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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The requested data are set out in the table. The most recent demographic exercise projects junior infants out to 2027. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a geographical information system, using data from a range of sources, including CSO census data, child benefit and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Standards (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: Ireland’s Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Literacy Strategy 2024-2033: Every Learner from Birth to Young Adulthood and associated implementation plan set out a clear vision and many measures to support all children and young adults in developing literacy and numeracy skills. The strategy is set across all stages of the learner’s journey from early learning and care to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: All schools are required to deliver physical education as part of the curriculum. Physical Education supports the development of physical, cognitive, psychological and social capabilities. Through the study of physical education students develop an understanding of the physical, mental, emotional, and social dimensions of human movement. Learning in physical education supports...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. this figure includes over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The requested data is set out at the link below, with the numbers of post-primary pupils enrolled in academic year 2023-24 in the school planning areas provided. Data was sourced from the final post-primary data for 2023-24 which can be found at: www.gov.ie/en/collection/63363b-data-on-individual-schools/ The successful data-sharing arrangements that were implemented for the 2024/25...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: Please find requested enrolment data in the table below. At this time the Department does not collate data on the number of pupils who are living in a specific SPA but are enrolled in a school outside that SPA. Enrolment data is taken from final enrolment data for academic year 2023-2024, which can be found at the link below. We expect to publish final enrolment data for academic year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes daily to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. This figure includes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved funding under my Department's Additional School Accommodation scheme for the provision of two mainstream classrooms for displaced classrooms and reconfiguration to provide a second SEN and central activities space in October 2023. This project is devolved to the school authority for delivery. In December 2024, the school authority...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: All primary schools, including special schools, and post-primary schools must report annually on student non-attendance in primary and post-primary schools at an aggregated level. This data is collected by Tusla Education Support Service (TESS). Schools make two returns to TESS, the Annual Attendance Report (AAR) and the School Absence Report (SAR). This information is available on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy, that the school in question was approved capital funding under my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, for a traditional build project of 2 Special education classrooms, 1 Universal Access Toilet and 1 prefabricated mainstream classroom for interim accommodation. In 2024, my Department sought to provide modular accommodation instead of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: Since October 2022, the company in question has been supplying my Department with external ICT services. In my Department, this supplier has not been connected to any abandoned or unsuccessful projects or flawed products.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department has 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: Home Schooling (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Constitution of Ireland acknowledges the family as the primary and natural educator of the child and sets out the rights and duties of the State in the matter of education. The Constitution makes explicit that the State does not oblige parents to send their children to any particular type of school. Parents are free to provide education in their homes, in private schools, or in schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. this figure includes over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is engaging directly with the school in question and recently undertook a site visit to the school. As indicated to the school, my Department will be in further contact with the school authority when the outcome of the site visit has been considered.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers submitted an application for funding under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) for a fabric defect project works, relating to testing and remediation of mica related issues with the school building. The purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) is to provide funding specifically for unforeseen emergencies. It does so by ensuring the availability of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I am glad to inform the Deputy that the teacher referred to has been placed on the correct payscale with effect from 10th October 2024 . Any arrears due are scheduled to issue to the teacher on 27th March 2025. The payment of newly qualified teachers at the qualified rate for the sector they are teaching in depends on notification being received by the payroll section. Notification in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I would like to thank the Deputy for his question regarding access to the Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS). I have made enquiries in relation to the pupil referred to and I understand that the pupil has been prioritised for referral to NEPS and the process will commence shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of surplus permanent teachers to other schools where vacancies exist. Ensuring efficiency in the annual redeployment processes is significant in terms of managing the overall teacher numbers. At Post-Primary level, following discussions between the relevant stakeholders, a voluntary redeployment scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department has received an application for capital funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school authority in question for modular accommodation for 2 special education classrooms. The purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (or ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom...