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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: Following the recent Stage 2(a) Stakeholders Meeting, held between the Board of Management, its Design Team, the Project Manager and officials from my Department, the major school building project referred to by the Deputy has been approved to an advanced stage of architectural planning - Stage 2(b) Detailed Design, which includes the application for statutory approvals and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: Section 7 of the Education (Admissions to Schools) Act 2018 came into operation on the 12 November 2020 and provided for the replacement of the existing Section 29 of the Education Act 1998 with a series of new sections numbered 29 to 29F. These new appeal provisions in sections 29 to 29F are designed to work alongside the wider admissions framework in the 2018 Act. In accordance...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (24 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 314 to 316, inclusive, together. Caranua was established in 2013 with a specific purpose, which was provided for in the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board Act 2012 – to disburse the contributions provided by the religious congregations following the publication of the Ryan Report in 2009, by funding approved services to support the needs of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Local Authorities (23 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: There is no specific leave allowance for employees (other than teachers) of Education and Training Boards (ETBs) in respect of their attendance at county council meetings. My Department has recently received a claim for leave for ETB employees relating to their membership and attendance at meetings of public bodies. The claim has been submitted to the ETB Industrial Relations Forum...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (23 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System, using data from a range of sources, including Child Benefit and school enrolment data, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional school...

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

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, Officials from my Department are currently in advanced negotiation with a landowner. This negotiation remains ongoing. Officials from my Department continue to work closely with Officials from Kildare County Council in order to progress the acquisition of a suitable site for the replacement Curragh post primary school.  As previously...

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

Norma Foley: The Chief State Solicitor's Office on behalf of the Department has been engaging with the property owners’ legal representative on the draft lease for the school property referred to by the Deputy for some time. The vast majority of the clauses in the draft lease are agreed. Work is continuing on addressing the final few outstanding terms of the draft lease and...

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

Norma Foley: The Programme for Government states that ‘this Government will develop inclusive and age appropriate curricula for Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) and Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) across primary and post-primary schools, including an inclusive programme on LGBTI+ relationships and make appropriate legislative changes, if necessary’. In April 2018,...

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

Norma Foley: My Department has committed considerable resources towards the restoration of guidance counselling hours to post-primary schools, to the provision of CPD for guidance counsellors and to the provision of a national guidance counselling supervision service for post-primary guidance counsellors in recent times. The guidance allocation is provided separately and transparently on each...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Planning Issues (23 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department is a statutory consultee to the local authority development planning process and participates actively in the process. The Planning and Building Unit of my Department examines the draft development plans for each  local authority to assess the implications in terms of projected school requirements. My Department then makes a submission at draft plan stage,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Jun 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 being completed with a view to progressing the project into the architectural planning process in the coming weeks. My Department will be in contact with the school at that point.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (23 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department in undertaking assessment of potential acquisitions has regard to the suitability, deliverability and value for money of the property. My Department made contact with the owner of the property in this case expressing an interest in acquiring it. However, it did not prove possible to reach agreement with the owner on the sale of the property. Having regard to value for money and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (23 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: All primary and post primary schools may apply for funding to address a range of capital works, under my Department's capital schemes, including the Major Projects scheme, Additional Accommodation scheme, Summer Works scheme and Emergency Works scheme.

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

Norma Foley: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all similar types of schools equally irrespective of location. For the 2021/22 school year, an improvement of...

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

Norma Foley: On June 14th 2021, a total of 10 projects were tendered to the Design and Build Contractors Framework and are listed below in tabular form. Roll Number School Name 76333G Carrigtwohill Community School, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork 20442U Scoil Chliodhna Community National School, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Jun 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 (22 Jun 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 (22 Jun 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: School Transport (22 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 114,100 children, including over 14,700 children with special educational needs, are 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 the scheme is,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  In the current school year over 114,100 children, including over 14,700 children with special educational needs, are 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...