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Written Answers — Department of Defence: National Educational Psychological Service (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist for responses to queries arising,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Schools Building Projects (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, for school planning purposes, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and utilises a Geographical Information System to anticipate school place demand. Information from a range of sources, including Child Benefit data, school enrolment data and information on residential development activity is used for this purpose. Additionally, Project...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Special Educational Needs (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was granted approval under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme for the purchase of accommodation for its Special Education Needs (SEN) Base. As this is a Devolved project, the first step for the school authorities to undertake was to appoint a consultant to lead the project on its behalf and to source a supplier of the required...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Staff (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: School secretaries and caretakers are valued members of our schools. I am fully aware of the vitally important role played by them in the running of our schools and I support fully this important agreement which will improve their terms and conditions. The majority of primary and post-primary schools receive assistance to provide for secretarial services under grant schemes. Where a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Accommodation (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the current status of all building projects included in the Department's school building programme is listed on a county by county basis on my Department's website at www.gov.ie. This is updated regularly to reflect the progress of the projects through the architectural planning process through to construction stage.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Disadvantaged Status (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: In March I announced a major expansion of the DEIS 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 is the largest ever single investment in the programme and will extend DEIS status to schools serving the highest proportions of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Disadvantaged Status (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: In March I announced a major expansion of the DEIS 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 is the largest ever single investment in the programme and will extend DEIS status to schools serving the highest proportions of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Schools Building Projects (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department can confirm that the assigned certifier for the school to which the Deputy refers uploaded the documentation for BCAR (Building Control Amendment Regulations) on the 11th July, 2022. Confirmation of certification is awaited.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Costs (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: As Minister, I am very conscious of the pressure faced by families with respect to living costs and back to school costs. In relation to school uniforms, my Department’s Circular 0032/2017 sets out the principles of cost-effective practice to be adopted by schools to reduce the cost of returning to school. Under these measures, schools are required to select school uniform...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Schools Building Projects (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department is examining all options in determining a solution to the permanent accommodation needs of the school in question. In order to better inform these deliberations, my Department has undertaken a site identification process in the greater Bray area. The site identification process has identified one site with some potential. However to advance to negotiations, my Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Inspections (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: It is the Department's intention to undertake a site visit to the school in question and contact will be made with the school authorities in this regard in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (13 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: The information sought by the Deputy is currently being collated by officials within my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Jul 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, are 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 Accommodation (13 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for additional accommodation from the school in question. My Department will be in further contact with the school authority relating to the application.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: The position is that the individual concerned was absent from work on sick leave from 10/02/2022 to 17/06/2022.When an individual is absent on sick leave, their salary will consist of two parts, i) where the individual claims Illness Benefit from the Dept. of Social Protection and ii) where the Department pays the remainder of the salary. It is the responsibility of the individual to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (13 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: 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 school level. The current policy of the Department of Education is not to endorse or promote any particular programme,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently completing Stage 2(b) of Architectural Planning – Detailed Design, which involves the production of a complex and detailed set of tender documents and an accurate pre-tender cost check by the Design Team, in accordance with my Departments Technical Guidance Documents, Building Regulations and Public Works...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (13 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables. Department of Education Role Annual salary Minister €183,923* Minister of State €141,657 Role Annual salary or salary scale Secretary General Level II €223,529 (non-PPC)** ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (13 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: Recruitment of staff to my Department is generally through the Public Appointments Service (PAS), which is the centralised provider of recruitment, assessment and selection services across the Civil Service. All recruitment activities by the PAS are in line with the Commission for Public Service Appointment's (CPSA) Code of Practice for Appointment to Positions in the Civil Service and Public...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Jul 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, are 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...