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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I announced on the 9th March, 2022 the expansion of the DEIS programme benefitting 347 schools. These schools were identified as having the highest levels of educational disadvantage. In the 2022/23 academic year there will be 1,194 schools in the DEIS Programme - 960 Primary and 234 Post Primary. This will also mean a €32million increase in my Department's expenditure on DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I announced on the 9th March, 2022 the expansion of the DEIS programme benefitting 347 schools. These schools were identified as having the highest levels of educational disadvantage. In the 2022/23 academic year there will be 1,194 schools in the DEIS Programme - 960 Primary and 234 Post Primary. This will also mean a €32million increase in my Department's expenditure on DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I announced on the 9th March, 2022 the expansion of the DEIS programme benefitting 347 schools. These schools were identified as having the highest levels of educational disadvantage. In the 2022/23 academic year there will be 1,194 schools in the DEIS Programme - 960 Primary and 234 Post Primary. This will also mean a €32million increase in my Department's expenditure on DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department, in consultation with Bus Éireann, is putting in place a new process to facilitate the provision of School Transport Scheme Services for children arriving to Ireland from Ukraine. When set up, there will be link to a form (which will also be available in Ukrainian and Russian) for families/host families to complete in order to apply for school transport. This form will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: All schools drafted new admissions policies under the provisions of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. These newly revised admission policies were approved by the patron, following consultation with staff and parents of children who are attending the school. The school’s admissions policy is published on the schools website. To assist schools with consistency with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. 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 Accommodation (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an Additional Schools Application (ASA) form from the school authority referred to by the Deputy. The application is currently in the final stages of assessment. and the school authority will be directly notified of the decision shortly. The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom and Special Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers made an application for fencing to be erected between the school and a neighbouring property under my Departments Emergency Works Scheme. The purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme is to address for unforeseen emergencies or to provide funding to facilitate inclusion and access for special needs pupils. An emergency is deemed to be a situation which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I announced on the 9th March, 2022 the expansion of the DEIS programme benefitting 347 schools. These schools were identified as having the highest levels of educational disadvantage. In the 2022/23 academic year there will be 1,194 schools in the DEIS Programme - 960 Primary and 234 Post Primary. This will also mean a €32million increase in my Department's expenditure on DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Mar 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 Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: In line with advice from the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) and best international practice, children and young people arriving from Ukraine into Ireland, including those with special educational needs, need to be placed as soon as possible in a school setting and given the opportunity to settle in, adapt and adjust to their new environment, new home, new school, and to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: The pilot workshops on trauma informed approaches is complete and is ready for launch. The webinars were developed as part of support and development work by NEPS. The series of Wellbeing and Resilience in schools webinars, explore the use of whole-school, compassionate and trauma-informed approaches to build safe and connected schools. Part 1, is called ‘The Stress factor - Getting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: There are no civil servants in my Department on secondment to the private sector.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 246 and 277 together. 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. A letter was issued to the school on 18 February 2022. This letter advised the school that the NDFA will write to them once all the preparation works are complete to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Mar 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 Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht Policy (24 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 248 and 249 together. The Gaeltacht Education Policy Advisory Committee has played a significant role in supporting the implementation of the Policy on Gaeltacht Education, and it is intended that this role will continue. Committee members have provided very useful input from a wide range of stakeholders on the implementation of the Policy, and in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 250 to 252, inclusive, together. The war in Ukraine has caused a humanitarian crisis and the Government is committed to welcoming people fleeing war in Ukraine and seeking protection in Ireland. My Department is working with all relevant authorities, education partners and school communities to ensure Ukrainian children of school-going age who are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 253 and 254 together. My Department has in place detailed design guidelines for Primary & Post Primary School Accommodation. These guidelines, are available on my Department's web-site at www.gov.ie/en/publication/7e515-technical-guidance-documents . In primary schools, a mainstream classroom of 80m² in area is provided in the design of new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) is a mandatory curriculum subject in all primary schools and in post-primary junior cycle. Relationships and Sexuality Education (or RSE) is required at all levels, from primary through to senior cycle. Topics covered at post-primary include: sexual harassment; healthy and unhealthy relationships; consent; domestic gender-based and sexual violence;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: Access to sexual and health education is an important right for students. Schools have a responsibility to provide for this, in consultation with parents, having regard to the ethos of the school. Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) is a mandatory curriculum subject in all primary schools and in post-primary junior cycle. Relationships and Sexuality Education (or RSE) is required at...