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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (2 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The Teaching Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and in line with the As set out in the Schedule of the Regulations, the Council registers teachers under five routes of registration: Route 1 - Primary, Route 2 - Post-primary, Route 3 - Further Education, Route 4 - Other and Route 5 - Student Teacher. The minimum registration requirements for each route are set...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (2 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: As the issues raised in this correspondence are the subject of legal proceedings, I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department cannot comment on this case.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 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: Sports Facilities (2 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: In relation to the school referred to by the Deputy, my Department has not received a request from Cork ETB in relation to the green area of the campus site.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that approval under the Department's Additional School Accommodation scheme issued to the school in question in May 2025 for reconfiguration of part of the main building to provide 1 x Technology Room/ Prep Area & toilets to facilitate co-education. The project is being delivered under the Department’s Devolved SEN Reconfiguration and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (2 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: My department is aware of reducing enrolments at the school to which the Deputy refers. The patron of the school has been in contact with my department in that respect. The decision making authority for any change of status is the patron/trustees of the schools, subject to the approval of the Department. Any proposed change involves extensive negotiations at local level and must be well...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 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 (2 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: State Examinations (2 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.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (2 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: Please find attached requested data. Please note the data is sourced from the mainstream class size tables for academic year 2023/24 and can be found at the link below;

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) is to provide funding specifically for unforeseen emergencies, or to provide funding to facilitate inclusion and access for pupils with special needs. 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 situation. An emergency is deemed to be a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disabilities Assessments (1 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides psychological support to all primary, post-primary, and special schools. NEPS provides access for all schools to: Psychological support in the event of a Critical Incident A casework service for individual students where there is a need for intensive consultation and assessment via a NEPS psychologist or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The project referred to, is devolved to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB) for delivery. The project is currently at Stage 2b. The planning permission for the project was granted subject to a number of conditions, one of which was to complete an agreement in relation to wayleaves required on the site. Discussions have been ongoing between KWETB and the Design Team...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department received an application under the Additional Schools’ Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question which included a request for a new GP hall. I am pleased to confirm to the Deputy that funding was approved for the school in question, under the ASA Scheme in 2022, for the provision of modular accommodation comprising 1x...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that the school in question has submitted an application for capital funding, under my department's Additional Schools' Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for extra accommodation to provide special education needs classroom's. The purpose of the Additional Schools' Accommodation scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design and Build Programme which uses a professional external Project Manager to progress the project through the relevant stages of architectural planning, tender and construction. The project will deliver a new 16 classroom primary school and accommodation, including four...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 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.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (1 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy, that my Department is not in receipt of a current application from the school in question, for the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme. The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, for my department and for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). It is my department’s policy, in accordance with the principles of inclusive education, that students with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The current position in respect of the joint major building project for St. John Bosco Boys JNS, St John Bosco SNS, and Mary Help of Christians GNS is as follows: The updated Stage 2(a) submission was received from the Design Team in the Department on the 3rd July 2024, and is under review by the Department's Professional and Technical Team. The Stage 2(a) Stakeholders meeting date is...