for all schools is a key objective of my Department. It is accepted that good connectivity is essential to ensure that schools are facilitated to progress the embedding of digital technologies in teaching and learning and for the implementation of new and revised curriculum. A outlined, the school referred to by the Deputy is currently on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to inform the Deputy that Scoil Muire gan Smál informed officials from my Department that the School Secretary did not wish to accept the Department’s revised terms and conditions and as such the School Secretary remains paid directly by the school. An official from my Department has been in contact with the Principal and will work with the school Principal to resolve the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Oct 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. For the 2023/24 school year, the staffing schedule for primary schools has been improved by one point and schools will be provided with class teachers on the basis of 1 teacher for every 23...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise that approval under the Additional School Accommodation scheme issued to the school in question for the provision of 1 x SEN modular class under my Department's Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This Modular Accommodation involves the use of Project Management supports which is designed to enable the accommodation to be provided as...