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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with the statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the State. It acts in the interests of the public good while upholding and enhancing standards in the teaching profession.  The Teaching Council registers teachers in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: Under the provisions of the Education Act, 1998, the Board of Management is responsible for the day to day running of a school. Circular 11/95 “Time in School” provides that for primary schools, a typical school day for Junior classes is 4 hours and 40 minutes and Senior classes 5 hours and 40 minutes with appropriate recreation breaks i.e. 30 minutes.  Under the Rules...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: Information about schools and the Irish language, including Gaeltacht and Irish-medium schools, is available on gov.ie/Ukraine.  Further guidance is due to issue in the coming days regarding the inclusion of students from Ukraine in Irish-medium and Gaeltacht schools.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 890 and 891 together. A new policy for Irish-medium Education outside of Gaeltacht areas is being developed by my Department. The aim of this policy is to provide a framework for the provision of high quality Irish-medium education outside of Gaeltacht areas. The new policy will build on the progress which has been made in the development of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: The 18 religious congregations involved in the management of most of the residential institutions in which child abuse took place have made contributions towards the costs incurred by the State in responding to that abuse under two rounds: the legally binding 2002 Indemnity Agreement and the voluntary offers made in 2009 in the aftermath of the publication of the report of the Commission to...