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

Norma Foley: The Board of Management of the school referred to by the Deputy has been through a formal dispute resolution process resulting in the termination of the obligation of the Main Contractor to complete the construction of the new school building. The works to complete the building project comprise of two separate projects - interim enabling works to seal the building and then full completion...

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

Norma Foley: The Board of Management of the school referred to by the Deputy has been through a formal dispute resolution process resulting in the termination of the obligation of the Main Contractor to complete the construction of the new school building. The dispute is currently in Arbitration.

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

Norma Foley: A building project is a complex arrangement of contractual relationships between the client, the main contractor, specialist sub-contractors, domestic sub-contractors, suppliers of materials, suppliers of plant etc. In general all sub-contractors employed on education sector building projects are employed directly by the Main Contractor or indirectly by the Main Contractor through other...

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: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: 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 where additional school...

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

Norma Foley: I am keenly aware of the challenges faced by educators and parents in relation to costs of digital technology, including tablets, and my Department continues to work to help support schools and families meet these costs. In 2017 a circular letter issued to schools with measures to be adopted to reduce the cost of school uniforms and other costs including such ICT devices:...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (14 Jun 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 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: 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: The Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) programme is my Department's main strategy to tackle educational disadvantage at school level. this year my Department will spend almost €170million, rising to over €180million in 2023, supporting schools in the DEIS programme. These supports include the allocation of DEIS Grants, enhanced school book grants, allocation of...

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 Textbooks (14 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1064 and 1065 together. My Department provides a book grant to all recognised primary and post primary schools within the Free Education Scheme in order to provide assistance for books including Book Rental Schemes. Under this scheme, my Department provided funding of €17.2 million in 2021 to all of these schools. Schools participating in my...

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

Norma Foley: The Department of Education does not have have responsibility for the licensing or sale of alcohol. Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with a range of difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. This is mainly done through the Social Personal and Health Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (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: Ukraine War (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to thank the Deputy for her question. To streamline the alignment of education focused supports for Ukrainian families arriving in Ireland my Department has established Regional Education and Language Teams (REALT). The primary role of the REALT is to assist children in finding school places and to support schools to meet the needs of these children as they emerge. The REALT will also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. It acts in the interests of the public good while upholding and enhancing standards in the teaching profession. The Teaching Council registers teachers in accordance with the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and the Teaching Council...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Meals Programme (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: From next September the DEIS programme will be extended to an additional 310 schools. These schools were identified as having the highest levels of educational disadvantage. This now means that in the 2022/23 academic year there will be 1,194 schools in the DEIS Programme. 240,000 students or nearly 1 in 4 students will be supported in the programme. My Department will work with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to thank the Deputy for his question. Utilisation of each school’s existing capacity in the most flexible way possible is key to supporting Ukrainian children who are being enrolled in our schools. There is generally good capacity across the country albeit there may be capacity pressures to be managed in some areas.  The Department’s assessment of applications for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department is working to support education provision for arriving children with immediate education needs. Utilisation of each school’s existing capacity in the most flexible way possible is key to supporting Ukrainian children who are being enrolled in our schools. There is generally good capacity across the country albeit there may be capacity pressures to be managed in some...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The main purpose of the Retention of Records Bill 2019 was to ensure the preservation of the records of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, the Residential Institutions Redress Board and the Residential Institutions Review Committee which may otherwise, in accordance with the relevant legislation, be required to be destroyed upon the dissolution of those bodies. The Bill lapsed...