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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I have secured once-off funding of €100 million for 2022 for schools and school transport providers as part of the cost of living package that was announced on Budget Day.  Schools will be provided with an additional €90 million in departmental funding to meet the increased running costs for primary and post-primary schools in light of rising costs. This will be paid at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The Special Education teaching allocation for each school was reviewed for the 2022/23 school year and all existing SET clusters ceased at the end of the 2021/22 school year.  Schools had an opportunity to recluster their SET hours into new clusters.  The school referred to by the Deputy chose not to continue as the base school for a SET cluster post which resulted in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 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 at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, my Department is committed to providing permanent accommodation for the school in question. In this regard, my Department is currently engaging with the school patron regarding the options study and the next step includes working through the detail of developing an accommodation brief for the proposed permanent accommodation project. My Department will continue to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is part of a joint project with the Senior National School at the same site. Due to a request for additional accommodation to be provided, a significant change in the Brief was agreed with the Board of Management of both schools. This led to the original design team for the project being terminated and the major building...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers has been approved under the Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for the provision of 1x General classroom, 1x Music room, 1x Textiles room, 1x Art room, 1x Graphics room, 1x Multimedia room, 1x Science lab, 1x Science Prep area, 2x Technology and shared Prep area, and a 3 Classroom SEN base. A Form of Acceptance in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The informal meeting of the EYCS (Education and Youth) Council was held in physical format in Strasbourg on the 27thJanuary 2022. This would normally provide a good opportunity to meet my EU Ministerial colleagues in person. However, I along with a number of my EU counterparts was unable to travel at that time due to the Covid-19 crisis. The April Education Council meeting was focused on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 392 and 396 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 over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 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 at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The information requested is not readily available. It is currently being collated and will be supplied directly to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 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 at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 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 at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 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 School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 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 School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I am advised that 285 schools provided Leaving Certificate Physical Education (LCPE) as an examinable subject in the 2021/22 school year. Since the first examinations took place in 2020, over 7,500 students have completed the LCPE examination. Based on available information, the number of people teaching physical education in post-primary schools in 2021/2022 was over 2,860. I can...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (4 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, are 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: School Transport (4 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 at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: At the time of Parliamentary Question No 1012, the building project referred to by the Deputy was at an advanced stage of the tender process with a recommended bidder identified. That bidder subsequently assessed their tender in light of the increase in inflation and advised they could not commit. At the time of answering Parliamentary Question No 1012, the Department had not been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (4 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 405 and 406 together. Back-to-school costs have always been a burden for families and free books for primary children will be a huge step in helping families. From September 2023 new funding of €47 million will bring total investment in free school books for primary schools to over €50 million. My Department will be engaging with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Sep 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 National Council for Special...