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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2024 (18 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: Schools Building Projects (18 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved funding under My Department's Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for the provision of 2 mainstream classrooms and a 2 classroom Special Educational Needs (SEN) base. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. A stage 1 report has been submitted to my Department and is currently under review by the Profession...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 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: National Educational Psychological Service (18 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (18 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education is committed to supporting the emotional well-being of our children and I am very pleased to provide an update on the significant progress that has been made on Strands 1 and 2 of the pilot in almost 650 primary schools across the country. I am also delighted to announce that my Department has secured additional funding in Budget 2024 to continue the pilot for an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 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 Staff (18 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to inform the Deputy that the individual referred to holds a full-time teaching position and is paid for a full school year i.e. 1st Sept to the following 31st August. The teacher is assigned to work in a cluster of schools and will cover short-term vacancies such as when a teacher is absent on sick leave or attending continuous professional development courses. Travel expenses...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 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: Capitation Grants (18 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The level of capitation grants payable to a school is determined by reference to the number of pupils enrolled on 30th September of the school year. It is vital, in order to ensure the proper allocation of publicly funded resources and to facilitate the equitable resourcing of schools that accurate returns of valid enrolments are submitted to the Department. The current process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (18 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 to 161, inclusive, together. My Department published Circulars 0024/2023 and 0031/2023 on gov.ie - Home Tuition (www.gov.ie) detailing the Home Tuition provisions for children without a school place. The purpose of my Department's Home Tuition Grant Scheme is to provide funding towards the provision of a compensatory educational service for children who,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 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. The total cost of the scheme in 2022 was €338.9m....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (18 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: Disadvantaged Status (18 Oct 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. My Department now spends approximately €180million annually providing additional supports to the region of 1,200 schools in the DEIS programme. This includes an additional €32m allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Oct 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: School Staff (18 Oct 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: Youth Services (18 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The Educational Welfare functions of Tusla are under the remit of my Department. The Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, provides for the entitlement of every child in the state to a certain minimum education and for the registration of children receiving their education in places other than recognised schools. The Act defines a child as a person resident in the state, who has reached the age...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2024 (18 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that Budget 2024 provides an increase of €421 million in core current funding to my Department's Vote, as well as over €80 million in core capital funding. An additional €170 million is also being provided in the Vote as part of Cost of Living and COVID-19 supports. These additional funds build on significant increases in recent budgets and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: An application for provision of additional capacity at the school in question was given initial approval in 2019 for delivery on a devolved basis under the Department's additional school accommodation, ASA scheme. This approval included provision for mainstream, specialist rooms and two special educational needs classes. The main focus of the Department’s additional accommodation...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: I would be delighted to, when I am in the Deputy's area. I will say that initial approval was granted but the school itself came back with a request for a full review of its application. The Department is working with the school in that regard. As I have said, the Department engaged directly with the school to seek information on a number of issues in order for it to make the fullest...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: I thank the Deputy and we look forward to receiving the information from the school and continuing to engage with it prior to the full review of the application.