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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: Section 64 of the Education (Admissions to schools) Act 2018, which was commenced in 2018 explicitly prohibits the charging of admission and enrolment fees for admission to or for continued enrolment in a school, with some exceptions such as boarding or fee charging schools. Circular 65/2010 states that voluntary contributions may be sought from parents, provided it is made clear to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that an application for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme was received from the school in question. This application was assessed and approved. As this is a devolved project the responsibility for progressing the works lies with the school authority.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 121,400 children, including over 15,500 children with special educational needs, individual transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. The purpose of the School Transport Scheme for Children with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no current record of receiving an application for additional accommodation from the first school listed. It is open to the school authority to make an application for additional accommodation through the 'Additional School Accommodation scheme (ASA)' which is available at www.education.ie. The second school listed has been approved funding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 567, 585 and 586 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Renewable Energy Generation (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware Budget 2023 provided for the provision of funding from the Climate Action Fund in relation to the provision of Photovoltaic Panels in schools up to 6KW output. This is really positive news for our schools and will assist with their energy needs and costs along with supporting the decarbonisation of our school buildings. My Department's Officials are working closely with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), as set out under target 4.7 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aims to ensure that by 2030 “all learners acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including among others through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that an application for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme was received from the school in question. This application was assessed and approved. As this is a devolved project the responsibility for progressing the works lies with the school authority.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that there is no current application on hand from the school authority in question. I can confirm that an application for additional accommodation was received in 2021 under my Department's Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme. Following assessment of the application the school was advised that they had sufficient accommodation for their staffing cohort....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: A commitment was made under the Programme for Government to ensure robust data collection on the use of reduced school days and to further ensure that they are only used in a manner that is limited, appropriate and absolutely necessary. During quarter four 2021, Department of Education Inspectors engaged with a number of school principals to explore the use of a reduced school day in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Education (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I am committed to ensuring that actions to improve educational outcomes for Travellers are advanced in line with relevant Programme for Government commitments, including the commitment to develop a National Traveller Education Strategy. Officials from my Department, together with officials from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education plays an important role in supporting the well-being and mental health of our young people. The Department’s Well-being Policy and Framework for practice has given recognition to the importance of promoting well-being in education. The approach set out in the Well-being Policy is a whole school and preventative approach which has multiple components that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (8 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in the area. 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. The Capital Programme details the school projects that are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that an official from my department recently spoke with the consultant appointed by the school on this project. The school were advised that the proposed works are not in line with the Department's Technical Guidance Documents and are outside the scope of works originally approved, and therefore, the proposed tender must be reviewed and resubmitted to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (8 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. The Department commenced a review...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: The Origins Tracing Service is for individuals who spent all or part of their childhood in an Irish industrial school and are interested in tracing information about their parents, siblings or other relatives. The service, which is operated by Barnardos, is available free of charge to people in Ireland and abroad. My Department has fully funded the service since 2002.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Assessments (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) of my Department provides a school-based psychological service to all recognised primary and post-primary schools through the application of psychological theory and practice to support the well-being, and the academic, social and emotional development of all learners. The NEPS service provides access for all schools to: - Psychological...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department is engaging with the school authorities regarding the long term needs of the school in question, including consideration of the demographic requirements for post primary school places in the area. Information relating to the capital funding provided to the school has been included for the Deputy's information.