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Seanad: Teacher Supply and School Places: Statements (15 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: My departmental colleague will take over from now. We will revert on the points the Senators’ raised.

Seanad: Teacher Supply and School Places: Statements (15 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: Yes. I am very sorry about this.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (15 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education retains regulatory responsibility for the ETB sector, including further education services. Officials have been engaging with colleagues in the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, which has policy responsibility for the further education sector, and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to this matter...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Feb 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: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, my Department has reached agreement in principle, subject to contract, for the acquisition of a site at Fassaroe, Bray, Co. Wicklow as a permanent location for the school in question. The conveyancing stage of the acquisition process has commenced and Head of Terms have been agreed with the Vendor. It is not possible at this early stage to provide a timeline for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Period Poverty (15 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The Programme for Government (PFG) 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 taken the decision to support the Private Members’...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department received an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school in question. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 and 111 together. The criteria for the award of incremental credit are set out in my Department’s Circulars 10/2001 for Primary teachers, 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). These...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (15 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department is undertaking a comprehensive programme to support the supply of teachers. A number of measures are being implemented, including: - a range of special, temporary arrangements introduced by HEIs to create greater capacity for student teachers to provided substitute cover, - adjustment of the provision of continuing professional development (CPD) to reduce the need for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 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. There were circa. 180 school building projects delivered during 2022 and a further 273 school building projects continued in construction at the start of 2023 -...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that the school referred to by the Deputy 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 Classroom SEN Base and 5 SET Rooms. This project will be devolved for delivery to the school authority. I wish to advise the Deputy that the Stage 2b Report for this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). My Department does not currently collate data on the number of vacant posts in post-primary schools. Work is ongoing in my Department to produce...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (15 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: I would like to thank the Deputy for his question on homework. The Department acknowledges that homework can play an important part in helping students to prepare for forthcoming classwork and in reinforcing work already covered during class time, however, it is a matter for each school, at local level, to arrive at its own homework policy which best serves the school community. The policy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305, 310 and 312 together. Meeting the educational needs of children and young people from Ukraine is a priority for the Government, and my Department is determined to support the efforts of school communities across the country, who have shown huge commitment and generosity. I announced the establishment of Regional Education and Language Teams (REALTs)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (14 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that investment and expenditure on PE Halls is an element of the overall School Building Programme. The provision of GP rooms and PE Halls, at primary and post primary level respectively, and outdoor hard play areas, form part of the accommodation brief for all new school buildings. This is also the case where a major building or refurbishment project is being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (14 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, the “Say Yes to Languages” initiative has been a great success with almost 430 primary schools participating in the module in the 2021/22 school year and almost 720 schools participating in the 2022/2023 school year. The module allows schools to choose their language based on their own school demographic, with this year’s programme offering 15...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (14 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: Officials in my Department are currently working to collate the information requested and will send it to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (14 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: While the Department of Education retains regulatory responsibility for the ETB sector, including further education services, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science now has policy responsibility for the further education sector. A union representing Youthreach Coordinators and Youthreach Resource Persons has submitted a claim in respect of both...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (14 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 311 and 353 together. In 2018, my Department established a Steering Group on Teacher Supply to facilitate multi-agency engagement and to lead on a coordinated programme of actions to support the supply of teachers. Arising from the work of this Group and its various substructures, the Teacher Supply Action Plan was published in November 2018. The Action...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Official Engagements (14 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The diaries for the Minister for Education from 2016 are published on line at www.gov.ie - Department of Education Ministers' Diaries (www.gov.ie) These provide details of all meetings including those with the organisation referenced by the Deputy. The diary records from 2011 to the end of 2015 are not readily available.