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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (29 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department has a strong track record of delivery of school building projects and this was achieved again in 2022 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing €4.4 billion over the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) scheme seeks to promote partnership between parents, teachers and community family support services, with a view to supporting improved attendance, participation and retention. A HSCL Coordinator is a teacher from participating school/s who is released from teaching duties, for a maximum of five years, in order to work intensively with and support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: A Minister-owned site has been identified as an option for potential redevelopment to accommodate a second school. Representatives of the existing school have agreed to collaborate with the Department to carry out a master plan study to assess the potential of developing a second school on the Minister-owned site. The outcome of the master plan study will determine the next steps to be taken....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Mar 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 Transport (29 Mar 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: State Examinations (29 Mar 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: School Transport (29 Mar 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: Rights of the Child (29 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education has long supported the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which was first adopted in 1989. The Department reports on how it is delivering against the commitments and recommendations that proceed from the Convention and the monitoring by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. On 24-25 January 2023, Ireland had its 5th review by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: I will issue a response directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System, using data from a range of sources, including Child Benefit and school enrolment data, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: My colleague Michael McGrath, the Minister for Finance, introduced the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme (TBESS) to support businesses with increases in their energy costs. The TBESS was introduced as part of a suite of government measures to counteract increased energy costs. Included in these cost of living measures was €90 million in once-off additional funding which was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The permanent accommodation for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme. This delivery programme uses a professional external Project Management team to progress the project through the stages of architectural planning, tendering and construction. My Department's Planning and Building Unit is currently assessing its...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The permanent school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is a campus project to deliver a 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including four classrooms, for children with special educational needs and a 16 classroom primary school and accommodation, including two classrooms, for children with special educational needs. The campus project is being delivered...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. For the 2023/24 school year, the staffing schedule for primary schools has been improved by one point and schools will be provided with class teachers on the basis of 1 teacher for every...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (29 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: Work on the development of a new policy on Irish-medium education outside of the Gaeltacht is currently underway in my Department. This policy will build on the achievements of the Policy on Gaeltacht Education and will be an important next step towards achieving the Programme for Government commitment to develop a comprehensive policy on Irish in the education system. The policy will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: As part of the 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030, my Department has committed to creating opportunities for expanding Irish-medium education outside the Gaeltacht in the context of announcements on the establishment of 47 new schools from 2019. My Department has ensured that the process for deciding on the patronage of new schools affords particular consideration to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department's priority is to ensure integration and inclusion for all pupils seeking international protection in addition to ensuring full utilisation of existing school capacity. On-site education facilities do not assist those aims. Utilisation of each school’s existing capacity in the most flexible way possible will be key to supporting all children seeking international...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Mar 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 Transport (28 Mar 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 Textbooks (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 359, 360, 362 and 363 together. Since June 2020, and over the past three Budgets, I have secured funding to support measures aimed at ensuring that all children and young people are actively supported to access education in its fullest forms. One of the most important policies in this regard has been the establishment of Ireland’s first national...