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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 297 and 298 together. Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the State. The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and in line with the Teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. 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 eligible students...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that, due to the need to prioritise mainstream and SEN school place requirements, funding for PE halls is not included under the parameters of the Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme. The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom and Special Education Needs (SEN) accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Maternity Leave (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The Maternity Leave Scheme for teachers, as contained in the Department’s Circular Letter 0054/2019 (Chapter 2), is regulated by the Maternity Protection Act, 1994 as amended. A pregnant teacher who gives birth to a living child is entitled to 26 weeks statutory paid Maternity Leave and 16 weeks statutory additional unpaid Maternity Leave. The teacher may also be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application from the school in question under the Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme. A proposed brief has recently been agreed with the school to undertake reconfiguration works to accommodate a special class. My Department will be in further contact with the school regarding the progression of the project to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, the purpose of the Summer Works Scheme (SWS) is to devolve funding to individual school authorities to undertake small-scale building works which, ideally, can be carried out during the summer months or at other times that avoid disrupting the operation of the school. The SWS operates on a multi-annual basis and was last opened for applications in 2019. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for my Department. In order to plan for school place needs, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for my Department. In order to plan for school place needs, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for my Department. In order to plan for school place needs, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for my Department. In order to plan for school place needs, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved funding under my Department's Additional School Accommodation Scheme for the provision of a two classroom special education needs base. The project is devolved for delivery to the school authority and it appointed a design team for the project. Department officials visited the school earlier this year in order to give whatever practical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The Emergency Works application to which the Deputy refers has been assessed by my Department. I wish to advise the Deputy that approval for these works has not been granted as they did not fall within the scope of the Emergency Works Scheme. The main purpose of the Emergency Works Grant Scheme is to provide for unforeseen emergencies that impact on school buildings. An emergency is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The Board of Management of each school is responsible for the care and safety of all pupils. It is important that the school management authority requests parents to ensure that the school is made aware of any medical condition suffered by any pupil attending. Where the school is aware of potential difficulties that may arise as a consequence of a medical condition suffered by one or more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing process contains an appeals mechanism for schools to submit a staffing appeal under certain criteria to an independent Primary Staffing Appeals Board. The Appeals Board...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was granted approval for the provision of a 100m2 Modular building under my Department's Additional School Accommodation scheme. The school authority has submitted a request for the second drawdown of available funding. Following a review of this request, My Department has approved the issue of the payment in question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has recently received an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from Knocknagree National School, Mallow, Co. Cork. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 Jul 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. The purpose of my Department’s ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is available to cater for pupils...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Records (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Payroll Division of my Department provides information to teachers regarding their pay and teaching service, when requested to do so, including statements of earnings and statements in relation to their teaching service. A statement of teaching service includes details of the dates in which teachers were employed in schools, for whom teacher salaries are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: Currently, all DEIS Urban Primary and DEIS Post Primary schools are included in the Home School Community Liaison Scheme (HSCL), which serves 693 schools. The scheme is delivered by 530 full-time HSCL Coordinators who are teachers in these schools and assigned to HSCL duties either in individual schools or clusters of schools, catering for approximately 207,000 pupils. The HSCL scheme seeks...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The completion contract for the school referred to by the Deputy is at Architectural Planning Stage 3 - Tender Action and Award. The Invitation to Tender was issued and tender returns are awaited, subject to no issues arising, the project is estimated to be on site in Quarter 4 2023.