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

Norma Foley: As Minister for Education, I am acutely aware of the costs faced by families upon the return of their children to school. Ultimately, decisions on school uniforms is a matter for individual schools and Boards of Management. Taking the above into account, my Department’s Circular 0032/2017, was issued to the Boards of Management of all recognised primary and post-primary schools and to...

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 Equipment (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that the school in question is in the fee-charging sector. My Department's focus of investment at post-primary level is on schools in the Free Scheme. 

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, were 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 (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: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. At post primary level, teachers are currently allocated at a ratio of 19:1 in the free education system and 23:1 to schools in the fee charging sector.  The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually...

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

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy is currently under construction. The new school is being constructed in compliance with the planning permission obtained, elevations and windows are being installed as per the grant of planning permission. The statutory planning process affords members of the public an opportunity to make observations and/or objections to a planning...

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...

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 Accommodation (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 808 to 815, inclusive, and 817 to 819, inclusive, together. 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 and to support its strategic planning for capital investment. Information from a range of sources, including Child...

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

Norma Foley: My Department utilises a Geographic Information System (GIS) to support its strategic planning for capital investment.  Where the geo-spatial assessment of demand and capacity in an area indicates that additional provision is required my Department considers the options of extending the capacity of a school or schools, or of providing a new school or schools.  The timing and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 820 and 821 together. NEPS provides educational psychological support to all recognised primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist for responses to queries arising,...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 824 and 825 together. The school referred to by the Deputy will move to suitable interim accommodation on the permanent site for the 2023/24 school year, pending delivery of the school's permanent accommodation. Several meetings have been held with the Local Authority in this regard and site works are due to commence in the coming weeks.  My...

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 Admissions (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: In relation to school admissions, it is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998 and the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in that area.  Under...

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: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (18 Jan 2023)

Norma Foley: Mar is eol don Teachta, tá an Curaclam Bunscoile á athbhreithniú agus á athfhorbairt faoi láthair. Le blianta beaga anuas tá taighde fairsing náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta, obair le líonra scoileanna agus comhpháirtithe oideachais agus comhairliúchán fairsing le leanaí aois bunscoile mar chuid d’fhorbairt an...

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

Norma Foley: My Department has a large pipeline of projects for delivery under the school building programme. The main elements of this pipeline currently involve in excess of 1,300 school building projects for delivery under the Department’s Large Scale and Additional Accommodation Scheme. These projects are currently in progress across the various stages of planning, design, tender and...