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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I want to underline my clear appreciation and understanding of the school community and the position in which they find themselves. I am familiar with this case and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and others, have engaged with me on an ongoing basis on this school. On the planning process, we engaged in the pre-planning aspect of it and no...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I thank the Deputy for the opportunity to outline for the House the position on staffing in schools, particularly the schools referred to by the Deputy. The key factors 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, those being the October returns....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I acknowledge the Deputy's ongoing commitment to, and interest in, all areas pertaining to education, particularly these cases. Regarding the primary school, I have outlined that the application has been successful, pending the 30 September enrolment numbers. Regarding the campus and the post-primary schools, the Department provides the staffing allocation to each ETB on the basis of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (21 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: School Accommodation (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers will be relocating to accommodation at Killester College of Further Education for September 2022.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The permanent accommodation for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme which uses a professional external Project Management team to progress the project through the stages of architectural planning, tendering and construction. It is intended that the project for the school referred to by the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna DEIS (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 540 and 541 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 548 and 549 together. The permanent accommodation for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design and Build Programme, which uses a professional external Project Management team to progress the project through the stages of architectural planning, tendering and construction. It is intended that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (21 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 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: School Transport (21 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 purpose of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The School Completion Programme (SCP) is a key component of Tusla Education Support Service (TESS). The programme is targeted to support for primary and post primary children and young people who have been identified as potentially at risk of early school leaving or who are out of school and have not successfully transferred to education outside of the school system or into employment. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: Where a board of management make a decision to refuse admission, a parent/guardian can appeal that decision under section 29 of the Education Act, 1998, and an independent appeals committee will be appointed to consider the appeal. The role of the section 29 hearing committee is to examine the application for enrolment and consider if it was correctly processed by the school, in accordance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: My predecessor as Minister for Education announced revised arrangements for the Junior Cycle 2020 on 29 April 2020. Under these revised arrangements and in light of the exceptional circumstances presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, schools were asked as soon as possible after the end of the 2019/20 school year, to furnish students with a written school report on their learning achievements...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: The property referred to by the Deputy is not in my ownership. In common with other buildings which are or have been used as a school, there is a charging lease in place on the property to protect the State's investment in the property. There has been communications between my department and the owner of the former school building with a view to examining whether the property has any...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 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 the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: I can advise the Deputy that the legal costs incurred by the State's legal team in defending cases in which I am named as a party are not met directly by my Department. In accordance with established financial procedures such costs are generally charged to the Chief State Solicitors Office (CSSO) Vote as sanctioned by the Attorney General (AG). Accordingly my Department does not hold the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 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 purpose of my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (21 Jun 2022)

Norma Foley: 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 accordance with the Departments Schools technical guidance documents must achieve an A3 Building...