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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: The school referred to in Parliamentary question No. 379 of 23 November is the new 1,000 pupil post-primary school for the Belmayne/Clongriffin area. A new primary school for the Belmayne/Clongriffin area is also being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme and it is the site for this new primary school which is located adjacent to Clongriffin train station. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2020/21 school year over 114,100 children, including over 14,700 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €224.7m in 2020. For the 2020/21 school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2020/2021 school year over 114,100 children, including over 14,700 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €224.7m in 2020. The purpose of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: Guidance Counselling at post primary level is holistic and includes Career Guidance, Educational Guidance and Personal and Social Guidance.All mainstream schools receive a Guidance allocation and have been asked to provide Guidance using a continuum of support model which supports schools in identifying and responding to students’ needs (for All, for Some, for a Few) in particular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: The project referred to by the Deputy is in the early architectural planning stage which involves site surveys, school design stages and the preparation of Planning Permission. As part of the conditions of sale, the lodgement of planning permission is under the remit of the vendor. The Department has been working closely with the vendor to expedite a planning application for the new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. The information in relation to the current school year is not yet available. Table 1 The number of primary teachers that are currently on the Department’s Payroll that are paid a qualification allowance at the pass degree rate for the year 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that the school in question should make an application for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme, the application form can be downloaded and uploaded when complete via the schools Esinet Portal under the Devolved Projects tab. My Department will then arrange for the application to be assessed as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: In accordance with Section 22 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, my Department has published information on protected disclosures received during 2018, 2019 and 2020 online at: In summary, in 2018, 3 protected disclosures were received from workers in the Education sector. In 2019, 1 protected disclosure was received from workers in the Education sector. In 2020, 2 protected...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Enterprise Sector (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the promotion and support of the social enterprise sector is not part of the remit of my Department and, accordingly, no specific funding for the promotion and support of the sector has been allocated by my Department for 2022.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: In accordance with the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the appointment of a board of management of a school is a matter for the relevant school patron. Under the provisions of this Act, where a Patron determines that the appointment of a Board is not practicable, the Patron may appoint a manager or managers to perform the functions of the Board. In the case of the school in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: The project for the school referred to by the deputy has been devolved to the Waterford & Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB) for delivery. I can confirm that a Design Team to deliver this project was appointed by WWETB in February of this year, and the Design Team is now preparing the Stage 1 Report (preliminary design). As the project is at an early stage in the delivery...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2020/21 school year over 114,100 children, including over 14,700 children with special educational needs, were transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €224.7m in 2020. Planning for school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: Managing ventilation is just one of a suite of public health measures in place to keep our schools safe. Updated guidance for schools on Practical Steps for the Deployment of Good Ventilation Practices in Schools was provided at the end of May following the work of an expert group that carefully considered the role of ventilation in managing COVID-19. A copy of the guidance is published on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department has recently implemented a range of measures to address supply of substitute teacher in schools, including a significant increase in teachers on the primary school supply panels, facilitating post primary teachers to work additional hours, postponing CPD for teachers (other than planned CPD for post primary teachers relating to reforms in Senior Cycle examinable subjects) and,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education has worked collaboratively with the Department of Health and the HSE to support the delivery of important public health messages to school communities – students, staff and parents. Schools have been provided with a wide range of posters, videos and resource materials to support them and to support onward communication to students and parents. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: Managing ventilation is just one of a suite of public health measures in place to keep our schools safe. Updated guidance for schools on Practical Steps for the Deployment of Good Ventilation Practices in Schools was provided at the end of May following the work of an expert group that carefully considered the role of ventilation in managing COVID-19. A copy of the guidance is published on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: Ensuring that schools can operate safely has been a key priority for me as Minister for Education. My Department has always been guided by public health advice in relation to appropriate Covid-19 infection prevention and control measures in place in schools. These measures protect students, their parents and school staff and are very effective. As of the 27th September 2021, a decision was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 315 and 316 together. Under Action 88 of the DEIS Plan my Department has undertaken a review of out-of school education provision. This review has been carried out by a Working Group chaired by my Department and including representatives from Tusla and the Education and Training Board sector. This review has been informed through the use of questionnaires,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: I can advise the Deputy that significant progress has been made to date under Languages Connect, Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education 2017 – 2026 which aims to increase and diversify the range of languages taught and learned. Implementation of Languages Connect is overseen by a Foreign Languages Advisory Group. Some of the actions taken to date include: - The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (7 Dec 2021)

Norma Foley: The main instrument to promote exchangees between Irish and other EU schools is the Erasmus+ programme which supports schools that want to organise learning mobility activities for school pupils and staff. In 2020, over €7m in EU Erasmus +funding was provided as support for both primary and secondary schools in Ireland. Mobility activities provide learning opportunities to...