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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (16 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: Minister Foley visited Clare on the 8th of June 2021. Please see attached in tabular form the locations Minister Foley visited while in Co.Clare. School Location Gaelscoil Mhíchíl Cíosóg Inis Gort Rd. Ennis, Co. Clare, V95 DW35 Clonmoney NS Clonmoney, Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare V95AH94

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that a salary certificate as requested was issued to the teacher referred to, on 20th October 2022. Arrangements are currently underway to implement the Building Momentum pay increases on the Department's teacher payrolls. A member of my staff has been in contact with the teacher referred to and we are issuing a further salary certificate reflecting these pay...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: A technical examination is presently being undertaken within my Department in order to inform the proposed terms for the licence referred to. This planned licence has been prioritised and is currently being prepared.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Nov 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 at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the past 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 (15 Nov 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 at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the deputy that the decision making authority for any amalgamation or change of status is the patron of the schools, subject to the approval of the Department. The Department has received correspondence from the patrons of both schools regarding their proposed amalgamation and a change of status of the new amalgamated school to co-educational. It is the responsibility of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department is at the forefront of design with respect to sustainable energy in school buildings and this performance has been recognised at both National and International level with sustainable energy awards for excellence in Design and Specification. My Department’s Technical Guidance Documents set the benchmark for sustainable design in school buildings with a clear focus on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department recently met with representatives of Donegal ETB earlier this year and provided information about the range of supports and resources available to it to support students and staff who have been affected by the MICA issue in the county, and will continue to liase with the ETB in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware for school planning purposes, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical Information System (GIS) 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 Under Project...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: A building project is a complex arrangement of contractual relationships between the client, the main contractor, specialist sub-contractors, domestic sub-contractors, suppliers of materials, suppliers of plant etc. In general all sub-contractors employed on education sector building projects are employed directly by the Main Contractor or indirectly by the Main Contractor through other...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Nov 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 at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: The project referred to by the deputy was originally approved to proceed to tender stage a number of months ago. Following this authorisation, further scope and cost changes were introduced, which required assessment and approval before tender stage could commence. I am pleased to inform the deputy that this process has concluded in the Department and approval to proceed to tender stage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Nov 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 at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: It is intended that the project referred to by the Deputy will be included in the next bundle of projects to proceed to tender in Q4 2022 and will be tendered to my Department’s Design & Build Contractors Framework. The tender process takes approximately 8-10 months. Once a Contractor has been appointed, it is anticipated that construction would commence shortly thereafter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: Teacher allocations to all second level 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. In accordance with these rules, each school management authority is required to organise its...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: The project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently at Stage 1 of the architectural planning process and a design team was appointed in May 2022. The project has been devolved to the school patron for delivery under a Service Level Agreement. It is a matter for the school authority and its design team to progress the project through the various stages of the architectural...

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

Norma Foley: In March this year I was glad to be able to announce a major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme. This means that, for the first time since 2017, the programme has been significantly expanded to an additional 322 schools. Those schools are now gaining access to targeted supports to address educational disadvantage. This will add an additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Nov 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: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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...