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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department recognises the importance of the Minor Works Grant to primary schools. The funding provides good flexibility at local level to assist schools to manage and undertake works that support the operation of the school. A total of €280 million in Minor Works Grants and Enhanced Minor Works Grants has been allocated to schools between 2018 and 2022. The Minor Works Grant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department provides funding to recognised Primary schools in the free education scheme by way of per capita grants. The two main grants are the Capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, general up-keep etc. and the Ancillary to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff. Schools are permitted to regard the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: More than €400.7 million of additional Covid-19 Capitation grant funding has been made available to recognised primary and post primary schools to provide for the implementation of infection prevention and control measures to reduce the risk of the spread of Covid-19 to date. As the Deputy is aware, the continued payment of Covid-19 capitation grants is determined by the prevailing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (27 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 261 and 262 together. In line with the arrangements set out as part of the current Government formation, since January 2021 Tusla Education Support Services (TESS), is under the remit of my Department. TESS operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, a piece of legislation that emphasises the promotion of school attendance, participation and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The Programme for Government includes the commitment to ‘provide a range of free, adequate, safe, and suitable period products in all educational publicly-funded settings (including schools, colleges and HEIs), to ensure that no students are disadvantaged in their education by period poverty.’ The Government has also taken the decision in 2021 to support the Private...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Apr 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: State Examinations (27 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the State examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (27 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The Planning and Building Unit of my Department has not identified any current contracts with the construction company referred to by the Deputy.

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

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval has issued for provision of 1 x SEN and 1 x MCRat the school referred, to cater for enrolments. 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 assistance to the school for this brief, the...

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

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval has issued for the provision of additional accommodation at the school in question. 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 assistance to the school for this brief, the project...

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

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was granted approval under my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for 4 General classrooms, 1 Construction Studies/Woodwork room & 1 Construction studies/ Woodwork prep area. A Stage 1/2A Report was submitted in August 2022 and was reviewed by my Department's Professional and Technical Team. Subsequently in November 2022...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is part of a campus project with a Primary School and a Post Primary School. The project is assigned to my Department’s ADAPT (Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning and Tendering) programme. The project brief is the provision of two new 16 classroom primary schools and a new PE Hall for the post primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Kildare & Wicklow Educational Training Board (KWETB). This project is currently at Stage 2b of the architectural planning process. The next step for the Design Team will be to obtain the statutory planning approvals. When these planning approvals are in place, the project can proceed to tender and construction....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Kildare & Wicklow Educational Training Board (KWETB). This project is currently at Stage 2b of the architectural planning process. The next step for the Design Team will be to obtain the statutory planning approvals. When these planning approvals are in place, the project can proceed to tender and construction....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of a programme of school building projects. This school is in the bundle referred to as ‘Project Dargle’ The project is currently at Stage 2b of the architectural planning process, the next step for the Design Team will be to obtain the statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of a programme of school building projects. This school is in the bundle referred to as ‘Project Boyne’ The project is currently at Stage 2b of the architectural planning process, the next step for the Design Team will be to obtain the statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (26 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval has issued for the the refurbishment of existing modular units and the installation of two additional modular unitsat the school referred, to cater for increased enrolments. The project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This approach supports accelerated delivery...