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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The requirements a primary teacher needs to meet in qualifying for a Contract of Indefinite Duration (CID) are set out in the Department of Education Circular 23/2015. Eligibility for a CID includes that a teacher should have completed two consecutive fixed term contracts with the same employer and that there should be a viable post with no objective grounds in the year the CID is being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that Dublin 15 is an area of significant demographic growth and as part of forward planning has been assessing the accommodation requirements to manage same. This work is at an early stage and it is premature to be considering issues around timelines and patronage.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my Department. In the 2021/2022 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. Ticket registration for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (11 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: Creative Youth Plan (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: Creative Clusters is a Department of Education initiative taking place as part of Creative Youth under the Schools Excellence Fund. A Creative Cluster consists of between three to five schools collaborating on the design, implementation, evaluation and dissemination of an innovative arts and creative learning project which supports them to address a common issue or challenge, identified by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 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 Textbooks (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 121, 148, 149 and 150 together. As part of Budget 2023, I secured funding to provide free books to primary school students in recognised primary schools from September 2023. The measure will eliminate the cost to families for all school books at primary school, including workbooks. Now that funding has been secured, my Department will now engage with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The site to which the Deputy refers will provide for a campus development of the 1,000 pupil post-primary school and accommodation, including four classrooms, for children with special educational needs for the school referred to by the Deputy and a new 16 classroom primary school and accommodation, including two classrooms, for children with special educational needs. The acquisition...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pleananna Oideachais (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: Tá obair ar siúl anois i mo Roinnse chun polasaí nua don oideachas lán-Ghaeilge lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht a fhorbairt. Tógfaidh an polasaí seo ar an méid atá bainte amach ag an bPolasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta. Bunaíodh coiste stiúrtha le hionadaithe ó na Ranna agus Gníomhaireachtaí Rialtais seo a leanas chun maoirseacht a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department provides funding to all recognised schools in the Free Education Scheme by way of per capita grants. The two main grants are the Capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs including heating, lighting etc. and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff. These grants may be regarded as a common grant from which the Board of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Oct 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: Legislative Measures (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 is an important piece of legislation which has introduced a more parent-friendly, equitable and consistent approach to how school admissions policy operates for the almost 4,000 primary and post-primary schools. The Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Act 2022 further amended the Education Act of 1998...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (11 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: Education Policy (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: Circular 0003/2018 “Leadership and Management in Post Primary Schools” and Circular 0063/2017 “Leadership and Management in Primary Schools” paved the way for the further development of a distributed leadership model and the restoration of 2,600 posts of responsibility in the 2017/2018 school year. The Department has committed to annually revising the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department received and examined an application for additional school accommodation from the school referred to by the Deputy. Having assessed the application and the future needs of the school, it is considered that the most optimum solution for the school is the provision of a new school on a new site and my Department is engaging with the patron in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (11 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: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and would like to advise the following: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this Government. For 2022, my Department will spend in excess of €2 Billion, or over 25% of the Department’s budget on providing a wide range of schemes and supports for children with special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department's school building programme for the construction of a new permanent school building, including accommodation for pupils with special education needs and a General Purpose (GP) Room, on a greenfield site. The project is being delivered through the ADAPT (Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning and Tendering) programme....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Oct 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 Funding (11 Oct 2022)

Norma Foley: Work on the development of a new policy on Irish-medium education outside of the Gaeltacht is now underway in my Department. One of the key objectives of this new policy relates to the provision of a framework for the delivery of high-quality education in Irish-medium primary and post-primary settings and in Irish-medium early learning and care settings (naíonraí) outside of the...