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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Dec 2022)

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: Departmental Communications (15 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: As I have previously stated, it is not appropriate that resources or materials produced or funded by the alcohol industry, for education and awareness on alcohol, are in use in our schools. This is reflected in Departmental Circular 13/2016, Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles in Primary Schools, which states that schools should avoid using resources developed by the alcohol industry. This...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (15 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: During my time as Minister for Education I have shown a strong commitment to addressing educational disadvantage. My Department’s Statement of Strategy, sets out the vision and mission of the Department for an educational system where every child and young person feels valued and is actively supported and nurtured to reach their full potential. It sets as a goal to ensure equity of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (15 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: In March I announced a major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme. This announcement meant that, for the first time since 2017, the programme is being significantly expanded and eligible schools will now gain access to targeted supports to address educational disadvantage. This will add an additional €32million to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (15 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department website. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (15 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department website. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (15 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department website. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. In the last school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €289m in 2021. The purpose of my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. In the last school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Data (14 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: There have been no EU fines paid by the Department of Education since the start of the 33rd Dáil term to the European Commission relating to cases for infringements of European Union law or failure to transpose EU law.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the deputy refers has been approved funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme to provide 1 x 149m2 Engineering Room, 1 x 59m2 Engineering Prep Room, 1 x 80m2 Construction Prep/Store area & 1 x 119m2 Home Economics Room. The design team has been appointed and a Stage 1 Report has been submitted to my Department, which is currently under...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department provides PE halls with the construction of all new post primary schools. These facilities may also be provided where a major building or refurbishment project is being delivered for an existing school. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department continues to implement the capital programme under the National Development Plan. Investment and expenditure on PE halls is an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. In the last school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of a programme of school building projects. The NDFA is currently undertaking the process of appointment of multidisciplinary technical advisors (design teams) for these projects and this is at an advanced stage currently. Thereafter, the NDFA will ensure that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (14 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 to 146, inclusive, together. In March 2022 I announced that arrangements are being put in place in a number of towns and areas of cities that have no multidenominational primary schools at present as part of a pilot reconfiguration arrangement. In this context, my Department, with the co-operation of the relevant Catholic Bishops, is conducting a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (14 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, there are a number of published reports highlighting the ongoing needs of survivors and the lifelong difficulties they may encounter due to their childhood experiences in residential care. A survivor-led Consultative Forum, supported by professional facilitators who were engaged by my Department, was also established and has provided a very good insight into the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Dec 2022)

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: School Textbooks (14 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: As part of Budget 2023, I announced over €50 million to provide free books to primary school pupils within the free education scheme 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 102 DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (14 Dec 2022)

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: Schools Building Projects (14 Dec 2022)

Norma Foley: The major new school construction project for the school referred to by the Deputy commenced on site in March 2022. Works are progressing satisfactorily on site with a contract duration of approximately 31 months. The contract amount is in excess of €10.4 m and expenditure to date is circa €1m.