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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Radon Gas Levels (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department is aware that last week the EPA published new radon maps for Ireland that update the radon risk assessment for the country and the national reference level has been reduced to 300 Bq/m3 measured over a three-month period which was previously 400 Bq/m3 measured over a three-month period. Between 1998 and 2002, on behalf...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Radon Gas Levels (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department complies with the Environmental Protection Agency guidelines in relation to the management of radon risk.  My Department operates 5 offices in areas identified as high-risk for radon. Testing has been carried out on 3 of these offices to date.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 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 costs from 2011 – 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The Architectural firm referred to by the Deputy is currently involved on one project for my Department.  Please see below requested information in tabular form. NUMBER OF PROJECTS SCHOOL NAME DATE CONSULTANT APPOINTED PROJECT BRIEF CONTRACT AMOUNT PROJECT STAGE One Gaelcholaiste Mhuire RN 19926M...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Details in respect of "architects and architectural firms that have been awarded school building projects since 1 January 2020" is not readily available. Information will be forwarded separately to the Deputy when the relevant information is collated and finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 274 and 275 together. My Department is at the forefront of design with respect to sustainable energy in school buildings and this performance has been recognised at both National and International level with sustainable energy awards for excellence in Design and Specification. My Department’s Technical Guidance Documents set the benchmark for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Renewable Energy Generation (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The specific information requested by the deputy is not readily available; however, in this sphere my Department is at the forefront of design with respect to sustainable energy in school buildings and this performance has been recognised at both National and International level with sustainable energy awards for excellence in Design and Specification. Schools that are designed and built in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Renewable Energy Generation (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The specific information requested by the deputy is not readily available; however, in this sphere my Department is at the forefront of design with respect to sustainable energy in school buildings and this performance has been recognised at both National and International level with sustainable energy awards for excellence in Design and Specification. Schools that are designed and built in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The nature of the application referred to by the deputy is not clear. If the deputy can provide more detail relating to the application, my Department will endeavour to provide the relevant information in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 279 and 280 together. The Letter of Acceptance (LOA) issued to the preferred tenderer on the 18th May 2022 commencing the school building contract for the school referred to by the Deputy.  The construction programme underpinning the contracts will be provided by the Contractor shortly and my Department will advise the schools as soon as possible in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The Letters of Acceptance (LOA) issued to the preferred tenderer on the 1st June 2022 commencing the school building contract for the school projects referred to by the Deputy.  The construction programme underpinning the contracts will be provided by the Contractor shortly and my Department will advise the schools as soon as possible in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy, that my Department has no current record of receiving an application for additional accommodation from the school in question. My Department has made contact with the school authorities and once a completed application is received, my officials will process this and issue a decision directly to the school authority.  The purpose of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (2 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that funding was approved under the Additional Accommodation Scheme 2020 to enable the school in question to build – 8x58m2 General Classrooms, 4x SET rooms, 1x Music room,1x Textiles room, 1x Art Room, 1x Project store, 1x Multimedia room, 2x Science lab/1x Prep area,1x Library, 1x GP/Dining. This project has been devolved for delivery to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The most recent enrolment data available is the preliminary enrolments for 2021-2022, published December 2021. The preliminary data will be replaced by the final enrolment data for 2021-2022 which we expect to publish in June 2022.   As per the preliminary data, there were 546,121 pupils enrolled in mainstream primary schools, 8,682 pupils enrolled in special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy is currently located in interim accommodation in Belmayne and will remain at this location for the 2022/23 school year.  The Letter of Acceptance (LOA) issued to the preferred tenderer on the 19thMay 2022 commencing the school building contract for the school referred to by the Deputy.  The construction programme underpinning the contract will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The requirements a primary teacher needs to meet in qualifying for a contract of indefinite duration (CID) are set out in the Department of Education circular 23/2015.  Eligibility for a CID includes that a teacher should have completed two consecutive fixed term contracts with the same employer and that there should be a viable post with no objective grounds in the year the CID is being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that the Emergency Works team have been in contact with the school to which he refers with regard to the new play area and they have agreed to submit a scaled back application for consideration. A decision on this scaled back application will issue directly to the school.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Out-of-School Provision Report and Education and Supports Provision for Ukrainian Students: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I thank the Chair and the members of the committee for the invitation to attend today to discuss the important issues of the review of out-of-school education provision, and education and supports for Ukrainian students. We are joined today by a number of officials from our Department, including Tomás Ó Ruairc and Ms Martina Mannion, assistant secretaries general, and by Ms Anne...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Out-of-School Provision Report and Education and Supports Provision for Ukrainian Students: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I thank the Deputy. In the first instance, I take the Deputy's point in terms of language. This report was a report about out-of-school provision which was put in place in late 2017. That is the report we are here to discuss. However, I take the Deputy's point. It is important to note that in the report there is an acknowledgement of the need for the provision of education types,...