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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: Please find requested information attached for academic year 2021-22, the latest available year. We publish primary class size tables alongside the final enrolment data each June. These tables contain individual class data for every mainstream primary school as well as the class size range for each school.  We also publish the number of pupils by standard in each mainstream primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Transport (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department does not own any vehicles. The information in respect of state bodies within the scope of the Deputy’s question is not held by my Department. Contact details for these bodies are set out in the attached document should the Deputy wish to contact them directly with this query. Contact E-Mail Addresses for State Bodies under the Remit of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I am conscious that students who are due to take their Leaving Certificate examinations in 2023 have experienced disruption to their learning On 2 September 2022, I announced that adjustments would be made to the 2023 Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle examinations. Details of these adjustments were issued to schools on 8 September 2022 to ensure that students and staff could...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I fully appreciate the concerns of teachers and indeed society generally in relation to increases in living costs. The Government acknowledges that current price pressures present particular challenges and are a source of concern for all public service workers, including teachers. While the issue of pay alone will not resolve these issues, the Government is committed to the delivery of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (20 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 Transport (20 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. In July 2022, Government announced funding for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate 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: Special Educational Needs (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I refer to your correspondence relating to the establishment of a pilot programme to teach children with dyslexia to read and a programme of teaching training of primary school teachers to do the same. The quality of our teaching profession is a critical factor in sustaining and enhancing the quality of education outcomes. The Department promotes the quality of teaching and learning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). In accordance with Department Circulars 0044/2019 and 31/2011, schools are required to employ appropriately qualified and registered teachers and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in the area. In relation to school admissions, it is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998. The Capital Programme details the school projects that are being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: I refer to the Deputy’s question regarding the delays endured since October 2021 by retired members of Cork Education and Training Board (ETB) in receiving pension increases accruing since that time. As the Deputy may be aware, the National Shared Services Office (NSSO) is responsible for the payment of pensions to retired personnel from the ETB sector. I am informed by my officials...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 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: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: As part of the 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030, my Department has committed to creating opportunities for expanding Irish-medium education outside the Gaeltacht in the context of the announcements since April 2018 on the establishment of 47 new schools from 2019, which affords particular consideration to the establishment of Gaelscoileanna, Gaelcholáistí, and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: The building referred to by the Deputy is currently catering for the needs of the primary school referred to by the Deputy, pending delivery of the primary school's permanent school building project. In relation to the Deputy's reference to establishing a new Gaelcholáiste, as the Deputy will be aware new schools are established by the Department on the basis of identified demographic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: Under Project Ireland 2040, the education sector will receive a total of approximately €4.4 billion capital investment over the period 2021-2025. This significant investment allows us to move forward with certainty on our ambitious plans and deliver high quality building projects, with a real focus on sustainability, for school communities across Ireland. This investment will build on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: In relation to the correspondence referred to by the Deputy, I can advise that the insurability decision in relation to this teacher’s employment was made by the SCOPE Section of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. The Scope Section considers applications from persons who wish to have an employment considered in order to make sure that the correct class of PRSI...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department provides a wide range of supports to all schools, DEIS and non-DEIS, to support the inclusion of all students and address barriers to students achieving their potential. Supplementing these universal supports, the DEIS programme provides a targeted and equitable way to address concentrated educational disadvantage that promotes equity and has benefits for students. In this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department has no plans to promote any resources for schools that may be developed by the drinks industry. It is a matter for schools and teachers in the first instance to determine what resources and supports they will use to support their implementation of the curriculum. Teachers are equipped to make such decisions as a result of their initial teacher education and the ongoing support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: The School Inclusion Model (SIM) is based on policy advice from the National Council for Special Education based on the principle of providing the right support at the right time delivered by a range of personnel with relevant qualifications and skill-sets. Its purpose is to help students achieve better outcomes. Independent evaluation is a central part of the project and the outcome will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Sep 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department provides a wide range of supports to all schools to ensure that all students have their educational needs met, to support the inclusion of all students, and to address barriers to students achieving their potential. The Primary School Curriculum (1999) provides the following vision for primary education under the sub-heading ‘The uniqueness of the child’: The...