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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (1 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: It is acknowledged that there are challenges around the availability of teachers at present and the Department’s ongoing approach is to continue to develop innovative measures to improve the availability of teachers. Budget 2024 contained a range of measures that demonstrated the Department’s commitment to continued investment in our education system. In addition to numerous...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (1 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: A number of organisations and agencies provide support to survivors of childhood sexual abuse, and information about those agencies was provided with the Report to participants in the Scoping Inquiry's trauma-informed survivor engagement process. Information on support agencies for survivors of sexual abuse is also available on the Scoping Inquiry website and my Department has engaged with...

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

Norma Foley: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with the 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 under the Teaching Council Act 2001-2015 and in line with the As set out in the Schedule of the Regulations, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commissions of Investigation (1 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The Government has accepted the recommendation to establish a Commission of Investigation which is the principal recommendation of the Report of the Scoping Inquiry into Historical Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools Run by Religious Orders. I have convened a high level Inter-Departmental Group (IDG) to examine the recommendations of the Report and to consider the terms of reference for...

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 Transport (1 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194 and 195 together. 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...

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

Norma Foley: 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 my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (or ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application from the school in question under the Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme for mainstream accommodation. The purpose of my Department’s ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is available...

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

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved to enter the department’s pipeline of projects under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project will provide four mainstream classrooms, a two classroom Special Education Needs (SEN) base and six SET rooms. The project was devolved to the school authority for delivery. My department received a Stage 1 report,...

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 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: 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: Sports Facilities (1 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to reassure the Deputy that it has always been the intention that the area in question will be available for use by all three schools. Given the nature of the site, a flooding specialist was procured as part of the planning process for this campus project and a Flood Risk Assessment (FRA), Maintenance Plan and Flood Response Plan were provided. The area will be subject to ponding...

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

Norma Foley: 'Ireland’s Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Literacy Strategy 2024-2033: Every Learner from Birth to Young Adulthood' and five-year implementation plan was published in May 2024 by the Department of Education and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. This strategy aims to promote the development of essential literacy, numeracy, and digital literacy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: The Junior Certificate School Programme (JCSP) was introduced in 1996, it is a social inclusion programme that is aimed at students who are identified as being at risk of being socially or academically isolated or at risk of early school leaving before the (then) Junior Certificate has been achieved. Currently, 223 schools are within the JCSP. One of the initiatives under the JCSP is the...

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

Norma Foley: 'Ireland’s Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Literacy Strategy 2024-2033: Every Learner from Birth to Young Adulthood' and five-year implementation plan was published in May 2024 by the Department of Education and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. This strategy aims to promote the development of essential literacy, numeracy, and digital literacy...

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

Norma Foley: Please find the requested data of current Ukrainian enrolments in primary and post-primary schools attached. Please note the data is taken from the primary (POD) and post-primary online databases (P-POD) recorded on Friday the 27th of September. Approximately 150 primary schools are still in the process of progressing to the new academic year of 2024/25 on POD and the primary data will...

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

Norma Foley: The Large scale capital project at the school referred to by the Deputy is at an advanced stage of Architectural Planning Stage 3 - Tender Action and Award. The project brief includes the construction of a new 27 Classroom Junior National School with 3 classrooms for children with special educational needs and a General Purpose Room on the existing site. The next stage of Architectural...

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

Norma Foley: 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 the universal supports available to all schools, the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) Programme is a key policy initiative of my department to address concentrated educational...

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

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers, was approved to enter the Department’s pipeline of school buildings for a project to provide a new primary school building. The project has been devolved for delivery to Mayo Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board (MSLETB). The Department met MSLETB, its design team, and the school authority on 15 January 2024. The purpose of this...