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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gender Balance (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: The arrangements for the membership of Education and Training Boards (ETBs), including gender balance, are governed by section 30 of the Education and Training Board Act 2013. In accordance with that section, each ETB board is made of up 21 members as follows: - 12 members elected by the relevant local authority; - 2 members elected by ETB staff; - 2 members appointed by the ETB from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Jul 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 Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: Please find attached requested information for Primary Schools for the years 2017-2020 inclusive, 2020-2021 is the most recent data available. The figures are based on mainstream classes in mainstream schools and were collated from the relevant Class Size tables published on the DES website and can be found at the link below; www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Data-on-Individu...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Jul 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: The current COVID-19 arrangements in place for teachers and Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are outlined in my Department’s Circular Letter 0021/2021. The Circular caters for special leave with pay arrangements where a teacher/SNA has been advised to self-isolate and cannot attend the workplace. It also caters for the working arrangements where a teacher/SNA has been advised by the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: Schools have put significant measures in place to reduce the risk of coronavirus being transmitted to/within the school and significant funding has been provided to support schools in this respect. The evidence to date from a public health perspective is that schools are low risk environments. The approach to Covid-19 in schools is led by the advice and guidance of the HSE Public Health. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: An application under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme was recently received from the school referred by the Deputy for a new school building incorporating an ASD Unit. While the application for an ASD Unit will be considered under the ASA Scheme and the school authority informed of the outcome, the application for a new school building cannot be considered...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: Regarding lands at the school referred to, any proposals for their use requires consideration by my Department in the context of current and future requirements for education provision for the school and the area. Any proposal submitted through the school should clearly demonstrate how the future expansion of the school could be provided for if the proposed arrangement went ahead.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 974, 976 and 977 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: Managing ventilation is just one of a suite of public health measures in place to keep our schools safe. The Department has updated its guidance for schools on Practical Steps for the Deployment of Good Ventilation Practices in Schools. This was done at the end of May and followed on from work done centrally by an Expert Group that was looking at the role of ventilation in managing Covid-19....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department is guided in its reporting obligations by the terms and conditions laid down by Statute, including, where appropriate, Company Law, and the requirements of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s 2016 document – Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies – Business and Financial Reporting Requirements. The Code of Practice sets out, inter...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. 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. The estimated cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. 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. The scheme is operated using a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school in question is included in my Department's school building programme. The brief for the proposed project is in the process of being finalised by my Department which when completed will then facilitate the commencement of the architectural planning process, which will include the appointment of a design team, to deliver the project.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: The campus project referred to by the deputy comprises the delivery of two new schools for the area in question. This project has been devolved to Galway and Roscommon Education & Training Board (GRETB). I am pleased to confirm that GRETB has appointed a design team for this project. The Design Team will now take the project through the various stages of architectural planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: I can inform the Deputy that my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist for responses...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: I can inform the Deputy that my Department’s National Educational Psychological Service provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist for responses...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, this project to which he refers, has been devolved for delivery to Dublin & Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB). The brief for this project is extremely complex and complicated; this resulted in a more difficult than usual and protracted process of preparation of tender documentation. I am pleased to confirm that DDLETB has advised that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: A detailed analysis of school enrolment data and the latest data available from Census 2016, using the HP Deprivation Index, has been carried out by members of the DEIS Technical Group. This group contains representatives of the Department’s Statistics and Social Inclusion Units, the Inspectorate and the Educational Research Centre. My Department has commenced a consultation process...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Jul 2021)

Norma Foley: The school building project referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department’s Design and Build Programme. My Department has completed the tender process for the establishment of a new framework of contractors for the delivery of a bundle of Design and Build projects. In June 2021, the school building project referred to by the Deputy was included in a bundle of...