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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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 System, using data from a range of sources, including Child Benefit and school enrolment data, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 Jun 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 as the interim accommodation will not be ready in time for the start of the upcoming academic year, due to time constraints. One contingency option is that the school may be split over two locations, which should be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The Emergency Works applications to which the Deputy refers have been assessed by my Department and I wish to advise the Minister that approval for these works has been granted. An email has been sent to the school in this regard advising it of same.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: In respect of the pilot area to which the Deputy refers, the facilitator prepared a preliminary report with a recommendation, based on engagement with stakeholders, including school staff and parents on whether there is sufficient demand for transfer of patronage and change of ethos or whether the school community wishes to remain under the patronage of the Catholic Church, and submitted this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing process contains an appeals mechanism for schools to submit a staffing appeal under certain criteria to an independent Primary Staffing Appeals Board. The appeal submitted by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Maternity Leave (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Leave entitlements for public servants, including teachers, are determined by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. Under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998, the Minister for Education, with the concurrence of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, is authorised to determine the terms and conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the deputy that the school in question was approved funding under the Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for the provision of a four classroom Special Education Needs unit as an extension to the existing school building, secure hard & soft play areas, a sensory garden and associated works to the school car park. As the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 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: Schools Administration (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education does not hold individual pupil attendance records at Primary or Post Primary School Level. Pupil attendance records are the responsibility of the individual school(s). All school records and data must be maintained and processed in compliance with the GDPR and the Data Protection Acts. The responsibility for compliance with the legislation rests with each...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers to was approved funding under the Additional Accommodation Scheme (ASA) in order to provide three Special Education Teaching rooms. The project is devolved for delivery to the school authority who appointed a Design Team to manage the project. A Tender Report was received by my Department in December 2022 and upon review the Department agreed with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 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: Recycling Policy (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that the Furniture & Equipment Scheme is a devolved scheme and as such the responsibility for purchasing and disposing of furniture would lie with the relevant school authority in the first instance. My Department keeps the performance of schemes such as the Furniture & Equipment Scheme, including the need for updated policies and circulars,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The Board of Management of a school is the employer of teachers and other staff of the school as set out in Section 24 of the Education Act, 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act, 2012). The Department of Education is not the employer of teachers. The Department acts as Paymaster on behalf of a school’s Boards of Management who employ teachers and pays teachers upon...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: In respect of the pilot area to which the Deputy refers, the facilitator prepared a preliminary report with a recommendation, based on engagement with stakeholders, including school staff and parents on whether there is sufficient demand for transfer of patronage and change of ethos or whether the school community wishes to remain under the patronage of the Catholic Church, and submitted this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing process contains an appeals mechanism for schools to submit a staffing appeal under certain criteria to an independent Primary Staffing Appeals Board. The appeal submitted by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 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: Departmental Bodies (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The Primary Staffing Appeals Board was set up in 2002 as an independent mechanism to consider staffing appeals made by school authorities in regard to teaching staff allocations. The Appeals Board is a technical committee that adjudicates on appeals using criteria published in the annual Staffing Arrangements for Primary Schools (Section 4 of Circular 0006/2023). The Board operates...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 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 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 (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education originally approved the construction of a standalone extension of just over 4,000m2 in area which included a two classroom Special Education needs base. Some works to the existing building were also included in this approval. Responsibility for delivering this major project for the school in question was devolved to Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education &...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Under the provisions of the Education Act, 1998 the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school on behalf of the Patron. The principal is responsible for the day-to-day management of the school as set out in sections 22 and 23 of the Education Act. 1998. The body which has statutory responsibility for ensuring that health and safety requirements are met by...