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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: The Summer Works Scheme operates on a multi-annual basis. It is envisaged that the next Summer Works Scheme will have a strong climate focus and will open for applications from schools in the latter half of 2022. My Department will announce the details of same in due course.

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

Norma Foley: In relation to school admissions, it is the responsibility of the school management to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Acts, 1998-2018. The Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in the area. Parents have the right to choose which school to apply to and where the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Transport (14 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 Defence: Departmental Expenditure (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 473 to 476, inclusive, together. I recognise the key role school leadership has in promoting a school environment which is welcoming, inclusive and accountable. Budget 2017 allowed for the commencement of restoration of middle management posts as part of an agreed distributed leadership model and meant lifting the rigidity of the longstanding...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Transport (14 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. Children are eligible for...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that each 1 point adjustment to the primary staffing schedule creates an approximate 300 additional mainstream posts. It should be noted that such an adjustment may not warrant provision of additional accommodation across all primary schools as some schools may have capacity within their existing buildings to cater for staff increases. Allowing for...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 481 and 481 together. I can inform the Deputy that the average direct pay and non-pay cost of employing one main grade Educational Psychologist in the NEPS service is €76,000 per annum. The number of NEPS psychologists employed currently stands at 225 whole-time equivalents across the NEPS regions and the annual pay cost of the 225 psychologists is...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Data (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department. Once the data is compiled it will be forwarded directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Accommodation (14 Jul 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. Officials from my Department have recently corresponded with the school in relation to their application. The application is under review and a the decision will issue to the school authority...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Transport (14 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 Defence: School Transport (14 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 Defence: Education Policy (14 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: Gross expenditure in the order of €121 million was incurred by my Department on salaries for teachers and special needs assistants (including employer’s PRSI) in fee-charging schools in the 2020/2021 school year. Capital supports (building-related and ICT grants) are also available to such schools and these totalled over €1.6 million in 2021. In addition, specific...

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

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the state examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

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...