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

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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, including County...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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, including County...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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, including County...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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, including County...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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, including County...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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, including County...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that 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, including County...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 May 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 (GIS) and statistical modelling 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 May 2022)

Norma Foley: The school project to which the Deputy refers commenced construction in December 2020 and works are currently progressing well on site scheduled for completion in Quarter 3 of 2022.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 May 2022)

Norma Foley: It is intended that the permanent accommodation needs of the gaelcholáiste in question will be met in a former school building. In this regard, the patron of the gaelcholáiste appointed a consultant to undertake an Options Study of the property concerned. The patron furnished a copy of this Options Study to my Department and this is currently being considered. My Department...

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

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Patronage (11 May 2022)

Norma Foley: I appreciate we are over time. I thank the Deputy. I would like to clarify that the demographics at post-primary level in the Raheny-Clontarf-Killester school planning area are expected to peak in 2028, with a gradual decline out to 2040. The 2020 enrolment is 3,789 across seven schools, with an expected peak in enrolment at 4,087 in 2028. It is important to note that the patronage...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Patronage (11 May 2022)

Norma Foley: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter, which gives me the opportunity to set out for the House the position of second level schools in Killester, Raheny and Clontarf. To plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, the Department of Education divides the country into 314 school planning areas, as the Deputy knows, and uses a geographical information system, using...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (11 May 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 and 163 together. The aims and objectives of the statutory educational welfare service are to ensure that every child either attends school regularly or otherwise receives a minimum education; to ensure and secure every child’s entitlement to education. This service is delivered by Educational Welfare Officers who work with families and children...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 May 2022)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy is currently located in interim accommodation in the former Teagasc Building at Malahide Rd, Kinsealy, Dublin 17, which is in my ownership. The local authority identified the site for the new school in Broomfield under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between my Department and the City and County Management Association (CCMA) for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 May 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 24...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 May 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 166 to 169, inclusive, together. The Deputy will be aware that a number of design issues have arisen with this project, as indicated in previous responses, and that approximately €314k has been spent on costs related to the project including design team fees, planning and statutory consent fees, and surveys for the project. This level of cost is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 May 2022)

Norma Foley: I understand that the Deputy is referring to administrative staff in ETB head office. In that regard, my Department provides each ETB with an overall staffing allocation to support ETB schools, colleges, head office and other centres of education. It is the responsibility of the Chief Executive of each ETB to recruit and manage staffing levels within this allocation, which would include...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 May 2022)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of a programme of school building projects. This school is part of ‘Project Nore’, and I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the tender process for appointing a contractor for ‘Project Nore’ is currently underway. Following the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (11 May 2022)

Norma Foley: I recently announced 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 inclusion in...