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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I announced on the 9th March that from next September the DEIS programme will be extended to an additional 310 schools. 37 schools will also benefit from additional supports following reclassification. Schools were identified for inclusion in the programme through the refined DEIS identification model which is an objective, statistics based model. Schools were not required to apply for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I announced on the 9th March that from next September the DEIS programme will be extended to an additional 310 schools. 37 schools will also benefit from additional supports following reclassification. Schools were identified for inclusion in the programme through the refined DEIS identification model which is an objective, statistics based model. Schools were not required to apply for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: As set out in the 20-Year Strategy for Irish and the associated Action Plan 2018-2022, the Department of Education is currently piloting a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach as a means of extending opportunities for children in English-medium Early Learning and Care settings, primary and post-primary schools to experience partial-immersion in Irish. As the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Under the Policy on Gaeltacht Education 2017-2022, a number of teacher education initiatives have been implemented to support the delivery of Irish-medium education in schools. Since 2017, additional funding has been made available for two seconded teachers and bursaries, awarded through An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG), to support the Máistir...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department and the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications established a jointly funded pathfinder programme with the SEAI, testing and demonstrating energy efficiency and decarbonisation retrofit approaches. This pathfinder is a great example of collaboration ensuring the deployment of new design approaches and technologies are introduced to the educational environment on an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: 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 and the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in that area. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department does not provide mediation services for School Authorities. However, there are dispute resolution measures within the Public Works Contracts for dealing with Contractors. In many cases, the schools Insurance Policy can provide assistance and advice for the school in dealing with disputes. Schools rely on the professionalism of their appointed design team consultants to also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The delivery of Special Education Needs (SEN) provision is a key priority under the NDP. My Department has delivered permanent accommodation for 292 special classes and additional capacity for 122 classrooms in 22 special schools during NDP period 2018 to 2021. A further 700 school building projects currently progressing under the NDP which will deliver over 1,300 new SEN classrooms and 200...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 971 and 972 together. I wish to assure the Deputy that the provision of appropriate accommodation for pupils with special education needs is an absolute priority. I wish to acknowledge the valuable work being done by school principals and wider school authorities in expanding the educational provision for pupils with special educational needs including the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 973, 974, 975 and 976 together. Temporary accommodation in schools may be rented or purchased and funded by the Department or by the school authority itself, with or without Department sanction. For that reason it is not possible to provide the Deputy with a complete picture in respect of all temporary accommodation at schools as requested. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Detailed planning for the 2023 examinations will start immediately following the completion of the 2022 examinations. At present no changes to the 2023 assessment arrangements for the State Examinations have been made by the State Examinations Commission and this will be kept under review. The decisions made, and which I announced in February, regarding the assessment arrangements and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: It is my Department's intention to engage with the local authority as part of the overall plan to develop Department owned lands that adjoin the area in question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I announced on the 9th March that from next September the DEIS programme will be extended to an additional 310 schools. 37 schools will also benefit from additional supports following reclassification. Schools were identified for inclusion in the programme through the refined DEIS identification model which is an objective, statistics based model. Schools were not required to apply for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. For the 2022/23 school year, the staffing schedule for primary schools has been improved by one point and schools will be provided with class teachers on the basis of 1 teacher for every 24...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The criteria for the award of Incremental Credit for previous experience is outlined in Circular 0139/2006 for special needs assistants (SNAs), and was agreed in the first instance, by the Teacher Conciliation Council (TCC). This Council is comprised of representatives of the teacher unions, school management bodies, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: It is the responsibility of my Department to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in an area. Parents can choose which school to apply to and where the school has places available the pupil should be admitted. It is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to draft, publish and implement a school admission...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. For the 2022/23 school year, the staffing schedule for primary schools has been improved by one point and schools will be provided with class teachers on the basis of 1 teacher for every...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 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. The purpose of my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 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. In the region of 5,800 vehicles are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 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. The purpose of my Department's...