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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all similar types of schools equally, irrespective of location. It is an important feature of the staffing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (1 Jul 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 1 general classroom, 1 science laboratory with a preparation area and ancillary. The project is devolved for delivery to CDETB (City of Dublin Education and Training Board). A school building project has four points within the design and delivery process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: Since 2020, the department has invested over €6 billion in our schools throughout the country under the National Development Plan, involving the completion of over 1,375 school building projects.?Government support for this investment has delivered real benefits for school communities.? A recent Government decision has approved €210m supplementary capital funding for my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers submitted an application for funding under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) for external environment works. The purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) is to provide funding specifically for unforeseen emergencies. It does so by ensuring the availability of funding for urgent works to those schools that are in need of resources as a result of an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved to enter my departments pipeline to provide for 4 General Classrooms, 1 Technology Room with prep area, 3 Science Laboratories with prep area, 1 Art Room, 1 Music Room,1 Multimedia Room, 1 Textile Room, 1 Home Economics Room, 1 SET room, 4 Classroom SEN Base, and ancillary along with conversion work to existing Laboratories and a Technology...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Jul 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 1 general classroom, 1 science laboratory with a preparation area and ancillary. The project is devolved for delivery to CDETB (City of Dublin Education and Training Board). A school building project has four points within the design and delivery process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: Under the Assistive Technology Scheme, as set out in my Department’s Circular 0010/2013, funding is provided to schools towards the cost of computers and specialist equipment, which are required for educational purposes.All equipment provided under this scheme supports children with more complex disabilities who, in order to access the school curriculum, require essential specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with the statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the state. It is a function of the Council under the Teaching Council Acts (s7(2)) to act as the competent authority for recognition of qualifications obtained by a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (1 Jul 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 1 general classroom, 1 science laboratory with a preparation area and ancillary. The project is devolved for delivery to CDETB (City of Dublin Education and Training Board). A school building project has four points within the design and delivery process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Services (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: I would like to thank Deputy Clarke for her question regarding provision of mental health services to schools. It is important to note at the outset that responsibility for mental health services rests with the HSE. However, I can advise the deputy of the following services and initiatives are available to schools from my department. The National Educational Psychological Service My...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Department of Education and Youth has a number of contracts public services contracts worth €10 million or more which have been granted in the past five years. These, along with the details requested by the Deputy are attached. ">Info The information in respect of state bodies under the aegis, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my department. State...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my department is in receipt of an application from the school in question for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA scheme). The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom and Special Education Needs (SEN) accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the need cannot be met by the school's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: Following a Government Decision in September 2012, my Department implemented the outcome of the review of allowances and premium payments by the then Department of Public Expenditure Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation. As a result, many allowances were no longer payable to many new public service entrants including “new entrant” teachers. Among the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (1 Jul 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 1 general classroom, 1 science laboratory with a preparation area and ancillary. The project is devolved for delivery to CDETB (City of Dublin Education and Training Board). A school building project has four points within the design and delivery process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Projects (1 Jul 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 1 general classroom, 1 science laboratory with a preparation area and ancillary. The project is devolved for delivery to CDETB (City of Dublin Education and Training Board). A school building project has four points within the design and delivery process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: My Department has an allocation of €12.2bn gross expenditure for 2025. This represents a substantial investment in our education system and in our children and young people. There are many different aspects to a child progressing through our school system and costs associated with these. These include schoolbooks, school uniforms, school transport and extra-curricular activities...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Government is committed to increasing funding to support schools and the Programme for Government commits to increasing capitation funding to schools of all types to ensure that schools can meet the elevated day-to-day running costs. The commitment in the Programme for Government builds on the progress which has been made in recent years, including an over €30 million...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: My department recognises the importance of the Minor Works Grant to primary schools. The Minor Works Grant is provided to all primary and special schools, to enable them undertake small-scale minor maintenance and improvement works on a devolved basis. Primary and special schools need not apply for Minor Works Grant aid. Under the scheme, funding is made available to all primary and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: At primary level, teachers are allocated to schools at an average of 1 classroom teacher for every 23 pupils, the lowest level ever seen at primary level. DEIS Urban Band 1 schools receive an average allocation of 17:1, 21:1 and 19:1 for junior, senior and vertical schools respectively. The current pupil teacher ratio at post-primary level is 19:1 for schools in the free education system,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (1 Jul 2025)

Helen McEntee: I recognise the key role school leadership in improving educational outcomes by creating a positive school climate and environment as well as motivating and empowering educators and learners within their school communities. The Sectoral Bargaining process under Building Momentum for the primary sector has been used to increase posts of responsibility (POR) in primary and special schools...