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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: A major building project for the school in question has been devolved for delivery to Cavan and Monaghan Educational Training Board (CMETB). I am pleased to advise that CMETB was recently authorised by the Department to issue the Letter of Intent to the preferred tenderer. The Design Team is currently in the process of reviewing same and preparing documents for the Tender Report...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The criteria for the award of incremental credit to recognised teachers was agreed under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council (TCC). This Council is comprised of representatives of teachers, school management, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Education. The Council is chaired by an official of the Workplace Relations Commission. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has recently spoken with the principal of the school who stated that the school has sufficient accommodation for the 2023/24 school year. The principal indicated that the intention is to submit an application under the additional school accommodation scheme for the 2024/25 school year. Any application received will be considered and a response...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: Given the extraordinary arrangements which applied to State examinations in 2020 and again in 2021, fees were not charged. In February 2022 I confirmed that fees would not be charged for 2022, which saw the welcome return of written examinations for all candidates for the first time since the onset of the pandemic. I can confirm that for 2023, examination entry fees for the Leaving...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: Information in relation to consultancy expenditure in 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/. The data in respect of 2022 is being compiled at present and will be published online as soon as it is available. The information in respect of state bodies...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The school building project to which the Deputy refers is included in my Department's Large Scale Capital Programme, and is currently at Stage 3 - Tender Action and Award. A Stage 3 Tender Report identifying a recommended bidder is with my Department for review. My Department will be in further contact with the school upon review of this report.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: Department of Education Circular 006/2014 sets out details of the Supervision and Substitution (S&S) Scheme which operates in post-primary schools. The S & S Scheme allows for the supervision of students during breaks and before and after school and to allow for substitution to cover certain categories of teacher absences. This includes providing substitution cover for short...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together. Budget 2017 allowed for the commencement of restoration of middle management posts as part of an agreed distributed leadership model and meant lifting the rigidity of the long-standing moratorium on these posts. The equivalent of approximately 1,300 middle management posts (Assistant Principal I and Assistant Principal II) were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed upon under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998. The Department does not currently collate data on vacant home economics posts in post-primary schools. With regard to the future supply of teachers of home economics, following the introduction by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 4 Construction. My Department is not aware of any outstanding payments due to the contractor. My Department continue to engage with the relevant parties in relation to the Office of Government Procurement Inflation Supply Chain Co-operation Framework Agreement.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 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 bundled school building programmes. The shared education campus at Donaghcumper, Celbridge is in the bundle referred to as ‘Project Liffey’. This campus project will include the three schools referred to by the deputy. A letter was issued by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 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: Schools Building Projects (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has informed the patron of the school referred to that the accommodation brief for the building project in question is being prepared and that my Department will be in further contact with the patron when this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Hospital Staff (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 47 to 49, inclusive, 54, 60, 61, 63 and 64 together. The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) of my Department provides a school-based psychological service to all recognised primary and post-primary schools through the application of psychological theory and practice to support the well-being, and the academic, social and emotional development of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 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 (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department received an application for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question in July 2022. My Department responded to the school with an offer of accommodation in August 2022, to which the school responded in January 2023, agreeing to the proposal. In February 2023 the school was in further contact with my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 57 together. I want to assure the Deputy that my Department is 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, valued and nurtured. My Department has a strong track record of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm agreement has been reached to facilitate the continued rollout of urgently required school building projects in both mainstream and special education settings, including to enable the project for the school to which the Deputy refers proceed to construction. The major project for the construction of the new school building is currently at Stage 3 (tender action) and a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Curaclam Scoile (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: I gCreatchuraclam na Bunscoile, soláthraítear méadú ar an méid ama a thugtar don Fholláine agus tugtar uair an chloig sa tseachtain freisin chun teangacha iasachta a thabhairt isteach ón tríú rang ar aghaidh. Chun na hathruithe sin a dhéanamh, b’éigean roinnt ama a bhaint ó gach réimse eile den churaclam, teangacha san...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project for the school referred to by the Deputy was recently approved to proceed to Stage 3 - Tender action and award. A tender process can take 8-12 months to complete.