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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (10 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: My Department has not offered AI Training to staff working in the Department, as AI is not utilised to perform their duty. Officials in my Department are preparing a course on AI that will be made available to all staff once complete. My Department continues to review and follow guidance issued by the National Cyber Security Centre, Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (10 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Minister’s Office does not have a record of the number of physical letters received. The total number of emails received into the Minister for Education’s Office in 2024 was 48,496. This includes both emails, and physical letters. Please note that this figure also includes internal emails to the Minister’s mailbox, and we do not have an exact figure for letters/emails...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (10 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The total number of emails received into the Minister for Education’s Office in 2024 was 48,496. This number includes both emails and physical letters. Please note that this figure also includes internal emails to the Minister’s mailbox, and we do not have an exact figure for letters/emails received from the public. The Customer service mailbox for the Department received...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Surveys (10 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: As outlined in the Department of Education’s Statement of Strategy, 2023- 25: www.gov.ie/en/publication/d7691-department-of-education-stat ement-of-strategy-2023-2025/, my Department is committed to achieving and developing Organisational Excellence and Innovation. While no specific surveys have been carried out to estimate the amount of time taken up with administrative tasks and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 94 together. Níl an fhaisnéis a iarrann an Teachta ar fáil go héasca. Tiomsófar an t-eolas atá á lorg agus cuirfear ar aghaidh go díreach chuig an Teachta í nuair a bheidh sé ar fáil.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: Please find requested information at the following link: Please note that data is complied from the preliminary data for 2024-25 which can be found at the link below. www.gov.ie/en/collection/63363b-data-on-individual-schools/. Special schools support by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) support children and young people aged between 4 and 18 years of age with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 the Department of Education. At a national level, Ireland has been experiencing growth in overall post primary enrolments and this is projected to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: My Department only funds recognised primary, post primary and special schools. This includes schools which were in operation at the time of the enactment of the 1998 Education Act (including fee-charging post primary schools), schools which were applied for and were granted provisional and/or permanent recognition in the period 1998-2011, and schools which have been established in response...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: My Department only funds recognised primary, post primary and special schools. This includes schools which were in operation at the time of the enactment of the 1998 Education Act (including fee-charging post primary schools), schools which were applied for and were granted provisional and/or permanent recognition in the period 1998-2011, and schools which have been established in response...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: Following the implementation of calculated grades in 2020 and the dual approach of examinations and accredited grades in 2021, two types of intervention have been implemented in recent years: adjustments to examination and assessments arrangements, and a post-marking adjustment to outcomes. This post-marking adjustment has ensured that results in the aggregate have remained the same on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: Following the implementation of calculated grades in 2020 and the dual approach of examinations and accredited grades in 2021, two types of intervention have been implemented in recent years: adjustments to examination and assessments arrangements, and a post-marking adjustment to outcomes. This post-marking adjustment has ensured that results in the aggregate have remained the same on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: This government is fully committed to supporting children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential and the Programme for Government makes a number of commitments to deliver on this objective. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. As...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) is to provide funding specifically for unforeseen emergencies, or to provide funding to facilitate inclusion and access for pupils with special needs. It does so by ensuring the availability of funding for urgent works to those schools that are in need of resources as a result of an emergency situation. An emergency is deemed to be a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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: Child and Family Agency (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: Tusla’s Alternative Education Assessment and Registration Service (AEARS) is under the remit of my Department. AEARS is responsible for the regulation of provision for education in places other than recognised schools and operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, a piece of legislation that emphasises the promotion of school attendance, participation and retention. In...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 Transport (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Department of Education has been providing a payroll service for former grant funded school secretaries with effect from 1st September 2023. The provision of this 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) in 2022. The agreement provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 was published in 2022 and is underpinned by funding of €200m over the course of the strategy to support its implementation, which was committed to under Ireland’s National Development Plan (NDP). The funding allocation model provided for in the National Development Plan commits to funding to issue over the period of the NDP, applied by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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...