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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (5 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defibrillators Provision (5 May 2022)

Norma Foley: Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. The decision to install a defibrillator is made at local school level and is a matter for the board of management of each individual school.   The wider question of the need for defibrillators to be made available in public places is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (5 May 2022)

Norma Foley: Following my meeting with local representatives, community group representatives and Cavan Monaghan Education and Training Board to discuss post primary provision in West Cavan and the proposed amalgamation of the schools referred to by the Deputy, it was agreed that there should be a collaborative approach to identify a pathway forward to meet the educational needs at post-primary level in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 May 2022)

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (5 May 2022)

Norma Foley: The School referred to by the Deputy is part of a Schools Campus Project and the new school is currently at construction stage.  Works are progressing satisfactorily with a contract duration of approximately 36 months. The contract amount for the Schools Campus Project is in excess of €24m and the expenditure to date is in accordance with the conditions of the contract.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 May 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved funding under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme to build a one classroom SEN Base.  This project is devolved to the Board of Management of the school.   I can confirm that my Department has received a fees uplift request from the school pertaining to its Design Team. Numerous queries...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 May 2022)

Norma Foley: In respect of a solution for the permanent school to which the Deputy refers, the Department is examining all options. In order to better inform these deliberations the Department has undertaken a site identification process in the greater Bray area. The site identification process has identified one site with some potential.  However to advance to negotiations the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (5 May 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: School Transport (5 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (4 May 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 256 and 257 together. As the Deputy may be aware, it is my Department's intention, in collaboration with City of Dublin ETB (CDETB), to develop two new 1,000 pupil post primary school buildings and permanent accommodation for an eight classroom primary school on the CDETB Whitehall site. The post primary schools will provide circa 1,200 additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (4 May 2022)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that following extensive site identification, assessment and negotiation process, the Department has reached agreement in principle, subject to contract, for the acquisition of a site at Creagh, Gorey, Co Wexford as a permanent location for the school, to which the Deputy refers. The conveyancing stage of the acquisition process has commenced Heads of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (4 May 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist for responses to queries arising,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (4 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 May 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department remains committed to providing permanent accommodation to meet the needs of the school to which the Deputy refers. A number of options are currently being considered to provide permanent school facilities for this school. This includes the site identification, assessment and acquisition of a suitable green field site. To that end, a couple of preferred sites have been identified...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (4 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (4 May 2022)

Norma Foley: The site identification and assessment exercise for the school referred to by the Deputy is ongoing. A Minister-owned site has been identified as an option for potential redevelopment to accommodate a second school. In the case where any such solution is being considered, engagement takes place with all relevant stakeholders regarding the feasibility of any proposed solution to identify what...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (4 May 2022)

Norma Foley: The site identification and assessment exercise for the school referred to by the Deputy is ongoing. A Minister-owned site has been identified as an option for potential redevelopment to accommodate a second school. In the case where any such solution is being considered, engagement takes place with all relevant stakeholders regarding the feasibility of any proposed solution to identify what...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 May 2022)

Norma Foley: The school and its patron body were advised by my Department in August 2021 that it would not be possible to proceed at that time with the proposed planning application for the school as South Dublin County Council had advised my Department of its intention to undertake a master plan of the Rathcoole area, including the proposed school site. The Council has now concluded the master...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (4 May 2022)

Norma Foley: In respect of a solution for the permanent school to which the Deputy refers, the Department is examining all options. In order to better inform these deliberations the Department has undertaken a site identification process in the greater Bray area. The site identification process has identified one site with some potential. However to advance to negotiations the Department is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 May 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that a lease on the property in question commenced in 2020 for a period of seven years with the option to extend by a further three years.