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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (12 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department does not have a role in the academic affairs of individual higher education institutions. My Department has been advised by colleagues in the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science that Higher Education Institutions are autonomous and neither the Department or the Minister has a role in their administrative or academic affairs. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was most recently granted approval for the provision of three modular 15m2 Special Education Teaching rooms under my Department's Additional School Accommodation scheme. The project was devolved to the school authority for delivery and was approved to tender. The Tender Report was returned to my Department and the quotation included works beyond the scope...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: A working group in the Department has been examining the matter of how NEPS can continue to recruit adequate numbers of suitably qualified educational psychologist staff and continue to respond to the educational psychological needs of children in recognised primary and post-primary schools across the country. To address supply issues in the medium to long term a workforce plan for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 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 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 has been an increase of 21% in tickets issued to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm the Deputy that I have asked the relevant officials in the Payroll Division of my Department to investigate the individual case specified. I want to assure the Deputy that the officials have been in contact with the person concerned to address her concerns and are working to resolves her queries. This case concerns an individual who is working as a secretary in two...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in recent receipt of correspondence from the school in question relating to the schools accommodation needs. Officials from my Department are considering the issues raised in the correspondence and a decision will issue to the school authority directly as soon as possible. I can assure the Deputy that my Department is working to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: In accordance with the terms of the guidelines for Ministerial Appointments for the 33rd Dáil, Áine Doyle and Eoin Murphy are employed as my Special Advisers. Diane O'Gorman is employed as a Special Adviser to Josepha Madigan T.D. Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion. Thomas Byrne T.D., Minister of State for Sport and Physical Education in my Department and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 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 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 has been an increase of 21% in tickets issued to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, the Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. It uses a Geographic Information System, drawing 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 and where additional school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The projects to which the Deputy refers have been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of a bundled school building programme. The shared education campus at Donaghcumper, Celbridge is in the bundle referred to as ‘Project Liffey’. My Department is aware of the demographic pressures in the area, and this project is progressing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: Through Project Ireland 2040, we are investing €4.4 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: School Transport (11 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department provides funding to recognised Primary and Post-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 grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff. These grants may be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department provides funding to recognised Primary and Post-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. These grants may be regarded...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was granted initial approval for the provision of modular accommodation in respect of one mainstream classroom, two special education teaching rooms and one special education classroom under my Department's Additional School Accommodation scheme. Urgently required school accommodation is being supported where possible by my Department's Reconfiguration...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The pension benefits of school employees, as with all pensionable public servants are governed by legislation and/or circulars and are in accordance with public sector pension policy. Pension entitlements of employees vary as they are based on an individual’s specific circumstances such as date of recruitment, number of years’ service and pensionable remuneration. Public...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (11 Jul 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: Educational Disadvantage (11 Jul 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: State Examinations (11 Jul 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.