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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 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 my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: Under Project Ireland 2040, the education sector will receive a total of approximately €4.4 billion capital investment over the period 2021-2025. This significant investment allows us to move forward with certainty on our ambitious plans and deliver high quality building projects, with a real focus on sustainability, for school communities across Ireland. This investment will build on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: The DEIS programme provides for a range of supports including smaller class sizes, additional teaching posts, enhanced book grants, school meals, curriculum supports, priority access to Continuing Professional Development and Home School Community Liaison Coordinators.  The Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) scheme is a key support provided under the DEIS programme and is one of three...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: As funding from my Department is not allocated or recorded on a county basis I am therefore not in a position to readily provide details on the amounts paid to schools in County Cork over the extensive period of time set out in the Deputy's Parliamentary Question. My Department is reviewing the information that is available to it and I will provide any such information...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gender Equality (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department is committed to fostering a culture that fully supports equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace, is reflective of Irish society and ensures an environment that promotes equality, prevents discrimination and protects the human rights of staff. One of the main aims of my Department’s Gender Balance Action Plan is to address gender balance at senior levels in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 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 my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department has attempted to contact the deputy's office to obtain the school roll number for the project in question, but has not been able to confirm this important detail. If the deputy could please provide the school roll number pertaining to the project, my Department will answer the query accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: Following a Government decision announced in Budget 2012, a public service wide review of allowances was conducted.  The outcome of this review is set out in Circular 0008/2013 issued by this Department on 25thJanuary 2013. The position of teachers who, on 5thDecember 2011, were undertaking courses was considered in the context of the public service-wide review of allowances announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht Scholarships (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: The Deputy will note that a reply to this correspondence issued last week, which was within the timeframe for written replies to correspondence which my Department strives to achieve, as set out in the Department of Education Customer Charter. Under the Teaching Council Standards for initial teacher education (ITE) at primary, all student teachers must complete a 4...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: On 17thFebruary 2022, NPHET reviewed the remaining public health measures including the infection prevention control measures and restrictions in school settings. The Government has accepted the recommendations of the NPHET to remove remaining restrictions relating to mask-wearing and physical distancing in schools with effect from Monday 28thFebruary. The Department has published updated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: The process referred to by the Deputy is outlined in a letter to school management bodies on 12 August 1998. The issue was part of the agreement on the pay and conditions  of school secretaries, considered under Clause 2 (iii) of the Programme for Competitiveness and Work, and subsequent revisions of this agreement have been agreed through standard union engagement, most recently in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: School secretaries are valued members of our school communities and my Department is fully aware of the vitally important role played by them in the running of our schools.  The majority of primary and voluntary secondary schools receive assistance to provide for these staff under grant schemes. Where a school employs a staff member to support those functions those staff are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: The acquisition of the permanent site for the schools in question, (known locally as the “Glass Bottle” site) on the Goatstown Road, was completed by my Department in June 2019. The site will provide for a campus development of a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school with 4 class Special Education Needs Unit (SENU) and a new 16 classroom primary school building with a 2 class SENU...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: The process referred to by the Deputy is outlined in a letter to school management bodies on 12 August 1998. The issue was part of the agreement on the pay and conditions  of school secretaries, considered under Clause 2 (iii) of the Programme for Competitiveness and Work, and subsequent revisions of this agreement have been agreed through standard union engagement, most recently in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department's engagement with An Bord Pleanála lies principally in the context of : - appeal lodgement in relation to an application by the Department for planning permission for a school building project. In such a case, the Department's engagement is in accordance with standard planning appeal procedures.  - the Board's determination of applications...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: My Department provides a book grant to all recognised primary and post primary schools within the Free Education Scheme in order to provide assistance for books including Book Rental Schemes. Under this scheme, the Department provided funding of €17.2 million in 2021 to all of these schools. School book rental schemes have an important role to play in reducing the cost of school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: School secretaries and caretakers are valued members of our school communities and my Department is fully aware of the vitally important role played by them in the running of our schools.  The majority of primary and voluntary secondary schools receive assistance to provide for these staff under grant schemes. Where a school employs a staff member to support those functions...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (1 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: Budget 2022 has provided for an allocation of €18million for 2022 and €32million for 2023 to extend the DEIS programme to further schools with the highest levels of disadvantage. This represents an increase of over 20% in funding for the DEIS programme and will enable an expansion in 2022 to additional schools. This package follows an extensive body of work which has been...

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

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy recently submitted documentation to my Department for assessment. This documentation has been reviewed in the Department and further information was requested of the school authorities on 18/02/2022. It is a matter for the school authorities to forward this information as soon as possible. Once received, the Department will continue with the review...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (24 Feb 2022)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, in order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data in a way that takes account of the significant local and regional variations in demographic trends and enrolment projections, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas (SPAs). Using school planning area boundaries within my Department’s Geographic...