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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 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 (28 Sep 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 Admissions (28 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware,for school planning purposes, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System (or GIS) 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (28 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Earlier this year, I announced a landmark new scheme which saw the government investing over €50 million to providing free schoolbooks, workbooks and copybooks for pupils. More than 558,000 pupils enrolled in approximately 3,230 primary schools, including over 130 special schools, will benefit from the new scheme this year. Detailed guidance for primary schools on the scheme was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (28 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department provides a book grant to all recognised post primary schools within the Free Education Scheme in order to provide assistance for books including Book Rental Schemes. Under this scheme, my Department provided funding of €4 million to DEIS post primary schools and €6.6 million to non-DEIS post primary schools in 2023.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Sep 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: Departmental Inquiries (28 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The Scoping Inquiry established on March 7th 2023 is independently led. As such, queries relating to any material that the Scoping Inquiry team has issued to those participating in its processes should be sent directly to the team, and I am sure that they will be happy to respond. The Terms of Reference for the Scoping Inquiry set out the matters that it is asked to consider. As the work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (28 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: While the Department is aware of increasing pressures and demand for additional school places in the Clontarf, Killester and Raheny area, it is important to note that where enrolment pressures arise, it may not be as a result of lack of accommodation but may be driven by the following factors:Duplication of applications – pupils have applied for a place to a number of schools in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (28 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department has provided significant capital investment to reconfigure a former school building to facilitate the establishment of the school in question. This high quality accommodation includes 8 classrooms and ancillary provision including Quiet Spaces, a multi-purpose sensory room and external play areas. The specialist external soft play area includes specific equipmentfor the pupils...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Sep 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 Admissions (28 Sep 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 Admissions (28 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that officials from my Department have requested additional information in order to fully answer the query below.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is dealing with one application from a second level school in the Tallaght school planning area, St Aidan's Community School, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, for additional autism classroom accommodation. My Department has agreed a brief with the school with respect to the provision of this accommodation. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 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 Transport (27 Sep 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 which includes 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 (27 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department provides a wide range of supports to all schools to support the inclusion of all students and address barriers to students achieving their potential. The OECD review will look at the overall Department policy with regards to resourcing schools, both DEIS and non-DEIS, to support children and young people at risk of educational disadvantage. The OECD review will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project for the school referred to by the Deputy is part of a joint campus project with another primary school and a post-primary school.My Department authorised the Design Team to retender the project as the first tranche of tenders were deemed unviable. The Design Team applied for a new planning permission due to a change in the Planning Acts introduced by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 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 Administration (27 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: In accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1998 the board of management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. In managing the school the board is required to comply with the relevant provisions of the Education Act, 1998 and the terms of circulars issued by the Department. Decisions in relation to the school’s starting times and finishing times...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 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...