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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: In March 2022, I announced an ambitious programme of work for a reimagined Senior Cycle of education where the student is at the centre of their Senior Cycle experience which will:Empower students to meet the challenges of the 21st centuryEnrich the student experience and build on what’s strong in our current systemEmbed wellbeing and reduce student stress levelsThe redeveloped Senior...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department works together with the Department of Health and other agencies to support students in the area of health. My Department acknowledges the commitment of schools in promoting healthy lifestyle choices for students in a number of ways - through the curriculum, for example Home Economics, Physical Education and Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE); through schools policy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. 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 provided in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department holds certain records relating to former residents of 59 industrial schools and reformatories, who were placed there by way of a Court order. These records generally consist of extracts from Registers, database entries (i.e. computerised versions of the Registers) and some individual pupil and family files, etc. However, it should be noted that the Department generally does not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (16 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: Education Policy (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: Across the education system, my Department has a number of measures that encourage entrepreneurship and the development of business creativity among second level students. The Junior Cycle Business Studies specification encourages students to develop an appreciation of how their lives are shaped by economic and social factors. They are enabled to make informed decisions, to better manage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (16 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 programme is a joint venture between the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department is currently developing the accommodation brief for the significant campus project, which will provide two new post primary school buildings, including a new school building for the school in question, and one new primary school on the current site of the school referred to by the Deputy. I wish to advise the Deputy that there are standard procedures to be followed in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 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 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% tickets issued to eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: In relation to school admissions, it is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998 and the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. All schools must publish their admissions policy on the schools website. It is a key requirement of the act that all school admission policies are fair and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (16 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 Transport (16 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 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% tickets issued to eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I would like to thank the Deputy for his question on the provision of homework. The Department acknowledges that homework can play an important part in helping students to prepare for forthcoming classwork and in reinforcing work already covered during class time, however, it is a matter for each school, at local level, to arrive at its own homework policy which best serves the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: Under Project Ireland 2040, the Department is 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. Over the last 3 years this Government has invested €2.6 billion in school buildings. This is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has a number of initiatives in place to encourage and facilitate employees and teachers to use active travel to commute to work. Such initiatives include: Cycle to Work scheme: The Cycle to Work scheme is a tax incentive scheme to encourage staff to cycle to work and is in operation in my Department since 2009. Travel pass scheme: The travel pass...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I am committed to ensuring that actions to improve educational outcomes for Travellers are advanced in line with relevant Programme for Government commitments, including the commitment to develop a National Traveller Education Strategy. Officials from my Department, together with officials from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 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 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% tickets issued to eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The project referred to by the deputy received approval for a project under the Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project will provide for the following accommodation at the school: 3 x Mainstream Classrooms, 2 x SET rooms, 2Classroom SEN base and Demolition of 1x 25m2 temporary accommodation unit. The project has been devolved to the school authority for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: Please find attached requested data. Please note this data is compiled from the final enrolment data for academic years 2016-2021. The final enrolment data for academic year 2022-2023 will be published in June 2023. You will find all sets of data on our website at the link below; www.gov.ie/en/collection/63363b-data-on-individual-schools/. Roll Number Official School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 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...