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

Norma Foley: This information needs to be extracted from the financial management system within My Department and my officials will forward this information directly to the Deputy once this has been completed

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

Norma Foley: The person in question has applied for payment of a doctorate degree allowance in respect of his PhD award in 2013. This person's application has been assessed and reviewed by my Department officials and the person has been notified on a number of occasions that his application does not meet the criteria for eligibility to a doctorate degree allowance under the terms of Circulars 0008/2013...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm that my Department was not consulted on the ‘Road to Racing Primary Programme’ which was developed by Horse Racing Ireland. Choices regarding educational materials, textbooks, educational products as well as digital and online services to support the implementation of the curriculum in schools are made by individual schools and their boards of management....

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

Norma Foley: The National Parents and Students Leaving Certificate Helpline is a free phone service provided to Leaving Certificate students and their parents and guardians following release of the Leaving Certificate results each year. The Helpline is professionally delivered by qualified guidance counsellors from the Institute of Guidance Counsellors, who will help reduce stress and anxiety of...

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

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was recently granted initial approval for the provision of one mainstream classroom under my Department's Additional School Accommodation scheme. Urgently required school accommodation is being supported where possible by my Department's Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. The Department will be in touch with the school authority shortly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (6 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 211, 212, 213, 214 and 215 together. In relation to the questions submitted by the Deputy regarding South Kildare School Completion Programme it has been clarified that Newbridge SCP is the programme to which the Deputy refers to. On 1 January 2021, responsibility for education welfare functions, including the administration of the home school community...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (6 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: As Minister for Education, I believe it is crucially important that children and young people are actively supported to access education in its fullest forms. This Government recognises that the cost of preparing children for school each September can be a cause of financial difficulty and worry for many Irish families. Earlier this year I announced the establishment of Ireland’s first...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (6 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: Circular 74/2022 sets out the arrangements for the Supplementary Panel for the 2023/24 school year. The panel criteria is reviewed each year, in consultation with the Education Partners (which includes the Teacher Union). Arrangements in relation to next year's Supplementary Panel will be reviewed and published towards the end of the current year. The redeployment arrangements are a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Jul 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 six general classrooms. The project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. The project managers for the school in question have completed their viability report and are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Websites (6 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department has recorded no instances over the past ten years where SSL certs, for public facing websites, remained expired for a period of time.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department has since approved the Emergency Works application to which the Deputy refers and the school has been advised of same.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project at the school referred to by the Deputy, is at an advanced stage of Architectural planning Stage 3 – Tender Action and Award. The tender process was undertaken and a contractor is identified. However, the existing planning permission is due to expire in September 2023. My Department's officials are liaising with the Design Team in relation to planning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (6 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: Departmental Bodies (6 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 educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (6 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 224, 225 and 227 together. Currently, all DEIS Urban Primary and Post Primary schools are included in the Home School Community Liaison Scheme (HSCL), which serves 687 DEIS 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 in clusters of schools,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (6 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: Departmental Data (6 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, nearly 900 school building...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (5 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, for school planning purposes, the Department of Education divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System (or GIS) to anticipate school place demand. Information from a range of sources, including Child Benefit Data, school enrolment data and information on residential development activity is used for this purpose....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Question Heading for question(s) 93 (5 Jul 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 one general classroom and one Special Education class. The project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This programme provides project management supports to enable...