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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: 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: School Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I understand that the Deputy is referring to a process of professional support and learning which enables individual teachers to develop knowledge and competence as part of a life-long process. With this understanding in mind, coaching and mentoring approaches as part of teachers’ initial and continuing professional development are relevant. My Department provides a wide range of...

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

Norma Foley: Changes to the duration and content of all initial teacher education (ITE) programmes were made in response to recommendations in the National Strategy to Improve Literacy and Numeracy among children and Young People 2011-2020 and were incorporated into the Teaching Council’s Policy Paper on the Continuum of Teacher Education and Criteria and Guidelines for Programme Providers. The...

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 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 at a cost of over €289m in 2021. The purpose of my Department's...

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 at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government announced...

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 at a cost of over €289m in 2021. In July 2022, Government...

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

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 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...

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 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 my Department's School...

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

Norma Foley: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the attached tabular statement. Minister/Minister of State Special Advisor Cessation Date Norma Foley T.D., Minister for Education Eoin Murphy Current Aine Doyle Current *Christy Mannion 27/10/2020 ...

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

Norma Foley: My Department provides funding to voluntary secondary schools by way of per capita grants. Under current per capita funding arrangements an Irish and Bilingual Grant is paid each year to those voluntary secondary schools where all subjects are taught through Irish or those where a maximum of 4 subjects are taught through Irish. My Department provides funding to Community and Comprehensive...

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

Norma Foley: As I have already advised the Deputy, the general principles and approach to school selection include schools meeting Energy Monitoring and Reporting requirements and demonstrating a strong and holistic commitment to energy management practices through participation in the Energy in Education Programme. The programme selection also seeks to enable various cross sections of school types and...

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

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers recently submitted a request for the final drawdown of funding for the project approved under my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. Department officials authorised this request on the 10th of October 2022. The funds should be in the school's account shortly.

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 468 and 481 together. The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides a much valued service to all recognised primary and post-primary schools. NEPS provides a broad service and encompasses a model that seeks to strengthen the overall capacity of the system to support the wellbeing, participation and inclusion of all children and young people...

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 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: Budget 2023 (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...