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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cybersecurity Policy (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: For operational and security reasons, it is not appropriate to disclose details, including any budgetary matters, of my Department’s Cyber Security arrangements, or those of State Agencies under my remit. Any disclosure of information in relation to cyber security matters could assist malicious actors in identifying potential vulnerabilities and potentially compromise my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. 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: Cybersecurity Policy (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The proportion of my Department’s data held at present on commercial cloud is estimated at approximately 2%. The move to cloud computing has the potential to offer improvements in terms of improved security, reliability, increased access and a reduced carbon footprint amongst others. The amount of my Department’s data stored in the cloud has increased since 2019 and will shortly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The table contains the information requested by the Deputy. The salary scale for Special Adviser to a Minister is the same as the Civil Service Principal Officer pay scale and the pay scale for Special Adviser to a Minister of State is equivalent to the Assistant Principal Officer scale, under the terms of the Guidelines for Ministerial Appointments to the 33rd Dáil.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The joint major building project including the school referred to by the Deputy is assigned to my Department’s ADAPT (Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning and Tendering) programme. My Department authorised the Design Team to proceed to retender the project as the first tranche of tenders were deemed unviable. The original planning permission expired in May 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department implemented the outcome of the public service-wide review of allowances and premium payments (September 2012) by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform which means that many allowances, including this one, were no longer payable to “new entrant” Teachers. Circular 0008/2013 outlines the effect of this review on teachers to the effect that, in common...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools - is my Department's main strategy to tackle educational disadvantage at school level. The DEIS programme focuses on targeting additional supports to those schools with the highest concentrations of educational disadvantage. Last March I was glad to announce a major expansion of this programme. This means that, for the first time...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department’s Wellbeing Policy and Framework for practice has given recognition to the importance of promoting wellbeing in education. The approach set out in the Wellbeing Policy is a whole school and preventative approach. The Wellbeing Policy contains a number of high level actions including an action to promote the wellbeing of school staff. The policy recognises the importance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The permanent school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy has been assigned to my Department’s Design & Build delivery programme. This delivery programme uses a professional external Project Manager to progress the project through the relevant stages of architectural planning, tender and construction. The school and its patron body were advised by my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The delivery of high quality internet connectivity for all schools is a key objective of my department. It is accepted that good connectivity is essential to ensure that schools are facilitated to progress the embedding of digital technologies in teaching and learning and for the implementation of new and revised curriculum. My department operates the Schools Broadband Programme at an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: School Transport 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 funding for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the 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. The cost of the scheme in 2021 was €289m. The purpose of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the 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. The cost of the scheme in 2021 was €289m. The purpose of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers has been approved Modular Accommodation under the Department's Modular Accommodation Framework. Officials from my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme issued approval on the 16th of September 2022 to proceed with site works for Phase 2 of this project.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, a major campus development is being planned for the site on which the school referred to is located. The development will deliver two new 1,000 pupil post-primary school buildings and a new primary school building. The Department is currently developing the accommodation brief for this significant campus development and is engaging with the school patrons as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: In reference to the school to which the Deputy refers, I wish to advise that planning permission has been granted for interim accommodation on the school’s proposed permanent site with 18 conditions, 12 of which are prior to commencement. My Department’s Design Team has responded to the local authority with regard to the prior to commencement conditions and we are awaiting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the state 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 Admissions (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: When families from Ukraine with school-age children move to Citywest, they are advised by the local REALT coordinator of the nearest schools to their accommodation with available capacity. Capacity surveys completed at the end of June showed that there were sufficient spaces available in primary and post-primary schools in the Tallaght school planning area to accommodate the incoming...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Oct 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 multi-disciplinary technical advisors (design teams) for these projects. Thereafter, it will ensure that the project progresses to design stage, obtains the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: 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 Child Benefit and school enrolment data, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional school...