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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year, over 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes daily to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. This figure includes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: In September 2024, Minister Norma Foley TD, announced the establishment of the Schools’ Folklore project and the Department is in the early stages of initiating this project to harness the stories, recollections and lived experiences of the more elderly members of our society. Currently the National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin holds a large amount of the material...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The current requirements for Gaeltacht Learning Periods (GLPs) for primary Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes takes the form of 2 x 2-week placements as part of the ITE programme. This requirement is outlined in the Teaching Council’s Céim: Standards for Initial Teacher Education and such programmes must follow Na Siollabais Oifigiúla do na Tréimhsí Foghlama...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: Since 2020, my department has invested over €5.8 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 1,300 school building projects and with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes new school buildings some of which are being delivered in phases. These 300 projects currently at construction involve a total State...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and in line with the Teaching Council Registration Regulations, 2016. The Teaching Council is the regulator of the teaching profession in Ireland. Their role is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: I wish to advise the Deputy that approval has issued to the school authority in question under the Additional School Accommodation scheme for the provision of 2 Mainstream Classrooms, 1 Special Education Tuition, 2 Special Educational Needs Classrooms, 1 Central Activities room, 1 Skills room and 1 Office under the Departments Modular Accommodation Framework. The project is being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: Following the implementation of calculated grades in 2020 and the dual approach of examinations and accredited grades in 2021, two types of intervention have been implemented in recent years: adjustments to examination and assessments arrangements, and a post-marking adjustment to outcomes. This post-marking adjustment has ensured that results in the aggregate have remained the same on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. this figure includes over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. this figure includes over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: My department provides a wide range of supports to all schools, DEIS and non-DEIS, to support the inclusion of all students and address barriers to students achieving their potential. Supplementing these universal supports, the DEIS programme provides a targeted and equitable way to address concentrated educational disadvantage that promotes equity and has benefits for students. The DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school in question. The purpose of the Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The project referred to by the Deputy is devolved for delivery to The Joint Managerial Board (JMB). The Project was approved to Stage 2b of the building process on the 3rd April 2025. The Design Team are commencing progression through Stage 2b of the architectural design process. This stage allows for detailed design/planning, obtaining the necessary statutory permissions and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm that an application for a contract of indefinite duration (CID) has been received in relation to the teacher referred to by the Deputy. The application will be reviewed shortly and a decision issued to the school in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: Caretakers are valued members of our school communities who carry out work vital to the operation of our schools. At present, most primary and post-primary schools receive assistance to provide for caretaker services under ancillary grant funding. As part of a package agreed with Fórsa, the trade union representing school secretaries and caretakers, the implementation of revised...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 544 and 546 together. This campus project referred to by the Deputy is devolved for delivery to Louth and Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB). This is the development of a shared educational campus for the construction of 2 new schools - St. Ultan’s Special School and Árd Rí Community National School. The project was approved to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The campus project referred to by the Deputy is devolved for delivery to Louth and Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB). This is the development of a shared educational campus for the construction of 2 new schools - St. Ultan’s Special School and Árd Rí Community National School. The Project is currently at Stage 2b of the building process. This stage allows for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Insurance Coverage (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: 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: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy that the department is in receipt of an application for capital funding for from the school in question. Since 2020, my department has invested over €5.8 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 1,300 school building projects and with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vacant Properties (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department does not own any properties in the specified areas that will be surplus to requirements at present or in the near future.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Apr 2025)

Helen McEntee: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year, over 172,500 children, are transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes daily to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. These daily trips cover over 100 million kilometres. This figure includes...