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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and in line with the Teaching Council Registration Regulations, 2016. The Council registers teachers under five routes of registration namely, Route 1 -...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Jan 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: Schools Building Projects (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department recently received an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school in question.  The purpose of the Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: The property being referred to is not in the ownership of my Department and my Department has no plans to utilise the building. My understanding is that the property is owned by Dublin City Council who may be able assist with the enquiry.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy, that Glenmore Woods is located in the Mullingar School Planning Area which has a total of twenty-two primary schools. Nine of these schools are in the urban area of Mullingar town and the closest to Glenmore Woods is St. Colman's.  I wish to advise the Deputy, that in relation to school admissions, parents can choose which school to apply to and where the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Jan 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 Funding (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that an uplift in funding is approved, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme, for the school in question to include a reception area/lobby within the Modular Accommodation unit.A letter confirming same has issued to the school authority recently.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department contacted in writing the relevant solicitors on 30th May 2022 in relation to this matter. Further information was requested from them at that point in order for it to be progressed.  The requested information was not received. Telephone contact was made with the solicitors on 11/01/2023 to seek an update and they have agreed to look into the matter.  Any...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: While the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has policy responsibility for further education, the Department of Education currently retains regulatory responsibility for the ETB sector including public pay policy. There is no specific public sector grade of “Adult Education Tutor” and therefore there is no specific pay rate or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Jan 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 (18 Jan 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 (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate 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: Schools Building Projects (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project for the school referred to by the Deputy is part of a joint campus project with two other schools.My Department authorised the Design Team to retender the project as the first tranche of tenders were deemed unviable.  The Design Team applied for a new planning permission due to a change in the Planning Acts introduced by the Department of Housing, Local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (18 Jan 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: Education and Training Boards (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: While the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has policy responsibility for further education, the Department of Education currently retains regulatory responsibility for the ETB sector including public pay policy. There is no specific public sector grade of “Adult Education Tutor” and therefore there is no specific pay rate or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: The school to which the deputy refers received approval under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for the provision of 1 x 80m2 General Classroom, 1 x 15m2 SET Room 2 x SEN Base, 1 x 10.5m2  User Assisted WC. The project has been devolved to the school authority to progress accordingly. The Department is aware that the Design Team appointment process took place in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (18 Jan 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 Admissions (18 Jan 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 (18 Jan 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 (18 Jan 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...