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

Norma Foley: The Deputy will be aware that Dublin 15 is an area of significant population growth and as part of forward planning the Department of Education has been assessing school accommodation in the area. In this regard, the Department is planning a school building for the area that will be designed to be adaptable to cater for primary or post-primary school requirements as the needs arise. Planning...

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

Norma Foley: The Letter of Acceptance (LOA) for the school referred to by the Deputy issued to the preferred tenderer on the 31st May 2022 commencing the school building contract. Works are progressing well on site and the school building is due for completion in Q4 2023. My Department has been liaising with the patron body of the school referred to by the Deputy in relation to interim accommodation...

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

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered by my Department’s Design and Build programme which uses a professional external Project Management team to progress the project through the stages of architectural planning, tendering and construction. The project proceeded to tender on 18th April 2023 as part of a bundle of projects which issued to a Framework of Design...

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

Norma Foley: The Large scale capital project referred to by the Deputy is at Stage 3 - Tender Action and Award. A Tender process generally takes 8 to 12 months to complete. A new planning application was submitted in March 2023 and will progress in tandem with the tender process.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (30 May 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 289 and 290 together. Please find attached requested data. 2021-2022 is the most recent year we have final published class data for on the DE website. Class data, including average class size, for the academic year 2022-23 will be available in June 2023. This figure is based on mainstream classes in mainstream schools and are collated from the relevant Class...

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

Norma Foley: This year, my Department will spend in excess of €2 Billion, or over 25% of the Department’s budget on providing a wide range of schemes and supports for children with special educational needs. An additional €2 million funding was secured in Budget 2023 for the Assistive Technology scheme. This represents an increase of almost 60% on funding allocated previously to this...

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

Norma Foley: The Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 was published in April 2022 and builds on the achievements of the previous Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020. It aims to further support the school system so that all students across our schools have the opportunity to gain the knowledge and the skills they need to navigate an ever-evolving digital world successfully. The strategy was developed...

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

Norma Foley: The Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 was published in April 2022 and builds on the achievements of the previous Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020. It aims to further support the school system so that all students across our schools have the opportunity to gain the knowledge and the skills they need to navigate an ever-evolving digital world successfully. The strategy was developed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (30 May 2023)

Norma Foley: The decision to use digital devices is a matter for the Board of Management of each school in the context of their digital learning planning. Where the introduction of new technology is planned, there should be consultation with members of the school community including parents, and such policies should be reviewed on an ongoing basis. Guidance is available to schools on planning for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 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. The total cost of the scheme in 2022 was €338.9m. ...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 297 and 298 together. I wish to confirm to the Deputy that investment and expenditure on General Purpose (GP) Rooms and PE Halls is an element of the overall School Building Programme. Almost 95% of the post primary schools that made 2020 Annual Schools Returns have indicated to the Department that they either have a PE Hall, access to a nearby PE Hall, or a...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 303 and 304 together. The Schools Reconfiguration for Diversity process, supporting transfers of schools to multi-denominational patrons in response to the wishes of local communities, has been developed in order to accelerate the delivery of multi-denominational schools across the country. Where a school transfers from the patronage of one patron to another,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (30 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. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in that area. Under the...

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

Norma Foley: Information in relation to consultancy expenditure by my Department is compiled annually, in respect of the previous year, and published online at www.gov.ie/en/collection/department-of-education-and-skills- expenditure-on-consultancy/

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

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy will be delivered under the Department's ADAPT Programme.The ADAPT Programme uses a professional external Project Manager to co-ordinate and drive the Design Team to achieve the best possible timeframe for the project through the stages of Architectural Planning to Tender and Construction The Tender Competition to appoint the...

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

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for my Department. In order to plan for school place needs, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical...

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

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project referred to by the Deputy is at Architectural Planning Stage 4 - Construction. The project commenced on site in March 2022. Works are progressing satisfactorily with a contract completion date of Q4 2024.

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

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project referred to by the Deputy is at Architectural Planning Stage 4 - Construction. Works commenced on site in October 2021 with an estimated completion date of Q1 2024.

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

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) as part of a programme of school building projects. This school is in the bundle referred to as ‘Project Boyne’. The Planning Application for this project has been lodged with Kildare County Council and the final grant of planning is anticipated in Q2 2023. The...