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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes daily to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. This figure includes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Department of Education has been providing a payroll service for former grant funded school secretaries with effect from 1st September 2023. The provision of this payroll service is part of a package agreed with Fórsa, the trade union representing school secretaries, following a series of engagements at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in 2022. The agreement provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: My department is committed to the highest standards of data protection compliance for the personal data it processes and takes its obligation with data protection legislation very seriously. My department engages with the Data Protection Commission to discuss potential data processing changes as necessary and consults with them formally where required. Engagement with the Data Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 and 80 together. Tackling educational disadvantage and supporting students to fulfil their full potential in life is a key priority for me as Minister for Education, and for the Government. The DEIS programme is a key policy of Government to tackle concentrated educational disadvantage at school level. It provides a targeted range of supports and is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I would like to thank Deputy Carthy for his question regarding access to the Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS). I have made enquiries in relation to the pupil referred to and I understand that the pupil has been referred to NEPS and the process will commence this term. In the interim if the parent/guardian has a concern they should engage with the school.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with the 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers submitted an application for funding under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) for fabric defect works. The application in question is currently being reviewed by the technical area within the EWS. Once a technical recommendation has been received back from the technical team, the EWS team will engage further with the school as appropriate. The EWS team...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. This figure includes over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Weather Events (26 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: Following the recent weather events and associated fallout from Storm Eowyn the Department of Education’s Planning and Building Unit and in particular the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) were in contact with a number of schools who have suffered critical damage. This will be primarily dealt with via insurance and supplemented, where necessary, through the Department’s Emergency...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Period Poverty (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The recently published Programme for Government, Securing Ireland’s Future, includes the commitment to provide free period products in schools to ensure no student is held back due to period poverty. I intend to make progress in relation to providing free period products and work in this area is being advanced. My department is participating in the work of the inter-departmental...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Digital Strategy for Schools 2027, which builds on the progress made under the Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020, will be underpinned by some €200m included in the National Development Plan 2021-2030 providing continuity of funding following the €210m that issued to schools to support the previous strategy. The second tranche of the successor Digital Strategy ICT...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Department of Education has been made aware of the current situation in relation to the financial position of the school. My Department is committed to offering all available and appropriate supports to the school as quickly as necessary to avoid any further uncertainty. Officials from my Department are in contact with the school and the school’s Patron.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm that my Department has recently approved the surrender of our lease interest on the property in question. My Department has sent an instruction to our legal representatives to progress the legal formalities relating to this matter and this process is ongoing.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved to enter the department’s pipeline for a project under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project will provide five mainstream classrooms, one SET room and a two classroom Special Education Needs (SEN) base. The project was devolved to the school authority for delivery. I can confirm that this project is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. This figure includes over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy will be aware, the Senior Cycle Redevelopment Programme's vision is for equity and excellence in education. The approach to Senior Cycle redevelopment is ambitious, optimistic and inclusive and will be in phases. Senior Cycle redevelopment will ensure that the diversity of students’ learning needs and strengths are addressed and that all learning pathways in school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Department of Education has been made aware of the current situation in relation to the financial position of the school. My Department is committed to offering all available and appropriate supports to the school as quickly as necessary to avoid any further uncertainty. Officials from my Department are in contact with the school and the school’s Patron.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The current requirements for Gaeltacht Learning Periods (GLPs) for primary Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes takes the form of 2 x 2-week placements as part of the ITE programme. This requirement is outlined in the Teaching Council’s Céim: Standards for Initial Teacher Education. The programmes shall follow Na Siollabais Oifigiúla do na Tréimhsí Foghlama sa...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The current requirements for Gaeltacht Learning Periods (GLPs) for primary Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes takes the form of 2 x 2-week placements as part of the ITE programme. This requirement is outlined in the Teaching Council’s Céim: Standards for Initial Teacher Education and such programmes must follow Na Siollabais Oifigiúla do na Tréimhsí Foghlama...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The expansion of capacity at special schools is an important priority for my Department including for the special school referred to by the Deputy. I can confirm that in 2022 approval was granted by the Department for a traditional build project to provide four additional special education classrooms and the project is currently at design stage. The school subsequently submitted an...