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

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the deputy that the decision making authority for a school closure is the Patron of the school, and this is subject to the agreement of the Department.  Any proposal to close a school must involve consultation with all of the relevant stakeholders, parents, teachers, students and local communities and follow decisions taken at local level. Following a...

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...

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

Norma Foley: The schools to which the Deputy refers were granted approval for a joint project to construct a 4 Classroom SEN Base under the Additional Accommodation Scheme 2021 and notification of this approval was issued to the school authorities in June 2021. Confirmation of the appointment of the project's Design Team was returned to the Department in October 2021. Currently the project...

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

Norma Foley: My Department received this application for Additional School Accommodation for the school referred to by the Deputy on 20 April 2022.  My Department is are aware that in particular this area is accommodating a significant number of Ukrainians which has put pressure on surrounding schools to accommodate pupils. Utilisation of each school’s existing capacity in the most...

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

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 834 and 930 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 30th September. The staffing arrangements also include a provision whereby schools experiencing rapid increases in enrolment can apply for additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Apr 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that, under the terms of the Scheme, a Career Break is for a period of not less than 1 school year and may be extended on an annual basis provided the total period of the Career Break does not exceed 5 years at any one time, subject to a maximum of 10 years absence in he course of the teacher's career. A subsequent career break may not be taken...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: There is one employee of my Department, at Principal Officer (PO) level, paid by my Department, who is seconded to Caranua (Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board), an aegis body of the Department of Education. This officer is employed as a temporary resource to facilitate the orderly winding down of Caranua. There are no other Department of Education officials on secondment to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department is not currently involved in running apprenticeship programmes or in the training of apprentices, but is represented on the recently formed Public Service Apprenticeship Recruitment Working Group which is exploring potential apprenticeship routes for employment into the civil and public service. My Department participated in a pilot ICT apprenticeship programme...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: An hourly rate of €12.30, based on a 37 hour standard net working week, equates to an annual salary of €23,747.  There is one member of cleaning staff in my Department currently earning just below this annual salary amount.  This person is on a salary scale that provides for them to progress to a higher point on the salary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: The Letter of Intent (LOI) issued on the 15th of February 2022 to the preferred tenderer.  This allows the preferred bidder to put in place the Bond, Insurances and confirmations of all legal arrangements required under the Contract.   Following receipt of all the necessary documentation, the Department will be in a position to issue the Letter of Acceptance (LOA), which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (26 Apr 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) 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. My Department...

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: Teaching Council of Ireland (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: Individuals employed as teachers in a full-time capacity in recognised schools must be registered with the Teaching Council under Section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 to have payment from monies provided by the Oireachtas. The onus is on all teachers to ensure that they have the necessary Teaching Council registration. The individual teacher referred to by the Deputy was not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Road Safety (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: The issue of road safety measures in the public road network outside of schools, such as road signage, traffic calming measures, car parking, pedestrian facilities and other safety measures are the responsibility of the relevant local authority. The Board of Management should consider contacting the local authorities in relation to traffic management and road safety concerns in...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to thank the Deputy for his question. 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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education has established a National Policy Group to develop a coherent long term strategic framework for lifelong guidance as recommended in the Indecon report on Career Guidance Tools and Information.  The group comprises the relevant Departments i.e.; Department of Education; Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Apr 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 Transport (26 Apr 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: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Norma Foley: The following link contains the information requested by the Deputy. ">Salaries and Expenses The salary scale for Special Adviser to a Minister is the same as the Civil Service Principal Officer pay scale and the pay scale for Special Adviser to a Minister of State is equivalent to the Assistant Principal Officer scale, under the terms of the Guidelines for Ministerial Appointments to the...