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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (28 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) is a key initiative of my Department to address concentrated educational disadvantage at school level. 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...

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

Norma Foley: As part of Budget 2023, I announced over €50 million to provide free books to primary school pupils within the free education sector from September 2023. This measure will eliminate the cost to these families for all school books at primary school, including workbooks. It delivers on the Programme for Government commitment to extend the free school book pilot, currently in over 100...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 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 remained under construction at the start of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (28 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: Procurement of staff equipment such as evacuation chairs is dealt with at local school level and my Department has no plans to change this approach. Guidance and advice to schools on procurement matters is provided by the Schools Procurement Unit. Dedicated procurement supports and frameworks are generally focussed on large scale and/or more complex procurement matters such as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 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: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: Information in relation to consultancy expenditure in my Department is compiled annually 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 within the scope of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: CONTRACTS AWARDED TO MICROSOFT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BETWEEN 2018 -2022 NAME € AMOUNT PAID 2018 – 2022 PURPOSE/OUTPUT MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS LTD 253,855.02 PROVISION OF IT PREMIER SUPPORT AND SERVICES * * This is a sole supplier procurement purchase as this service can only be purchased directly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Meetings (28 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The next meeting of the Council (Education, Youth, Culture and Sport) will take place on March 7th 2023.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (28 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 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: School Transport (28 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: Grant Payments (28 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: There are four state-funded higher education institutions (HEIs) providing primary initial teacher education (ITE) and one independent private provider of primary ITE. The current requirements for Gaeltacht Learning Periods (GLPs) for primary Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes takes the form of 2 x 2 week placements, which are outlined in the Teaching Council’s Céim:...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 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: School Enrolments (23 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in the area. Parents have the right to choose which school to apply to and where the school has places available the pupil should be admitted. However, in schools where there are more applicants than places available a selection process may be necessary. This...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 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: Bullying in Educational Institutions (23 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: I am aware that the prevalence of specific types of bullying such as cyberbullying has increased in recent years. I launched Cineáltas: Action Plan on Bullying my Department’s whole education approach to preventing and addressing bullying in schools on 1st December 2022. This landmark new Action Plan is dedicated to the prevention and addressing of bullying, cyber bullying,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scéimeanna Rannach (23 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 227 agus 228 le chéile. Is féidir liom a dheimhniú go gcuirtear na scéimeanna atá leagtha amach sna ceisteanna ar fáil tríd an Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán (RTCEGSM), mar sin ba cheart aon cheisteanna a chur chuig mo chomhghleacaí, an tAire...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Norma Foley: The current number of live studies, reviews and research projects in progress, undertaken or commissioned by my Department is set out in the table below. Title of current study/ review / research undertaken or commissioned End Date OECD Review of Calculated Grades and Accredited Grades Q1 / Q2 2023 An Independent Review of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 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 23...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 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, Project...