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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the deputy was granted approval under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for the provision of 1 Mainstream incl. Ensuite, a 1-Classroom SEN Base, 1 SET room and the Rental of 1 temporary classroom required from September 2022 to June 2024. The School Authorities have submitted their Stage 1/2A report. The Department's Professional and Technical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scéimeanna Rannach (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: Rinneadh athbhreithniú ar an tuarascáil tairisceana don tionscadal seo sa Roinn. Bhí an t-athbhreithniú ar an tuarascáil seo casta mar gur iarr an scoil go gcuirfí isteach tairiscintí roinnt míonna sular údaraíodh an cead chun leanúint ar aghaidh. Tá an Roinn ag breathnú ar na castachtaí sin a réiteach chomh tapa...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. The decision to install a defibrillator is made at local school level and is a matter for the board of management of each individual school. The wider question of the need for defibrillators to be made available in public places is primarily a public health...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 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 Staff (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that there are no staff assigned on a full-time basis in my Department to liaise and provide support to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY). Staff in my Department have taken on the additional responsibilities with regard to providing for the needs of those seeking international protection and persons categorised by virtue of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89 and 90 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: Departmental Data (12 Oct 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 wellbeing, 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 (12 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 my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 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: School Transport (12 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: School Transport (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. 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 children referred to by the Deputy have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 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 (12 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: State Examinations (12 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 (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. 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. My Department and Bus Éireann will continue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I want to thank the committee for inviting me to attend. As we meet here I am deeply conscious, as I know the committee members are, of the recent terrible tragedy in Donegal. Words cannot describe the immensity of the loss that has been felt, and will continue to be felt, by the community of Creeslough and by all those who have lost a family member or a loved one. These are incredibly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: With regard to the junior cycle, it should be noted that we had two sittings of the leaving certificate this year. That was important and the right thing to do. We also had to provide students with an opportunity to appeal results where they wished to do so, as we do every year. As a result of a landmark legal ruling some years ago, the traditional format whereby junior cycle results were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Issues: Engagement with the Minister for Education (12 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I thank the Deputy. As he will be aware, an almost entirely new junior cycle curriculum has been made available. Only recently, the entire cohort of subjects at junior cycle level was provided for. There is a body of work to be done in reviewing how the junior cycle is working. That review is ongoing. We will await its outcome.