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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers to was approved funding under the Additional Accommodation Scheme 2021 to build 2 X SEN Base Classrooms & Reconfiguration Works to provide 2 Special Class Spaces. I can confirm that my Department has received a Stage 1/2A report from the school. This report is currently being reviewed by officials in my Department. A decision will be conveyed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no current record of receiving an application for additional school accommodation (ASA) from the school in question. Almost 80% of the post primary schools that made 2020 Annual Schools Returns have indicated to the Department that they have a PE Hall. A further 10% have indicated that they have access to a nearby PE Hall and 5% more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: After-School Support Services (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department's policy is to encourage the use of school buildings outside of school hours for community and recreational purposes, including after school services. The decision on the use of the school building is a matter for the owner of the building taking into consideration the needs of the school, staff and students. As the Deputy may be aware, in October 2017 my Department published,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: The Summer Works Scheme operates on a multi-annual basis, with a category specifically for external works projects such as play areas and car parking. It is envisaged that the next Summer Works Scheme will open for applications from schools in the latter half of 2022. My Department will announce the details of same in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: 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 where additional school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: 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, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. With this information, my Department carries out nationwide demographic exercises to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: In March I was glad to be able to announce a major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme which means that, for the first time since 2017, the programme is being significantly expanded and eligible schools will now gain access to targeted supports to address educational disadvantage. This will add an additional €32million to my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 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. In July 2022, Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that when the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) sanction a special class in a school (primary or post-primary), school authorities can apply to my Department for capital funding to re-configure an existing spaces within the school building to accommodate the class and/or to construct additional accommodation under my Department’s Additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has a statutory function to plan and co-ordinate the provision of education and support services to children with special educational needs, in consultation with the relevant education partners and the Health Service Executive (HSE). This includes the establishment of special class and special school placements in various geographical areas...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: Mar is eol don teachta, eisíodh Ciorcláin leasaithe ar dhíolúintí ó staidéar na Gaeilge i mí Lúnasa 2022. Tá Ciorcláin 2022 bunaithe ar athbhreithniú tosaigh ar chur i bhfeidhm chiorcláin 2019 agus bunaíodh iad ar aiseolas, comhfhreagras, Ceisteanna Parlaiminte, fiosrúcháin ón bpreas, agóidí...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 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. In July 2022, Government announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I can inform the Deputy, that the Online Claims System (OLCS) is a system used by schools to record absences for teachers and SNA’s and where the absence is deemed to be substitutable, allow schools to input claims for payment for a substitute. A mechanism exists whereby schools can submit appointment forms directly to the Payroll Division of my Department for payment of a temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department’s Design Team are in the process of addressing the prior to commencement conditions and will be communicating with the Local Authority in relation to these. Currently it is not possible to provide a timeline as to when the interim building will be in place. Agreement in principle for the acquisition of the site referred to by the Deputy was reached with the Executive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding was approved under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme to enable the school in question to build a 2 Classroom SEN Base and an Early Intervention Unit. The project is currently at Stage 2b of the architectural planning process. I can confirm that the Department has received a Stage 2b Report which is currently being reviewed by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 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. In July 2022, Government announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: In March I was glad to be able to announce a major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme which means that, for the first time since 2017, the programme is being significantly expanded and eligible schools will now gain access to targeted supports to address educational disadvantage. This will add an additional €32million to my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 Sep 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 (27 Sep 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 purpose of my Department's School Transport...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (27 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: As Minister for Education, I am acutely aware of the costs faced by families upon the return of their children to school. Apart from a small number of prescribed texts at post-primary level, determined by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), the decisions on which textbooks, programmes and resources, if any, to use in primary and post-primary schools are taken at...