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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I want to thank the Deputy for the opportunity to provide an update on supports for students from Ukraine who have come to Ireland. First, I want to highlight the excellent work that our schools have done in welcoming so many children and young people from Ukraine into their communities over the last four months. Our schools have already welcomed a substantial number of children who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I want to assure the Deputy that meeting the educational needs of children and young people from Ukraine is a priority for me as Minister and for the Government. We are determined to support for the huge efforts we are seeing from our school communities across the country, who have shown huge commitment and generosity in meeting the needs of all Ukrainian children. Of course, the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) develops the curriculum, at the Minster for Education's request, through their representative structures. When developing subject specifications, the NCCA convenes specialist subject development groups. Such a group was established to draft specifications for Junior Cycle Irish. NCCA processes around seeking suitable nominations...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that new schools are established, by my Department, on the basis of identified demographic demand in an area, and only after consideration of the capacity of existing schools to absorb the expected school place demand. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Access to Relationships and Sexuality Education, or RSE, is an important right for students. This is reflected in the Programme for Government, which states that this Government will develop inclusive and age appropriate curricula for RSE and Social, Personal and Health Education across all schools. The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (the NCCA) was requested to conduct a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to thank the Deputy for his question. As of 17 June 2022, a total of 150 Ukrainian pupils were enrolled in Gaeltacht schools in Ireland. 113 were enrolled at primary level and 37at post-primary level. These were enrolled in a total of 22 primary-level schools and 9 post-primary-level schools.  Guidance was issued to Gaeltacht schools by my Department at the end of April on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Agreement in principle has been reached to acquire a site for the school referred to by the Deputy. Contracts for sale for the site have been signed, conditional on the landowner providing required infrastructure upgrades to serve the site. My Department has been advised that these upgrades are programmed to be completed by the end of July 2022.  The project to provide the permanent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 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.   Under the terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: In recent years, faced with the challenge of Covid 19, the State Examination Commission (SEC) has successfully issued Leaving Certificate results in time to meet the needs of candidates and stakeholders.  Again this year, every effort is being made by the State Examinations Commission in order to ensure that Leaving Certificate results issue in a timely and efficient manner to meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The provision of Irish-medium education is a priority for my Department and this Government, and we share a strong commitment to increasing the number of Irish-medium places available and providing suitable accommodation in this regard.  As the Deputy may be aware, in early 2021 I approved a proposal for a new satellite model of Irish-medium post-primary provision to be piloted...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department has a large pipeline of projects for delivery under the school building programme. The main elements of this pipeline currently involve in excess of 1,300 school building projects for delivery under the Department’s Large Scale and Additional Accommodation Scheme. These projects are currently in progress across the various stages of planning, design, tender and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: In March I announced a major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme. This announcement meant 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 Transport (30 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.   Under the terms...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: In March I announced a major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme. This announcement meant 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 Enrolments (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: In the latest DoE published primary and post-primary schools enrolments projections (www.gov.ie/en/collection/projections/ ), the CSO population projections (based on 2016 Census data) were used. In order to derive future schools enrolments, the new CSO population projections (based on 2022 Census results) are needed. The new population projections are not compiled yet. As soon as CSO...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The appointment of a school traffic warden is a matter for the relevant Local Authority and schools are advised to liaise with the relevant Local Authority in relation to their concerns.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I recognise the key role school leadership has in promoting a school environment which is welcoming, inclusive and accountable.   In total 1700 additional leadership posts have been invested in our primary schools since the lifting of the moratorium on posts of responsibility in 2017, which has led to 1 in 3 teachers now holding promoted positions. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (30 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: In March I announced a major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme. This announcement meant 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...