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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (22 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: Teaching Council of Ireland (22 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the State.  The Teaching Council registers teachers in line with the requirements set out in the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and the Teaching Council (Registration)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The Letter of Intent (LOI) issued on 23rd April 2021 to the preferred tenderer.  This allows the preferred bidder to put in place the Bond, Insurances and confirmations of all legal arrangements required under the Contract.   Following receipt of all the necessary documentation, the Department will be in a position to issue the Letter of Acceptance (LOA), which will allow the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oireachtas Committees (22 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: While the name provided by the Deputy appears to be incorrect, I can confirm that, based on the additional details provided, my Department has been in contact with the individual concerned, and has received their permission to engage with the relevant Oireachtas Committee in relation to their case.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that the school in question have been approved funding under the Summer Works Scheme 2021 for roof works. The Department received communication from the School Authority on the 11th June in relation to an asbestos report, this was reviewed by a member of our technical team and the school were advised as to what steps should be taken to remove...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (22 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, utilising data from a range of sources including information on planned and current residential development, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: Under the National Development Plan (NDP), increased funding has been provided for the school sector capital investment programme.  This funding allows for a continued focus on the provision of new permanent school places to keep pace with demographic demand. The main focus of resources over the last decade and for the coming period is on provision of additional capacity to cater for...

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 my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Overseas Study Placements (17 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: On 17 February, I confirmed that Leaving Certificate 2021 examinations would proceed, guided by public health advice, and that students will also have the alternative option of applying for grades accredited by the State Examinations Commission (SEC), to be known as SEC-Accredited Grades. This decision was taken by government to ensure for every candidate in 2021, a method to assess their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The site referred to by the Deputy is not currently for sale and owner is seeking planning permission to develop the site for residential development. My Department did previously make contact with the owner expressing an interest in acquiring the property. However, it did not prove possible to acquire the property.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defibrillators Provision (17 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 317, 318 and 319 together. Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. The decision to install a defibrillator is made at local school level and is a matter for the board of management of each individual school. The wider question of the need for defibrillators to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 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: Schools Building Projects (17 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The instillation of interim accommodation on the school site to which the Deputy refers is considered exempt under Planning Exemption Class 20D (S.I. No. 114/2021 - Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) Regulations 2021). A Section 5 Declaration is not a requirement of utilising the above exemption.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The Government published the Roadmap for the Full Return to School, along with details of a financial package of over €375 million to support the implementation of the measures in the roadmap, following approval by Government. The range of supports being made available to all schools in the free education scheme include additional financial supports to provide for Cleaning, PPE and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (17 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: In accordance with Department Circular 0031/2011 teachers must be qualified and registered to teach in the sector to be eligible for the qualified rate of pay. The teacher referred to is registered under Route 3 with the Teaching Council which allows her to work in a further education setting. If she was teaching in a mainstream post primary school she would receive the unqualified rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The Department engaged in social media advertising in respect of the 2021 Leaving Certificate Accredited Grades and Examinations process and also to highlight the public health advice for all students in schools to students and their parents for the period outlined. The total cost of this was €24,367.93. The information in respect of state bodies, within the scope of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The Department regularly produces information videos. These videos contain public health advice for the school community, addresses by the Minister on Department initiatives and information and guidance on Department initiatives. These may be published on its social media channels, provided directly to schools for their use, or both. The Department engages the services of an external...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The Department has not incurred any costs in relation to public relations consultancy for the period outlined. The information in respect of state bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department. Contact details for these bodies are set out in the document below should the Deputy wish to contact them directly with this query.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (17 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: The Digital Strategy for Schools 2015–2020 Enhancing Teaching Learning and Assessmentarticulates the Department’s current policy on the embedding of digital technologies in teaching, learning and assessment in schools. Its clear vision is focussed on realising the potential of digital technologies to enable our young people to become engaged thinkers, active learners, knowledge...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (17 Jun 2021)

Norma Foley: As part of the €210m investment programme underpinning the implementation of the Digital Strategy for Schools, my Department provided €100m in grant funding to recognised primary, special and post-primary schools to address their ICT needs during 2020. This included €50m in respect of the 2020-2021 school year brought forward and issued in December 2020. Schools were...