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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 562 and 575 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: The decision to use technology including e-books is a matter for the Board of Management of a schools. Where the introduction of new technology is planned, consultation with members of the school community including parents is advised. The cost and other implications must be fully considered by the Boards of Management before a decision is made. Schools, in conjunction with parents and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: Please find attached requested information for Primary Schools for the years 2017-2020 inclusive. Please note we expect to publish the final enrolment figures for 2021-2022 shortly and we will update the table once the final enrolments data, including class size tables, are published. The figures are based on mainstream classes in mainstream schools and were collated from the relevant Class...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 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: Schools Building Projects (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: A preferred site has been identified to meet the needs of the school referred to by the Deputy. My Department has instructed the officials in Fingal County Council, under the Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of school sites, to commence negotiations for the acquisition of this preferred site. Once a site has been acquired the project will then progress to the architectural...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission (SEC), has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the Leaving Certificate examinations. and they confirmed in June that it intends to issue the Leaving Certificate 2022 results on Friday, 2 September. The intended date is in line with the date that Leaving Certificate results issued to students in both 2020 and 2021. In similar fashion...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 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. The cost in 2021 was over €289m. The purpose of my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 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 the Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: There are a number of options open to students across Senior Cycle that provide students with the opportunity to develop their skills and reach their full potential. Transition Year (TY) is a one-year programme between Junior Cycle and Senior Cycle. It is designed to act as a bridge between the two by facilitating the smooth transition from the more dependent learning of the Junior Cycle...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme, from the school in question. The application is being assessed by my officials and the school authorities will be contacted directly with a decision when the assessment process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 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. The cost in 2021 was over €289m. In order to plan for, and provide...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (7 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: For the 2020-21 academic year, the available data shows there were 588 sixth-class pupils with home addresses in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school planning area (SPA). For the 2021-22 academic year, the available data shows there were 325 pupils remained in the SPA to attend their first year in a post-primary school within the catchment, while 263 pupils left the SPA to attend schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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, including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 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. The cost in 2021 was over €289m. The purpose of my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 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: Education Policy (7 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: Access to Relationships and Sexuality Education, or RSE, is an important right for students. This is reflected in the Programme for Government, which states that this Government will develop inclusive and age appropriate curricula for RSE and Social, Personal and Health Education across all schools. The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (the NCCA) was requested to conduct a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (7 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission, SEC, has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the Leaving Certificate examinations. The SEC confirmed in June that it intends to issue the Leaving Certificate 2022 results on Friday, 2 September. The intended date is in line with the date that Leaving Certificate results issued to students in both 2020 and 2021. Over the past...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: Traditionally, school buildings are owned by the school patron. In general, this may be a diocese or religious congregation. Prior to 1999 when a decision was taken for the Minister for Education to acquire sites for schools the main schools owned by the Minister for Education were in the Community and Comprehensive school sector. The information requested by the Deputy is not readily...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Tipperary Education and Training Board (TETB). I am pleased to confirm that a design team to deliver this project has been appointed by the ETB. The Design Team will now begin preparing the Stage 1 report (preliminary design). The Design Team will ensure that the project progresses through the design stages, obtains...