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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 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 (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question.  My Department's Planning and Building Unit is currently assessing its work programme and priorities for 2023 in the context of its available funding. Key priorities for the Department's work programme include continuing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: Private primary schools are not recognised schools under the Education Act, 1998 and therefore do not fall within the remit of the Minister for Education. The Department has no responsibility regarding funding or any other matter relating to private primary schools that are not recognised by the Minister as such schools are privately owned and managed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: Where a student is facing difficulties in a school, support services from the Educational Welfare Officer, the National Educational Physiological Services and the local Special Educational Needs Organiser as appropriate are available to the family by contacting the school in question.  Where a board of management make a decision to refuse admission to a school, the parent/guardian...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I can advise the Deputy that the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is a framework designed for second language adult learners and its use has implications beyond curriculum, including for example, Initial Teacher Education and Continuing Professional Development, external assessments such as state examinations and the development of standardised tests.   In...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The provision of child and adolescent mental health services in Ireland lies specifically within the remit of the Department of Health and the HSE. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) is a service that provides assessment and treatment for young people who are experiencing mental health difficulties.  However, The Department of Education plays an important role in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department acknowledges that a library of books, audio books and other material to increase the literacy (in English, Irish or other languages) and numeracy resources in a school, can play an important part in a school’s teaching and learning. In 2022 my Department made once-off funding of €20 million available to all recognised primary and post-primary schools in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: A response to the correspondence referred to by the Deputy issued on 17 April. The Deputy may wish to note that the Programme for Government commits to the development of inclusive and age appropriate curricula for RSE and SPHE across primary and post-primary schools. Work to implement this commitment is ongoing, building on a major review of RSE in schools, completed in 2019 by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question.  My Department's Planning and Building Unit is currently assessing its work programme and priorities for 2023 in the context of its available funding. Key priorities for the Department's work programme include continuing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Official Engagements (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that I did not  meet with the Governor of Pennsylvania during my recent visit to Philadelphia for St. Patrick's Day events.  

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has been involved for a number of years in providing a comprehensive integrated road safety education programme in pre-school, primary, post-primary, third level and in the community. This has been done in partnership with many organisations including the Department of Education, An Garda Síochána, the Health & Safety Authority and the Higher...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. The criteria, reviewed annually with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application for additional school accommodation (ASA) from the school authority in question. Officials from my Department have been engaging with the school authority regarding September 2023 requirements as a priority, with a view to providing the required accommodation for the 2023/24 school year.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: Phase 2 of the  permanent school building project referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design and Build programme and is expected to proceed to tender imminently. On 5 April 2023, my Department advised that agreement has been reached to facilitate the progression of the school building programme.  I want to assure you that our team are working...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is still awaiting the submission of the 'Form of Acceptance' from the school in question, regarding their ASA project for a 2 Classroom SEN Base. This form is the school's legal approval to enter into a contract for the provision of additional accommodation.  Upon receipt of this documentation the project will progress to the next...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school referred to has been approved for a project under my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project will provide the following accommodation at the school: 1 x 80 m2Mainstream classroom + ensuite toilets & 1 x 10.5 m2WC for assisted users as outlined in the project brief. This project has been devolved for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my 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: Education Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I recently announced details of Ireland’s first national primary school book scheme, which will provide free schoolbooks, workbooks and copybooks, in recognised primary schools and special schools. More than 558,000 pupils enrolled in approximately 3,230 primary schools, including over 130 special schools, will benefit from this measure. The total investment, of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health Services (18 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: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: On 5 April 2023, my Department advised that agreement has been reached to facilitate the progression of the school building programme. I want to assure you that our team are working extremely hard to ensure that schools are built as quickly as possible so that children and young people have access to a physical environment where they can receive a high standard of education and feel safe,...