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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: My department is in receipt of an application, under the Additional Schools' Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school to which the deputy refers. The purpose of the Additional Schools' Accommodation scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year and where the need cannot be met by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy will be delivered under my Department's ADAPT programme. ADAPT is an acronym for the "Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning and Tendering". The ADAPT programme uses a professional external Project Manager to co-ordinate and drive the Design Team to achieve the best possible timeframe for the project through the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The expansion of capacity at special schools is an important priority for my Department including for the special school referred to by the Deputy. The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy will be delivered under my Department's ADAPT programme. ADAPT is an acronym for the "Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning and Tendering". The ADAPT programme uses...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (6 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: My Department is delivering two significant projects at the school referred to by the Deputy, a new permanent school building and modular accommodation. The major building project will be delivered under my Department's ADAPT programme. ADAPT is an acronym for the "Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning and Tendering". The ADAPT programme uses a professional external Project...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (6 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers to was approved to enter the departments pipeline of school building projects under the Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) Scheme to provide a 4 Classroom SEN base and 2 SET classrooms. This project was approved to go to Tender in July 2023. My department is currently reviewing a request for the use of Fingal owned land to the north of the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (6 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: Any proposed disposal of property by an ETB must be notified to my Department. Tipperary ETB has not yet notified my Department of an intention to dispose of the property mentioned. However, it is my Department’s understanding that the ETB is engaging with the tenant of the referenced property regarding the use of the building.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved to enter the department’s pipeline for a project under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project will provide 2 science laboratories and preparation area, 1 home economics room, 1 music room, 1 textiles room and a 2 classroom Special Education Needs (SEN) base. The project has been devolved for delivery to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (5 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I have asked my Department to work on updating contingency plans for extreme weather events and that this work would be done in consultation with relevant stakeholders. As part of its linkage in to the National Emergency Coordination Group my Department provided guidance and support to the school system including provision of generators to a small number of schools that had significant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy will be delivered under my Department's ADAPT Programme. The ADAPT Programme uses a professional external Programme Manager to co-ordinate and drive the Design Team to achieve the best possible timeframe for the project through the design stages of architectural planning to Tender and Construction. The Brief for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of 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: School Equipment (5 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I am keenly aware of the challenges faced by educators and parents in relation to costs of digital technology, including tablets, and my Department continues to work to help support schools and families meet these costs. As referred, in 2017, a circular letter issued to schools with measures to be adopted to reduce the cost of school uniforms and other costs including such ICT devices. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (5 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: Decisions regarding the use and deployment of digital technology in schools are a matter for the Board of Management of each school. Schools are advised to consult with members of the school community including parents when planning for the introduction of digital technologies including devices with cost and other implications being fully considered by the Boards of Managements before a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (5 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: In relation to the provision of a schedule of suppliers of iPads or tablets to schools, my Department does not track or collect specific data on devices in use by schools. The OGP and HEAnet provide framework mechanisms which school can use to procure appropriate equipment, including for digital devices. Where schools have availed of those frameworks, the OGP and HEAnet as framework managers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 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: School Accommodation (5 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved to enter the department’s pipeline for a project under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project will provide 2 science laboratories and preparation area, 1 home economics room, 1 music room, 1 textiles room and a 2 classroom Special Education Needs (SEN) base. The project has been devolved for delivery to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (5 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: Tá an Roinn Oideachais lántiomanta do na hoibleagáidí reachtúla atá orainn faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021, a chomhlíonadh agus tapaímid gach deis inár n-idirghníomhaíocht laethúil le custaiméirí chun na seirbhísí a sholáthraímid i nGaeilge a chur chun cinn agus a phoibliú...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design and Build Programme and will deliver a new 16 classroom primary school and accommodation, including four classrooms, for children with special educational needs. My Department's Project Manager is currently finalising the response to a Request for Further Information (RFI)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of 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 and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: The appointment of a school traffic warden is a matter for the relevant Local Authority and schools are advised to liaise the relevant Local Authority should they have a query in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (5 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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 school enrolment data, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional...