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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Section 29 of the Education Act 1998 as inserted by section 7 of the Education (Admissions to schools) Act 2018 provides for an appeal where a board of management, or a person acting on behalf of the board of management (normally the school principal) refuses to admit a student to a school, where the decision to refuse admission is due to the school being oversubscribed. A three person...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: There are extensive training and curricular supports available to schools, including through the Social Personal Health Education (SPHE) curriculum, the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST), Webwise.ie and the Department funded national anti-bullying website www.tacklebullying.ie to assist schools in the development of policies and practices on the prevention of bullying and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I commend the representatives of Comhairle na nÓg County Roscommon for supporting this important wellbeing and mental health initiative at their Annual Youth Conference in October 2022. The area of wellbeing and the promotion of positive mental health is a priority for the Department of Education. This includes promoting emotional wellbeing and resilience and positive coping skills,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved funding under my Department's Additional School Accommodation Scheme for the provision of a two special education needs base, including a soft play area and a sensory garden. The stage 1/2a architectural design report was submitted by the school authority for review by my Department. The report was reviewed by my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Communications (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department had a total of 71 Twitter video posts between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, of which 50 (70%) were closed captioned/subtitled. 17 (24%) of the posts contained subtitles that were translated into Irish or another language. A total of 28 videos were posted on LinkedIn between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, of which 22 (78%) were closed captioned/subtitled. Eight (28%) of the posts...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: In line with my Department’s Statement of Strategy, available online at Department of Education Statement of Strategy 2021-2023, my Department is committed to actively supporting the furtherance of inclusive environments in our schools and education centres. We want to ensure that students of all backgrounds and additional needs have the confidence and reassurance to reach their full...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 543, 545, 594 and 595 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 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 the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year and where the need cannot be met by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I can advise the Deputy that there are no plans at present to introduce any new languages to the Leaving Certificate Curriculum. Languages Connect – Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education 2017 – 2026 aims to increase and diversify the range of languages taught and learned. Under the 1st Implementation plan 2017 – 2022, significant progress has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I can advise the Deputy that Languages Connect – Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education 2017 – 2026 aims to increase and diversify the range of languages taught and learned. Much progress has already been made including the introduction of four new leaving certificate curricular languages from 2020 – Lithuanian, Mandarin Chinese, Polish and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 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 the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year and where the need cannot be met by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (13 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 in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval under the Additional School Accommodation scheme has issued to the school in question for the provision of three general classrooms, and one Special Education Needs unit under my Department's Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. The project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval under the Additional School Accommodation scheme has issued to the school in question for the provision of six general classrooms under my Department's Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. The project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval under the Additional School Accommodation scheme has issued to the school in question for the provision of six general classrooms under my Department's Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. The project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval has issued under the Additional School Accommodation scheme at the school in question for 4 additional classrooms. This project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This approach supports accelerated delivery of the accommodation and maximises assistance to the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department is aware of the accommodation position at both of the schools to which the Deputy refers. Officials have had engagement with both schools and are currently actively working towards solutions in both instances. I can assure the Deputy that the provision of required accommodation to meet school place needs is a priority for my Department, both for the coming school year and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that my Department is working to ensure that there is appropriate school accommodation in place to meet the school place needs of all children. In the first instance, this is focussed on ensuring that the use of existing school accommodation capacity is fully optimised. The purpose of my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme is to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval under the Additional School Accommodation scheme has issued to the school in question for the provision of nine general classrooms. The project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This approach supports accelerated delivery of the accommodation and maximises...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 561 and 562 together. 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....