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

Norma Foley: My Department makes payments to a range of suppliers and service providers as part its normal day to day work. Payments are generally made on foot of agreed contractual arrangements and in accordance with the guidelines pertaining to expenditure by Government departments. Contractual arrangements may dictate that an up-front or once-off payment be made at the commencement of a contract. ...

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

Norma Foley: Planning work is under way in my Department in relation to the development of a new policy for Irish-medium Education outside of Gaeltacht areas. An intradepartmental working group was established within my Department in 2021 to progress this work. This working group has met on a monthly basis since its establishment. The working group has focused on developing a consultation process to...

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

Norma Foley: In order to inform the development by my Department of a new policy for Irish-medium education outside of Gaeltacht areas, it is intended to carry out a review of national and international literature. A competitive tender process will be carried out to procure research services to carry out this review. Work is currently being completed on tender documentation and a Request for Tenders is...

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. 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 Accommodation (29 Mar 2022)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department recently approved additional accommodation for the school in question, under my Department's Additional School Accommodation Scheme (ASA). The school authorities have been notified directly of this approval. The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom and Special Education Needs (SEN) accommodation is...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy, that my Department is aware of increasing local pressures and demand for additional school places in a number of school planning areas, including within Mayo. However, it is important to note that where enrolment pressures arise, it may not be as a result of lack of accommodation but may be driven by the following factors: Duplication of applications –...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that plans for the establishment of 47 new schools (primary and post-primary) since 2018, have been announced in areas of population growth. 36 of these new schools have been established up to 2021 academic year, 21 Primary schools and 15 Post-primary schools. The timing and need for the remaining schools was being kept under review. Following such a review...

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...