Results 721-740 of 19,412 for speaker:Norma Foley

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Norma Foley: I wish to assure the Deputy that within my Department no civil servant had their career break extended beyond five years where there was a suitable vacancy within my Department. Where staff are on a career break for more than 5 years, my Department engages with them to determine if they are returning or resigning.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Jan 2025)

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 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: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter the department's pipeline of school buildings for a project to provide 3 General Classrooms, 1 Graphics room, 2 Science labs with 1 Prep area, 1 Home Economics room, and a 2 Special Educational Needs (SEN) base. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. In 2021 the school agreed a brief to include the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Jan 2025)

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 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 (22 Jan 2025)

Norma Foley: My Department provided for a one point improvement in the staffing schedule for DEIS Urban Band 1 schools for the 2021/22 school year, a further 1 point improvement for 2022/23 and Budget 2023 brought in a further 1 point reduction from September 2023. This means that since September 2023 the staffing schedule for DEIS Urban Band 1 vertical schools is 19:1, DEIS Urban Band 1 junior schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)

Norma Foley: The Project referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter the department’s pipeline of school buildings to provide the refurbishment and extension to an existing building. The Tender Report for the project was recently received by my department and is being reviewed by the departments professional and technical team from both a technical and cost perspective in accordance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved to enter the department’s pipeline for a project under my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project will provide a five classroom special education needs (SEN) base. The project was devolved for delivery to the school authority. I can confirm that a Stage 1 revised report had been received by my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved to enter the department’s pipeline for a project under my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project will provide four mainstream classrooms, eight SET rooms and a four classroom Special Education Needs (SEN) base. The project was devolved for delivery to the school authority. Following the Stage 1...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (22 Jan 2025)

Norma Foley: It is an absolute priority of my Department to ensure that every child in the State has access to a school place and we are continually investing in existing and new schools to ensure that this is the case. My Department has put in place a number of measures to support post-primary schools, including in the Galway City School Planning Area, in managing and effectively coordinating their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 478 and 613 together. The Major Building Project for the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of architectural planning Stage 2b – Detailed Design, which includes the application for all statutory consents, including Planning Permission, Disability Access Certification and Fire Safety Certification and the preparation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)

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 one mainstream classroom. The project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and Modular Accommodation programme. This programme provides project management supports to enable the accommodation to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)

Norma Foley: 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 2 classroom Special Education Needs base, 12 Special Education Tuition rooms and reconfiguration of an existing staff room to provide a Home School Class Liaison room and new replacement staff room. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Norma Foley: The criteria for the award of incremental credit are set out in the Department of Education’s Circulars 10/2001 for primary teachers, and 29/2007 and 29/2010 for post-primary teachers. The criteria for the award of incremental credit to recognised teachers was agreed under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council (TCC). Regarding the application to which the Deputy refers,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB). The Department approved a submission from the school authority to increase the original brief in the context of a significant increase in projected new enrolments in the area. This allowed for a project to cater for a 1,000 pupil school plus 6 special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)

Norma Foley: The school 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. The project commenced on site in October 2023 and has a current expected completion date of Q2 2026. The NDFA are engaging directly with the school authority to keep it informed of progress. The current status...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Jan 2025)

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 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 Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 3, Tender Action & Award. The brief for this project is to provide a new 13 classroom school plus accommodation for pupils with special educational needs and the demolition of the existing buildings at the current school site. The Design Team had submitted the tender report to my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Jan 2025)

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 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 Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Norma Foley: My Department is providing a payroll service for school secretaries with effect from 1st September 2023. The provision of a 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) and also includes revised terms and conditions for secretaries. The Agreement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Norma Foley: The criteria for the award of incremental credit are set out in the Department of Education’s Circulars 10/2001 for primary teachers, and 29/2007 and 29/2010 for post-primary teachers. The criteria for the award of incremental credit to recognised teachers was agreed under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council (TCC). As indicated previously to the Deputy in the...