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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, for school planning purposes, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical Information System to anticipate school place demand. Information from a range of sources, including Child Benefit data, school enrolment data and information on residential development activity is used for this purpose.  Additionally,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to thank the Deputy for the opportunity to give an update on the review of my Department's 'Guidelines on the Use of School Buildings Outside of School Hours'. My Department has and will continue to support and encourage the use of school buildings for community purposes, where feasible, and this will remain a core feature of the guidelines. My Department first published the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The provision of education for children with special needs is an ongoing priority for the Department. Additional Special Education Teaching (SET) resources are provided under the SET model and are allocated to support our most vulnerable learners. This is also the case for SNAs. SET resources provided to schools are based on the special education needs of the pupils enrolled and should be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The Government’s objective is to have at least 400 multi-denominational schools in the primary system by 2030 to improve parental choice.  I fully support this commitment and I am working with my Department and stakeholders in this respect.   In recent years there has been progress towards increasing the numbers of multi-denominational primary schools with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 Feb 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: Education Policy (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The voice of parents and that of children and young people is of critical importance to me as Minister and to my Department in all of our work.  To assist with this, my Department provides funding to ensure that parents and students are supported to have national representation. Since 1985, the National Parents Council post primary (NPCPP) has been the organisation recognised as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: I am fully committed to ensuring every child and young person has access to modern, inclusive sex education.  The Programme for Government states that ‘this Government will develop inclusive and age appropriate curricula for RSE and SPHE across primary and post-primary schools, including an inclusive programme on LGBTI+ relationships.’  This reflects that access to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The Government’s objective is to have at least 400 multi-denominational schools in the primary system by 2030 to improve parental choice.  I fully support this commitment and I am working with my Department in this respect.  In recent years there has been progress towards increasing the numbers of multi-denominational primary schools with the vast majority of new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department provides a wide range of supports to all schools, DEIS and non-DEIS, to support the inclusion of all students and address barriers to students achieving their potential. Supplementing these universal supports, the DEIS programme provides a targeted and equitable way to address concentrated educational disadvantage that promotes equity across the primary and post-primary sector....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) programme is to ensure that essential classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year and where the need cannot be met by the school’s existing accommodation. I can confirm to the Deputy that the school referred to has been approved for a project under my Department's Additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: Under Project Ireland 2040, the education sector will receive a total of approximately €4.4 billion capital investment over the period 2021-2025. This significant investment allows us to move forward with certainty on our ambitious plans and deliver high quality building projects, with a real focus on sustainability, for school communities across Ireland. This investment will build...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department agreed to the purchase of the site in question subject to planning permission to accommodate two existing schools based in Wexford town. This project on a shared educational campus will provide for the construction of a new eight classroom primary school and a new 1000 pupil post primary school. The briefs for both schools also involve provision for special education.[MB1] ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: Managing ventilation is one of a suite of public health measures in place to keep our schools safe.  The Expert Group established by the Minister for Health note in its report published in April 2021 that very good advice is contained in the Department of Education’s Practical Steps for the Deployment of Good Ventilation Practices in Schools. They also note that it must be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: I recognise and appreciate the importance for students of receiving the results of State examinations in as timely a manner as possible. I recognise and appreciate the importance for students of receiving the results of State examinations in as timely a manner as possible. The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has responsibility for the operation, delivery and development of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Seirbhísí Iompair (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: Is oibríocht shuntasach í an Scéim Iompair Scoile atá á bainistiú ag Bus Éireann thar ceann na Roinne Oideachais.  Sa scoilbhliain reatha iompraítear os cionn 147,900 páiste, lena n-áirítear os cionn 18,000 páiste a bhfuil riachtanais speisialta oideachais acu, ar bhonn laethúil chuig bunscoileanna agus iar-bhunscoileanna...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department has a strong record with respect to sustainable energy in school buildings and this performance has been recognised at both National and International level with sustainable energy awards for excellence in Design and Specification. The National Development Plan 2021-2030 published on 4th Oct 2021, provides capital funding of over €4.4bn for investment in school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 Feb 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 Feb 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: Education Policy (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: I would like to thank the Deputy for his question on the provision of 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (2 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department provides a wide range of supports to all schools, DEIS and non-DEIS, to support the inclusion of all students and address barriers to students achieving their potential. Supplementing the universal supports available to all schools, the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) Programme is a key policy initiative of my Department to address concentrated...