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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.

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

Norma Foley: The first school to which the Deputy refers to was approved funding under my Departments Additional School Accommodation Scheme (ASA) for the provision of 3 science Laboratories, two preparation areas, 1 construction studies room, 1 art room, 3 project storage rooms, 1 home economics room, 1 engineering room, a 2 classroom special educational needs base, a PE Hall and fitness Suite,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) of the Department of Education does not operate waiting lists. In common with many other psychological services and best international practice NEPS delivers a consultative model of service. NEPS Psychologists work with schools using a problem solving model to help schools identify need and interventions to support those needs. Under...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (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 the 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, just under 900 school building...

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

Norma Foley: The full year average cost for a primary school teaching post is €72,270. This includes provision for related substitution costs and employer PRSI.

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: Youth Services (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: Set out below is a breakdown of funding provided to Foróige for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 by the Department of Education. The majority of the funding is provided from the Dormant Accounts Fund towards the Foróige Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship Programme (NFTE). 2021 2022 2023 *€375,000 €306,114.48 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 295 and 296 together. Please find attached requested data. This figure is based on mainstream classes in mainstream schools and are collated from the 2022-2023 Primary Class Size tables published on the DES website and can be found at the link below; www.gov.ie/en/collection/class-size-information-at-individua l-primary-school-level/ In post-primary schools...

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: Departmental Data (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department does not operate a "barter account" and has not instructed that any payment to it be made into a barter account in the period in question. I can also confirm that the non- commercial bodies operating under the aegis of my Department have reported that they do not operate any barter accounts.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Educational Institutions (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: Cineáltas: Action Plan on Bullyingis Ireland’s whole-education approach to preventing and addressing bullying in schools. Cineáltas, published on 1 December 2022, is dedicated to the prevention and addressing of bullying, cyber bullying, racist bullying, gender identity bullying and sexual harassment in schools. It is centred on a child right’s based approach and...

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

Norma Foley: The information sought by the Deputy is currently being collated by officials within my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy in due course.