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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 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 Textbooks (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Earlier this year, I announced a landmark new scheme which saw the government investing over €50 million in 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. The Department currently provides a book grant to all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 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. There was an increase of 21% in tickets issued to eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 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: Special Educational Needs (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question. The purpose of the Home Tuition Grant Scheme is to provide funding towards the provision of a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of specific reasons, are unable to attend school as follows: a) Early educational intervention for children with autism who meet the scheme’s eligibility criteria b) Students...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Sep 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: Equality Issues (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department is aware of the report referred to by the Deputy. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority. In accordance with Department Circulars 31/2011 and 44/2019, schools are required to ensure that individuals appointed to teach are registered teachers with qualifications appropriate to the sector and suitable to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 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: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department is currently planning the delivery of a major campus project on the current site of the school referred to by the Deputy. The project will deliver two new 1,000 pupil post - primary schools and 1 new primary school ( 8 classrooms) on this site. My Department is currently developing the accommodation brief for this significant campus development and is engaging with the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 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 Transport (20 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. There was an increase of 21% in tickets issued to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 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. There was an increase of 21% in tickets issued to eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Fixed term replacement teacher posts must be filled according to the current rules for teacher recruitment. These include that the recruited teacher shall be offered a fixed term contract. There is also a requirement that a person employed in a teaching position is registered with the Teaching Council in order to be paid by the public purse. This is provided for under legislation and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Changes to the duration and content of all initial teacher education (ITE) programmes were made in response to recommendations in the National Strategy to Improve Literacy and Numeracy among children and Young People 2011-2020 and were incorporated into the Teaching Council’s Policy Paper on the Continuum of Teacher Education and Criteria and Guidelines for Programme Providers. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Section 29 of the Education Act, 1998 provides for an appeal through an independent appeals board by a parent or guardian, where a Board of Management of a school, or a person acting on behalf of the Board, refuses to enrol a student in a school. Further information on the Section 29 appeals process is available on the Department's website at the following link:...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 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 Textbooks (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Earlier this year, I announced a landmark new scheme seeing the government investing over €53 million in providing free schoolbooks, workbooks and copybooks for pupils. The investment in this scheme significantly increases the funding for school books provided to date to all recognised primary schools in the country. The primary school book grant funding for the 2023/24 academic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school in question. The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year and where the need cannot be met by the school’s...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (13 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 362 and 363 together. Tá tionscadal tógála don scoil dá bhfuil tagairt déanta ag an Teachta mar thosaíocht ag mo Roinn agus tá sé ar intinn againn an treoir chóiríochta don tionscadal seo a chur chun cinn a luaithe is féidir. Idir an dá linn, tá mo Roinn ag obair le pátrún na scoile...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year, over 149,000 children, including over 18,000 children with special educational needs, are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. There has been an increase of 21% in tickets issued to...