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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has engaged the services of one of the companies to which she refers in her question during the period 1st January 2020 to date in 2022. Carr Communications provided services during this period for a total value of €32,642.86. The information in respect of state bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: It is a requirement under the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 (NVB Act) that individuals who work with children and vulnerable persons be vetted by the National Vetting Bureau (the Bureau). The Teaching Council is the authorised body for administering vetting for teachers in Ireland and is required to assess the vetting disclosure for suitability...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: In March I was glad to be able to announce a major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools 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 will add an additional €32million to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Uniforms (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: As Minister, I am very conscious of the pressure faced by families with respect to living costs and back to school costs. In relation to school uniforms, my Department’s Circular 0032/2017 sets out the principles of cost-effective practice to be adopted by schools to reduce the cost of returning to school. Under these measures, schools are required to select school uniform items which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that correspondence has recently been received by my Department from the school referred to by the Deputy in relation to this matter and is currently being considered. The school’s correspondence was also forwarded to the relevant Regional Education and Language Teams (REALT) for their information. REALTs have been established to help ensure good coordination and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, the main focus of resources over the last decade and for the coming period is on provision of additional capacity to cater for increasing demographics particularly at post-primary level and for special education needs provision in order to ensure every pupil has a school place each September. However, under Project Ireland 2040, there will be an increasing focus on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: There are five stages of architectural planning involved in the delivery of both major and Additional School Accommodation (ASA) school projects. The stages reflect the Capital Works Management Framework developed by the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform. The stages are as follows: Stage 1 – Preliminary Design; Stage 2 - Design including planning where required; Stage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 Jul 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 (12 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 Education and Skills: School Enrolments (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: In Ireland, all immigrant children, including children of international protection applicants, immigrant workers and unaccompanied minors, can access pre-school, primary and post primary education in a manner similar to Irish nationals, until they have reached the age of 18 years. In Ireland, a school must admit all students applying where it is not oversubscribed and places are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 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 Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 560 and 571 together. The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 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. Under the terms of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 562 and 575 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: The decision to use technology including e-books is a matter for the Board of Management of a schools. Where the introduction of new technology is planned, consultation with members of the school community including parents is advised. The cost and other implications must be fully considered by the Boards of Management before a decision is made. Schools, in conjunction with parents and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: Please find attached requested information for Primary Schools for the years 2017-2020 inclusive. Please note we expect to publish the final enrolment figures for 2021-2022 shortly and we will update the table once the final enrolments data, including class size tables, are published. The figures are based on mainstream classes in mainstream schools and were collated from the relevant Class...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 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 Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: A preferred site has been identified to meet the needs of the school referred to by the Deputy. My Department has instructed the officials in Fingal County Council, under the Memorandum of Understanding for the acquisition of school sites, to commence negotiations for the acquisition of this preferred site. Once a site has been acquired the project will then progress to the architectural...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (12 Jul 2022)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission (SEC), has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the Leaving Certificate examinations. and they confirmed in June that it intends to issue the Leaving Certificate 2022 results on Friday, 2 September. The intended date is in line with the date that Leaving Certificate results issued to students in both 2020 and 2021. In similar fashion...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 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...