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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2023/24 school year over 163,800 children, including over 136,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 20,200 pupils with special educational needs, and 7,400 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine were transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2023/24 school year over 163,800 children, including over 136,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 20,200 pupils with special educational needs, and 7,400 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine were transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The property referred to by the Deputy is not in my ownership and is not currently being used as a school. Enquiries about its future use should be directed to the property owner in the first instance.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I refer to Deputy Ó Broin’s question on the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS). NEPS is the psychological service of the Department of Education and provides educational psychology support to all primary, post-primary, and special schools. NEPS is a schools-based service and each NEPS psychologist is assigned to a group of schools. NEPS provides access for all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, the Department of Education has invested around €5 billion in schools throughout the country. Around 950 school building projects have been completed and 350 other projects are under construction, which includes 37 new school buildings. These 350 project currently at construction involves a total state investment of over €1.5 billion. The Department announced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The large scale capital project at the school is for the provision of a new 600 pupil school and ancillary accommodation. The project is at Architectural Planning Stage 3 – Tender Action and Award. The original grant of planning expired in December 2022, but due to changes to the Planning Acts in September 2021, it was no longer possible to apply for an extension to the planning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2023/24 school year over 163,800 children, including over 136,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 20,200 pupils with special educational needs, and 7,400 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine were transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department is committed to providing funding to recognised primary and post-primary schools in the free education scheme by way of per capita grants. The two main grants are the Capitation grant to cater for day-to-day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance and general up-keep, and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: 'Ireland’s Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Literacy Strategy 2024-2033: Every Learner from Birth to Young Adulthood' and five-year implementation plan was published in May 2024 by the Department of Education and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. This strategy aims to promote the development of essential literacy, numeracy, and digital literacy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the bank account change requested by the teacher concerned has been updated on the payroll system and salary due will be paid into the new bank account as requested.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers submitted an application for funding under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) for toilet facilities. 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 emergency...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2023/24 school year over 163,800 children, including over 136,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 20,200 pupils with special educational needs, and 7,400 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine were transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2023/24 school year over 163,800 children, including over 136,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 20,200 pupils with special educational needs, and 7,400 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine were transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2023/24 school year over 163,800 children, including over 136,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 20,200 pupils with special educational needs, and 7,400 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine were transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: Staff in the Communications Unit carry out a range of duties across several aspects of communications including communications from the department to primary and post-primary schools; communications on new curriculum, professional development and resources; announcements and events; desktop publishing and design for department publications; video and online content for the department website,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: Overview of communication campaigns in the Department of Education The Department of Education plans and implements public information campaigns which target segments of the wider school community in Ireland, which comprises children and young people who attend primary, post-primary and special schools; their parents and guardians; school teachers, principals and other staff; young people...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I would like to thank Deputy Carthy for his question regarding my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service. The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) works with schools using a problem-solving model to help schools identify need and interventions to support those needs. Under this model, NEPS encourages schools to use a continuum-based assessment and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 293 and 310 together. City Connects is an evidence-based system, originally developed by Boston College, delivered in partnership with schools and other services. City Connects organises student support and leverages existing school and community-based resources in order to improve students’ academic and social-emotional outcomes. City Connects seeks...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The Department is required to manage the overall school building programme so that it can target and prioritise areas that are under greatest pressure for additional school places. This reflects the Department’s fundamental objective of ensuring the availability of a school place for every child. The main focus of the Department’s capital funding over the last decade and for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the state examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.