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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: In March I announced a major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme. This announcement meant 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: In the latest DoE published primary and post-primary schools enrolments projections (www.gov.ie/en/collection/projections/ ), the CSO population projections (based on 2016 Census data) were used. In order to derive future schools enrolments, the new CSO population projections (based on 2022 Census results) are needed. The new population projections are not compiled yet. As soon as CSO...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The appointment of a school traffic warden is a matter for the relevant Local Authority and schools are advised to liaise with the relevant Local Authority in relation to their concerns.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I recognise the key role school leadership has in promoting a school environment which is welcoming, inclusive and accountable.   In total 1700 additional leadership posts have been invested in our primary schools since the lifting of the moratorium on posts of responsibility in 2017, which has led to 1 in 3 teachers now holding promoted positions. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Jun 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: Educational Disadvantage (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: In March I announced a major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme. This announcement meant 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Managing ventilation is just one of a suite of public health measures in place to keep our schools safe. Updated guidance for schools on Practical Steps for the Deployment of Good Ventilation Practices in Schools was provided at the end of May following the work of an expert group that carefully considered the role of ventilation in managing COVID-19. The updated guidance for schools is also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Cork Education and Training Board (CETB). This project is currently at Stage 2a of the architectural planning process. The department expects the submission of the Stage 2a Report before the end of July. Once the Stage report submission is approved by my Department, the next step for the Design Team will be to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Educational Institutions (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, in February of this year I established a Steering Committee to review the 2013 Action Plan on Bullying. This Steering Committee is chaired externally by Dr. Noel Purdy of Stranmillis University College in Antrim.  The Steering Committee consists of senior officials from the Department of Education, including the Inspectorate and the National Educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: In March I announced a major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme. This announcement meant 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Following extensive stakeholder consultation, new L1 and L2 specifications for Junior Cycle Irish were introduced in September 2017. Due to the disruption to learning and the cancellation of the summer 2020 and 2021 Junior Cycle examinations as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was not possible for students to engage with the final assessment component, which is set by the State...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The current Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) Curriculum strives to foster an understanding and appreciation of all children. Through the curriculum objectives, children are supported to develop self-confidence and a positive sense of self, and to appreciate and respect the diversity that exists in society and to respect and appreciate human and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The centre to which the Deputy refers caters for young people who have encountered difficulties in mainstream education. The centre is one of a number of such alternative education providers nationally, of which only a number are directly funded by my Department. The centre benefits from an allocation of 6,000 co-operation hours funded by my Department, and Department of Further and Higher...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: In recent years, faced with the challenge of Covid 19, the State Examination Commission (SEC) has successfully issued Leaving Certificate results in time to meet the needs of candidates and stakeholders. Again this year, every effort is being made by the State Examinations Commission in order to ensure that Leaving Certificate results issue in a timely and efficient manner to meet the needs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: In March I announced a major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme. This announcement meant 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Jun 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.   Under the terms...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Under the Programme for Government there is a commitment to seek to make further progress in reducing the pupil teacher ratios in primary schools.  At primary level, the annual staffing schedule determines the allocation of teachers to schools. The staffing schedule has been improved under both Budgets in the past two years. For the 2022/23 school year, the staffing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: There is an extensive range of supports available for schools in relation to supporting the embedding of digital technologies in teaching, learning and assessment, in terms of both financial and professional learning and other resources.    The Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 was published in April 2022 and builds on the achievements of the previous Digital Strategy for...