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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Priorities (5 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the requirement for additional school places is kept under ongoing review in the context of available information on population, enrolments and residential development activity. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (5 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The information requested by the Deputy does not fall under the remit of my Department. I am advised that the points system is a matter for the Central Applications Office (CAO) which processes applications for undergraduate courses on behalf of the Higher Education Institutions (HEI). My Department has no role in these matters.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (5 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: Departmental Correspondence (5 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 for special class accommodation. The purpose of the Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 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 Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 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: State Bodies (5 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The details sought by the Deputy in regard to the aegis bodies in the scope of the question are set out in the attached table. I am advised that no bonuses and also no benefits in kind were paid to CEOs of the bodies under the aegis of my Department. The processes required in the sanctioning of remuneration packages of aegis body CEOs are guided by the stipulations of the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (5 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 Equipment (5 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department has recorded one instance of using freeware consumer software licences, as opposed to enterprise type licences, for a back-end testing product. The position was regularised for €500.

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

Norma Foley: I wish to assure the Deputy that the provision of the best possible customer service in NTS Payroll continues to be a priority and is under regular review. The primary means of contact for SNAs to NTS Payroll is, in the first instance, via email at ntspayroll@education.gov.ie. This enables payroll staff to review and collect beforehand, all the required information needed to respond...

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

Norma Foley: Caranua was established in 2013 to disburse funding supports to survivors of abuse in residential institutions from a fund of €110m plus interest which was contributed by the relevant congregations following the publication of the Ryan Report in 2009. As the funding available to Caranua was finite in nature, Caranua began to wind-down its operations in 2018, and finalised all...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that the majority of schools have a general purpose room / Physical Education hall and practically all schools have outdoor play areas. In addition, many schools, use adjacent local facilities, including community halls, public parks, playing fields and swimming pools. Investment and expenditure on sports facilities is an element of the overall expenditure...

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

Norma Foley: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department website. My Department allocates teaching posts to individual ETB Schemes in accordance with the published criteria. ...

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

Norma Foley: School boards of management/ ETBs are the employers of teachers and the recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for each individual school authority. The Department does not maintain policies on staff retention, as this is a role for a school's board of management or the relevant ETB. Teachers notify school management, in writing, of their intention to...

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

Norma Foley: The number of psychology students who graduate from Irish universities every year is a matter for the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. My Department is looking at how it can continue to recruit adequate numbers of suitably qualified educational psychologists to continue to respond to the educational psychological needs of children in...

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

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department has completed the acquisition of a 2.6 acre site adjacent to St Nessan's NS. The application for registration has been lodged with the Property Registration Authority. This site will be used to accommodate the required expansion of the school and will include two general classrooms and two SEN Classrooms, a sensory area and increased staff parking spaces....

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 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: Schools Building Projects (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was granted approval for the provision of an 80m2 Modular Classroom and a 15m2 Modular Special Education Teaching room under my Department's Additional School Accommodation scheme. The project is devolved to the school authority. The school authority recently submitted Tender documentation. The review of this documentation is currently being...

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

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers to was approved funding under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme to build 1 Mainstream Classroom, 2 Special Education Teaching rooms, 2 Science rooms, 1 Staff room, 1 Technology and store room, 1 Science Preparation area, 1 Technology Preparation area & the removal of 7 prefabs. The project was devolved for delivery to the school...