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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

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: State Examinations (23 Nov 2021)

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Development Plan (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: The NDP provides capital funding of over €4.4bn for investment in school infrastructure during the period 2021 to 2025. A 10 year allocation for the period 2021 to 2030 was not provided for individual Departments under the revised NDP. There will be a rolling 5 year funding envelope which will be updated annually for the period 2026 to 2030 within the Government’s overall NDP...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 367, 369 and 370 together. The Department of Health and the HSE, working in collaboration with the Department of Education has announced a programme in which antigen tests will be made available to children in a primary school pod, where a child in the pod is a confirmed case of COVID-19. The tests will be sent to the children’s parents by the HSE....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 371 and 372 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: Leaving Certificate Computer Science has been available nationally as an optional subject since September 2020. As was outlined in the publication 'Returning to school - Guidance on learning and school programmes for post-primary school leaders and teachers', published on www.gov.ie/backtoschool, schools that had earlier indicated they wished to introduce this subject from September 2020 were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Driver Licences (23 Nov 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: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: Officials in my Department continue to liaise with officials in Cork City Council in relation to the identification and acquisition of suitable sites for the school in question. A number of site options were identified. Each of these were investigated by my Department in conjunction with officials from Cork City Council. Unfortunately, in the case of all options identified, either the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: Having worked for many years in the classroom I appreciate that exam time, most notably the Leaving Certificate, can be a stressful time for students, and of course the pandemic has created additional challenges. The decisions taken by Government about Leaving Certificate 2021, in the context of the impact on teaching and learning of the Covid-19 pandemic, were taken with the best interests...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm that my Department is aware of the accommodation needs of the school referred to by the Deputy for the 2022/2023 academic year. My Department will be considering the options available and will be liaising with the school's patron as part of this process.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: The building project for the post-primary school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme. On June 14th 2021, this project was included in a bundle of projects which were tendered to a newly established Design & Build Contractors Framework. The tenders were returned on October 27th 2021 and are currently being assessed by my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: School secretaries and caretakers are valued members of our school communities and my Department is fully aware of the vitally important role played by them in the running of our schools. The majority of primary and voluntary secondary schools receive assistance to provide for secretarial, caretaking and cleaning services under grant schemes. Where a school employs a staff member to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 2021)

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 2021)

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

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 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: Departmental Policies (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department has in place detailed design guidelines for Primary & Post Primary School Accommodation. These guidelines, are available on my Department's web-site at gov.ie/en/publication/7e515-technical-guidance-documents. In primary schools, a mainstream classroom of 80m² in area is provided in the design of new school buildings and extensions to existing buildings. At post...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Gaeltachta (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: I gcomhréir leis an ngealltanas atá sna ciorcláin maidir le díolúintí ó staidéar na Gaeilge (0052/2019 bunscoil agus 0053/2019 iar-bhunscoil), tá an obair phleanála ar bun ar athbhreithniú tosaigh ar fheidhmiú na gciorclán. Is iad seo a leanas líon na ndíolúintí ó staidéar na Gaeilge a rinne...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Gaeltachta (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: Freagra Tá obair phleanála ar siúl, faoi stiúir an Aonaid um Oideachas Gaeltachta i gcomhar le rannóga eile na Roinne Oideachais, ar fhorbairt polasaí don oideachas trí mheán na Gaeilge lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht. Tá luach ar leith ag baint leis an taithí atá faighte le maoirseacht a dhéanamh ar chur i bhfeidhm an Pholasaí don...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Gaeltachta (23 Nov 2021)

Norma Foley: Freagra Leanann mo Roinn ar aghaidh ag forbairt Polasaí nua d’oideachas trí mheán na Gaeilge lasmuigh de cheantair Ghaeltachta atá aitheanta mar ghníomh tosaíochta chun cuspóirí na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge agus Chlár an Rialtais a bhaint amach chun soláthar oideachais don Ghaeilge a neartú. Leanfar le cur i bhfeidhm...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

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...