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

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers was granted funding under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme (ASA) with the project devolved to the School Authority to replace existing prefabricated classrooms with two permanent mainstream classrooms, User assisted toilet and one SET room. The project was granted approval to proceed to tender in the second quarter of 2022. The school...

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

Norma Foley: My Department has a proven track record of delivery, with over 180 projects completed last year within a challenging construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. This year alone, in excess of 300 school building projects are currently under construction, including 40 new school buildings and circa. 260 projects at existing schools. Key...

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

Norma Foley: My Department is aware of Dublin City Council’s Local Area Plan for Clongriffin/Belmayne that includes a reservation of land for a school in the area of Clongriffin identified by the Deputy. My Department has also noted An Bord Pleanala’s decision in 2019 to grant a strategic housing development application to build over 1,000 residential units in this area. In its decision to...

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

Norma Foley: My Department has been liaising with the school referred to by the Deputy relating to its accommodation needs. Due to the complexities of the school's site, there are matters to be considered in relation to the potential location for the provision of additional accommodation. In this regard, the school has proposed using specific areas adjacent to the existing school building for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 491 to 494, inclusive, together. 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/School Services...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I can advise the Deputy that Circular 0054/2022 sets out the process for primary schools for the granting of an exemption from the study of Irish and the criteria under which the school may grant an exemption. Section 2.2.3 of the 2022 circular includes the following new criteria for granting an exemption from the study of Irish: A pupil who experiences a high level of multiple and persistent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The main purpose of the Emergency Works Grant Scheme is to provide for unforeseen emergencies that impact on school buildings. An emergency is a situation which poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or the environment, which is sudden, unforeseen and requires immediate action and, in the case of a school, if not corrected would prevent the school or part thereof from opening....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) scheme seeks to promote partnership between parents, teachers and community family support services, with a view to supporting improved attendance, participation and retention. A HSCL Coordinator is a teacher from a participating school who is released from teaching duties, for a maximum of five years, in order to work intensively with and support...

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

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval under the Additional School Accommodation scheme has issued to the school in question for the provision of two classrooms. 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...

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

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers has been granted approval for 1 x SEN Base , 1 x Assisted User WC and 1 x mainstream classroom under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme. The project is devolved to the School Authority for delivery. In order to progress this project, the Department awaits the relevant documentation from the school authority, the details of which are outlined...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. The criteria, reviewed annually with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (13 Jun 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: Teaching Qualifications (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The criteria for the award of incremental credit are set out in my Department’s Circulars 10/2001 for Primary teachers, 29/2007 and 29/2010 for Post-Primary teachers. The criteria for the award of incremental credit to recognised teachers was agreed under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council (TCC). The teachers unions have lodged a number of claims at the TCC in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval has issued under the Additional School Accommodation scheme at the school in question for 4 additional classrooms. This project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This approach supports accelerated delivery of the accommodation and maximises assistance to the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: In September 2022 unions representing post-primary teachers chose to use the Building Momentum Sectoral Bargaining Fund to restore the value of an allowance previously withdrawn from new entrant post-primary teachers. Sectoral bargaining provides for the establishment of a sectoral fund amounting to 1 per cent of basic pay, of which some or all may be used to resolve outstanding issues, with...

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

Norma Foley: My Department is currently planning to install modular accommodation for the school referred to by the Deputy on the site identified. There are also contingency measures being looked into should the interim accommodation not be ready for the upcoming academic year. One contingency option is that the school may be split over two locations, which if it happens should be for a short term...

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

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval has issued for the provision of 1 x SEN Reconfiguration under the additional accommodation scheme at the school in question. This project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This approach supports accelerated delivery of the accommodation and maximises assistance to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (13 Jun 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...