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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Tá Chomhairle na Mhúinteoireachta tar éis comhairle a thabhairt gur chuir siad tús le tairseach clárúcháin nua, My Registration/MoChlarú, a chuirfidh réitigh ceann go ceann ar fáil i dtaobh próisis chlárúcháin. Tá an obair sin ag céim forbartha um an dtaca seo, agus tá i gceist go n-oscófaí an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department’s Design & Build programme and is currently at planning stage. The project when complete will deliver a new 16 classroom primary school, including four classrooms for children with special educational needs. A pre-planning meeting was held with the Local Authority on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The Government believes that a rise in the cost of living should never be a barrier to education. In order to ensure this remains the case and as part of the cost of living measures announced in Budget 23, the government provided €90m for once off additional capitation funding. All recognised Primary and Post-Primary schools in the Free Education scheme benefited from this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the State. The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and in line with the Teaching Council Registration Regulations, 2016. As set out...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department has a significant modular accommodation programme in place to assist schools in the provision of additional capacity, including in respect of facilitating the establishment of special classes. This programme now includes the use of Project Management supports which are designed to enable the accommodation to be provided as quickly as possible and help ease the administrative...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Under the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015 to 2020 overall investment of €210m issued to all recognised primary and post-primary schools in annual grant funding. This funding was to support schools to invest in appropriate digital infrastructure to embed the use of digital technology in teaching, learning and assessment. The new Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 was published...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Under the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015 to 2020 overall investment of €210m issued to all recognised primary and post-primary schools in annual grant funding. This funding was to support schools to invest in appropriate digital infrastructure to embed the use of digital technology in teaching, learning and assessment. The new Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 was published...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Under the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015 to 2020 overall investment of €210m issued to all recognised primary and post-primary schools in annual grant funding. This funding was to support schools to invest in appropriate digital infrastructure to embed the use of digital technology in teaching, learning and assessment. The new Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 was published...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Cork Education and Training Board (CETB). I am pleased to advise that the Stage 2a or detailed design meeting took place at the end of November 2022. Officials from my Department met with Cork ETB and the full Design Team where a number of recommendations were made. The design team was requested to address these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (29 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 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: Citizens' Assembly (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The Programme for Government commits to establishing a Citizens’ Assembly on the Future of Education ensuring that the voices of young people and those being educated are central. The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use is currently underway and is scheduled to complete its work by the end of 2023. The establishment of the Citizens’ Assembly on the Future of Education and its...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 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 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: School Funding (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department provides funding to recognised 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 regarded as a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The pathfinder programme is paving the way for, and informing the larger schools national programme for the energy retrofit of schools and will play a key part of meeting delivery of the Climate Action Plan. The budget for the pathfinder programme of works from 2017 to 2023 is circa €110 million. The next step in relation to the decarbonisation pathfinder programme as detailed in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: For historical reasons, most primary schools are State-aided parish schools, with the local Bishop as patron, although this pattern is changing. It is recognised, including by the Catholic patrons, that more diverse provision is required to cater for our changing society. The Programme for Government includes a commitment to “achieve the target of at least 400...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department approved an application for capital funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, for the school in question in June 2022. The purpose of my Department’s ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is available to cater for pupils...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the deputy refers has been approved funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme 2021 for the provision of 1 x 149m2 Engineering Room, 1 x 59m2 Engineering Prep Room, 1 x 80m2 Construction Prep/Store area & 1 x 119m2 Home Economics Room. Investment and expenditure on Gyms/PE Halls are an element of the overall School Building Programme....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: In this the 2022/23 school year, the staffing schedule operates on a general average of 24 pupils to every 1 teacher. This is a historically low level of pupils to teachers. Primary schools also have access to other non-mainstream teachers, including for example special education teachers and language support teachers. Under the Programme for Government, there is a commitment to make further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has responsibility for the operation, delivery and development of the State examinations. As part of its remit, the SEC provides the scheme of Reasonable Accommodations which is known as the RACE scheme. This scheme facilitates access to the State exams by candidates who would have difficulty in accessing the exams or communicating what they know,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The curriculum from early childhood to senior cycle offers multiple opportunities for the development of digital skills and digital literacy. Reform of the curriculum across primary and senior cycle is underway which will build on these opportunities so as to ensure that our young people are equipped with the digital skills and digital literacy required to meet the challenges of the 21st...