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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, Caranua was established in 2013 to disburse the contributions of €110m (€111.38m including interest) provided by the religious congregations following the publication of the Ryan Report by funding approved services to support the needs of former residents who, as children, suffered abuse in relevant institutions. As the funding available to Caranua...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: A Minister-owned site has been identified as an option for potential redevelopment to accommodate a second school. Representatives of the existing school have agreed to collaborate with my Department to carry out a master plan study to assess the potential of developing a second school on the Minister-owned site. The outcome of the master plan study will determine the next steps to be taken....

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

Norma Foley: Under the Assistive Technology scheme, as set out in my Department’s Circular 0010/2013, funding is provided to schools towards the cost of computers and specialist equipment, which are required for educational purposes. All equipment provided under this scheme supports children with more complex disabilities who, in order to access the school curriculum, require essential specialist...

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

Norma Foley: It is my intention to advance a Traveller education strategy in line with the Programme for Government commitment. Work has progressed and is underway on a number of areas which will inform the development of a Traveller education strategy. This includes: - a pilot project Supporting Traveller and Roma (STAR)which is underway in 4 areas with the aim of improving attendance, participation...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1030 and 1031 together. A commitment was made under the Programme for Government to ensure robust data collection on the use of reduced school days and to further ensure that they are only used in a manner that is limited, appropriate and absolutely necessary. My Department issued guidelines to schools on reduced school days in September 2021 which came into...

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

Norma Foley: Under the Education (Welfare) Act 2000, schools are obliged to notify Tusla (educational welfare officers) when the school intends to expel a student. The educational welfare officer shall, after receiving a notification, make all reasonable efforts to ensure that provision is made for the continued education of the student to whom the notification relates. The data requested by the Deputy in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Teacher allocations to all schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department website. Teachers are currently allocated to post primary schools at a ratio of 19:1 in the free education system and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The acquisition of the site for the school referred to by the Deputy was completed in 2020. The building project for the school is being delivered under my Department's Design and Build programme. This delivery programme uses a professional external Project Manager to progress the project through the relevant stages of architectural planning, tender and construction. The Letter of...

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

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission and my Department are acutely aware of the needs of candidates and end users in regard to the provision of Leaving Certificate results and are doing everything they can to ensure results are delivered as soon as possible. In identifying the 2022 results date, there are a number of significant factors which when taken together mean it is not possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1038 and 1039 together. As of 3 June, 6,797 Ukrainian pupils have been enrolled in schools across Ireland. Out of that figure, 4,766 of these pupils have been enrolled in primary schools, while 2,031 pupils have enrolled in post-primary schools. Enrolment data by county is given in the table below. Enrolments by County as of 3 June County ...

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

Norma Foley: The permanent building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design and Build programme. This delivery programme uses a professional external Project Manager to progress the project through the relevant stages of architectural planning, tender and construction. An application for planning permission for a 1,000 pupil post-primary school...

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 Accommodation (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school authority referred to by the Deputy. The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and Special Education Needs (SEN) accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the need cannot be met by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, following an extensive site identification, assessment and negotiation process, the Department reached an agreement in principle, subject to contract, for the acquisition of 8 acre site at Magee Barracks in Kildare Town to facilitate the relocation of the school to which the Deputy refers. The acquisition process is at an advanced stage. Heads of Terms have been...

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

Norma Foley: The Department is aware of some local pressures and demand for additional post-primary school places in a number of school planning areas across the country including South Kildare. However, it is important to note that where enrolment pressures arise, it may not be as a result of lack of accommodation but may be driven by the following factors: - Duplication of applications –...

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

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the building project for the school to which he refers is being devolved for delivery to Galway & Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB). The Service Level Agreement (SLA) has been issued to GRETB. The next step is for the ETB to procure a Design Team for the project to design the buildings, obtain the necessary statutory planning...

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: 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 Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Teacher allocations to all second level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The Department provides a staffing allocation to each ETB based on the overall enrolment of the schools within the ETB. The distribution of this staffing allocation is a matter for the Chief Executive of the ETB based on the...

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

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers has a number of devolved building projects in train currently. Under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme a project was approved in 2018 for the following level of provision: 5 x mainstream classrooms with toilet facilities, 2 science labs & 1 prep area, 1 x Art/Craft room & prefab replacement of 4 mainstream classrooms....