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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was granted approval under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme 2020 for 2 Mainstream Classrooms with Assisted User WCs and 1 SET room. On 30 March 2021, an approval letter issued to school authorities indicating permission to proceed to planning. The Department is currently in regular direct contact with the school as further information...

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

Norma Foley: My Department actively supports Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the workplace through a number of initiatives for staff to promote the EDI conversation in the Department. In terms of costs associated with such initiatives, to date in 2022, my Department has not engaged the services of any external consultancy organisation or provider to deliver EDI training. In 2021, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (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: Capital Expenditure Programme (29 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. 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TOTAL €m €m €m €m €m €bn NDP Allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 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. 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TOTAL €m €m €m €m €m €bn NDP Allocation...

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: 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...