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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: Children and young people have a right to have their voices heard and taken seriously in all matters that affect them. My department is committed to embedding a culture of participation of children and young people in policy development. A student participation unit was established in my department in April 2023 to help my department to make sure that the voices of children and young people...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 476 and 499 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that the following staff are employed in County Clare, in respect of the areas of the Education Sector for which my Department has responsibility. Please note, whereas data can be provided on a per County basis, no indicators are available to identify local electoral areas within Counties, and this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Staff (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: As of 29 January 2025, there are two special advisers attached to my Department for the purpose of assisting me in the performance of my duties as Minister of Education and Youth. Mr. Patrick Cluskey provides advice on policy matters and Ms. Cliona Doyle provides assistance with press and media matters. The salary scale for a Special Adviser to a government Minister is the same as the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Correspondence (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 478 and 480 together. The Teaching Council registers teachers under the and in line with the The Teaching Council is the regulator of the teaching profession in Ireland. Their role is to protect the public by promoting and regulating professional standards in teaching. They do this through the statutory registration of teachers, ensuring a highly...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Accommodation (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: Since 2020, my department has invested over €5.7 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 1,150 school building projects and with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes new school buildings some of which are being delivered in phases. These 300 projects currently at construction involve a total State...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter the Department's pipeline of school buildings for a project to provide a 1 Class SEN base and reconfiguration works to provide an ASD class. I can confirm that my Department approved this project to proceed to Stage 2b (post planning approval). My Department is currently awaiting the submission of a Stage 2b report from the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Curriculum (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: As the Deputy is aware, since March 2022, an ambitious programme of work for a reimagined Senior Cycle of education has been progressing, including redevelopments to the Leaving Certificate Established (LCE), the Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA), Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) and Transition Year (TY) programmes. The NCCA has published the schedule for the revision of all...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy will be delivered under my Department's ADAPT programme. ADAPT is an acronym for the "Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning and Tendering". The ADAPT programme uses a professional external Project Manager to co-ordinate and drive the Design Team to achieve the best possible timeframe for the project through the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Disadvantaged Status (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: My department provides a wide range of supports to all schools, DEIS and non-DEIS, to support the inclusion of all students and address barriers to students achieving their potential. Supplementing the universal supports available to all schools, the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) Programme is a key policy initiative of my department to address concentrated educational...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Disadvantaged Status (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: There are 12 Primary Schools in the DEIS programme in Co Meath. Official Name - - - AINE NAOFA N S Fairgreen Navan Co. Meath GILSON NATIONAL SCHOOL Church Street Oldcastle Co. Meath MERCY CONVENT N S Railway Street Navan Co. Meath ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: The information sought by the Deputy in regard to the cleaning services and security services provided by private companies is set out in the table. In regards to cleaning services, the contract is apportioned to multiple locations and includes services provided to Department of Further, Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Marlborough Street, Tullamore, 52 St Stephens Green...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: The information sought by the Deputy in regard to directly employed cleaners and service officer is set out in the second table. The information in respect of aegis bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department. Contact details for these bodies are set out in the first table, should the Deputy wish to contact the aegis bodies directly with her query....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Management (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: My Department has no readily available records outlining when the school referred to by the Deputy, began operating from its current location. However, the school's most recent additional school accommodation application states that they are operating from this location since the late 1960's.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Communications (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: All school visits and diary requests are dealt with through my office in the Department. The team can be reached by the following email address - - and they can liaise with the school in question.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Patronage (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 494 and 495 together. There is a commitment under the Programme for Government to seek to increase choice for parents by ensuring that families can access both multi/non-denominational and faith based education. I am liaising with my Department officials on the best way to deliver on this commitment. Any survey of primary school communities will be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: The total value of annual mileage claims for the years in question by Josepha Madigan who was a Minister of State in the Department of Education was: 2023: €14,182.46 2024: €3,737.02 The cost of overnight allowances submitted by her civilian drivers in the years in question was: 2023: €1,837 2024: NIL Minister of State Thomas Byrne was appointed in December...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Staff (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: In response to the information requested by the Deputy, I can confirm there are currently five civil servants working in my private office in the Department of Education and Youth, in Marlborough Street. Their grades are, two Higher Executive Officers, two Executive Officers and one Clerical Officer. In my constituency office, there are two civil servant roles, both at Clerical Officer grade,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Accommodation (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: Regarding plans for increasing Irish-medium school places in the south Dublin area, it should be noted that the year of establishment, patronage model and language of instruction have yet to be determined for the new post-primary schools announced to serve the following school planning areas in the general south Dublin area: Dublin 2_Dublin 4 and Sallynoggin_Killiney_DLR/Cherrywood. A key...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Teaching Council of Ireland (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: Ensuring that every child's experience in school is positive and that they have qualified, engaged teachers available to support them in their learning is a priority area of action for the Government. The recruitment and appointment of teachers for teaching positions is managed by individual school authorities. There are over 3,700 individual school authorities, responsible for this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Textbooks (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: I understand the Deputy's question refers to teaching and learning resources for Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE). Teachers and schools can choose from a list of free SPHE resources developed by the NCCA. It is not a fixed list - teachers and schools can choose what works best for their students. These resources are hosted within the NCCA's online SPHE toolkits which can be...