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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Childcare Services (1 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) is responsible for early years education and provision and school-age childcare outside of the formal education system. However, my Department has a key role in supporting quality within the sector and works closely with the DCEDIY. My Department has historically funded a very small number of preschool...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (31 May 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, Budget 2023 included the announcement for the provision of fully funded solar photovoltaic (PV) panels with an output of 6kW for all schools. This funding will be made available from the Climate Action Fund at the discretion of the Minister for the Environment. This significant solar PV programme, will assist schools with their energy needs and costs along with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (31 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). As the Department of Education is not the employer of tutors in non-ETB private colleges the contractual situation for these tutors does not fall under...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (31 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy, that my Department approved the following works under the Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme in 2019, for the school in question: 1x 80m2 Mainstream classroom incl ensuite 3x 80m2 Mainstream classroom incl ensuite toilets2x 15m2 SET rooms1x 10.5m2 WC for assisted usersThe school authorities have requested that additional accommodation for special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (31 May 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, Budget 2023 included the announcement for the provision of fully funded solar photovoltaic (PV) panels with an output of 6kW for all schools. This funding will be made available from the Climate Action Fund at the discretion of the Minister for the Environment. This significant solar PV programme, will assist schools with their energy needs and costs along with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (31 May 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 Enrolments (31 May 2023)

Norma Foley: As per the 2022-2023 preliminary enrolment data, published in December 2022, link below, there are 406,457 pupils in post primary schools in the country. www.gov.ie/en/collection/63363b-data-on-individual-schools/ Please note this preliminary enrolment data will be replaced by the final enrolment data for 2022-2023 which will be published in June 2023.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (31 May 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: School Curriculum (31 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I can inform the Deputy that in accordance with the Rules and Programmes for Secondary Schools, the approved course for recognised senior pupils must include not less than five subjects, of which one shall be Irish. This applies to all students except for those holding an exemption from the study of Irish. There is no requirement to sit or pass an Irish examination in order to achieve a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (31 May 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: Disadvantaged Status (31 May 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: School Curriculum (31 May 2023)

Norma Foley: Access to RSE is an important right for students. This is reflected in the Programme for Government, which states that this Government will develop inclusive and age appropriate curricula for RSE and Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) across primary and post-primary schools. SPHE is a mandatory curriculum subject in all primary schools and in post-primary Junior Cycle. RSE is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (31 May 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 147,900 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. In addition, school transport scheme services are being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 May 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department is currently planning to install modular accommodation for the school on the site to which the Deputy refers. There are also contingency measures being looked into should the interim accommodation not be ready in time. The school being split over two locations is a contingency option, which if happens should be only for a short term solution and my Department will assist the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Complaints Procedures (30 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The grievance procedures provided for under Section 28 of the Education Act are being progressed through the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill. This Bill has passed all stages of Seanad Éireann and passed Second Stage in Dáil Éireann on 8th July 2021. Officials in my Department are continuing to engage with stakeholders including the National Parents Council and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (30 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 263 and 281 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (30 May 2023)

Norma Foley: Education Support Centres are independent statutory bodies recognised under Section 37 of the Education Act (1998). Each Education Support Centre is responsible for preparing annual audited financial statements and submitting these to my Department. In accordance with the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies each Education Support Centre should publish an annual report and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's ADAPT Programme. This is a joint building project with St Mary’s Special School to provide 2 new schools for pupils with special educational needs on a greenfield site, and is included in my Department’s Construction Programme which is being delivered under the National...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 May 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, a major building project for the school to which he refers is included on the Department's school building programme and is currently at project brief stage. There are standard procedures to be followed in relation to the progression of a building project, which involve finalising the project brief, the appointment of a Design Team, preliminary design, detailed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 May 2023)

Norma Foley: Earlier this year I announced the establishment of Ireland’s first national primary school book scheme. More than 558,000 pupils enrolled in approximately 3,230 primary schools, including over 130 special schools, will benefit from this new measure. It delivers on the Programme for Government commitment to extend the free school book pilot, which ran in over 100 DEIS primary schools...