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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: I recognise the key role school leadership has in promoting a school environment which is welcoming, inclusive and accountable. As part of Budget 2024, funding of €4 million will be made available to provide 1,000 additional posts of responsibility in the school system for the 2024/25 school year. This is in recognition that school leaders play a key role in improving educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System, using data from a range of sources, including Child Benefit and school enrolment data, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. Where demographic data indicates that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The Deputy may already be aware that in order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System, using data from a range of sources, including CSO Census data, Child Benefit and school enrolment data, to identify where the pressure for school places across the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: As Minister for Education, I believe it is crucially important that children and young people are actively supported to access education in its fullest forms. This Government recognises that the cost of preparing children for school each September can be a cause of financial difficulty and worry for many Irish families. As part of Budget 2023, I announced a major investment of over €50...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: Dear Deputy Tóibín, please see attached information relating to the number of Gaelscoileanna which have opened or closed since 2013, as per your request. Year New Closed 2013 3 2015 1 2016 1 1 2017 1 1 2018 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: As Minister for Education, I believe it is crucially important that children and young people are actively supported to access education in its fullest forms. This Government recognises that the cost of preparing children for school each September can be a cause of financial difficulty and worry for many Irish families. As part of Budget 2023, I announced a major investment of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 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 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. During the period 2018 to 2022, nearly 900 school building...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: Budget 2024 has provided for an unprecedented €10.5 billion investment in Education and Schools in Budget 2024 which includes an increase of €421 million in core current funding, as well as over €80 million in core capital funding. An additional €170 million is also being provided as part of Cost of Living and COVID-19 supports. These additional funds build on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: I recognise the key role school leadership has in promoting a school environment which is welcoming, inclusive and accountable. As part of Budget 2024, funding of €4 million will be made available to provide 1,000 additional posts of responsibility in the school system for the 2024/25 school year. This is in recognition that school leaders play a key role in improving educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 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 2022/23 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: Educational Disadvantage (17 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. 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: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 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 for special class accommodation to replace prefabricated classroom. The purpose of the Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 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: Information and Communications Technology (17 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 Textbooks (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: As Minister for Education, I believe it is crucially important that children and young people are actively supported to access education in its fullest forms. This Government recognises that the cost of preparing children for school each September can be a cause of financial difficulty and worry for many Irish families. As part of Budget 2023, I announced a major investment of over €50...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 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 Funding (17 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. Supplementing these universal supports, the DEIS programme provides a targeted and equitable way to address concentrated educational disadvantage that promotes equity and has benefits for students. As part...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers to was approved funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for the provision of 2 mainstream classrooms and 1 SET room. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that upon review by officials at my Department, the project was approved to construction in October 2023 and the school has been informed accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers, was granted funding under my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme to provide 1 mainstream classroom and 2 special education needs base rooms. The project was devolved for delivery to the school authority. Approval was given to the school to carry out a flood risk assessment and a report will be submitted to my Department once...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 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...