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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department has received the report referred to by the Deputy and noted its contents. As the Deputy is aware, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teagasc na Gaeilge (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: Tá mo Roinn tiomanta d’eispéireas foghlama Gaeilge na scoláirí a fheabhsú ag an mbunleibhéal agus ag an iar-bhunleibhéal. Tá forbairtí suntasacha déanta ar an soláthar curaclaim ag an mbunleibhéal agus ag an iar-bhunleibhéal le blianta beaga anuas chun dul i ngleic le riachtanais na bhfoghlaimeoirí i suíomhanna...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 May 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: Schools Building Projects (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school in question is included on the Department's Capital Programme to be delivered as part of the National Development Plan (NDP). It has been necessary to carry out a Strategic Assessment Review of the proposed project for the school in order to consider various options as to how best to progress the project. This has now been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: On Tuesday, together with the Minister of State with responsibility for Special Education, I announced the provision of an expanded summer education programmes for pupils with complex special educational needs and for those students at greatest risk of educational disadvantage, as a Covid-19 pandemic response measure, for summer 2021. The five key strands of the programme will run, as follows...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Cavan & Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB). The ETB is currently in the process of procuring a design team for the project, to design the buildings, obtain the necessary statutory planning permissions, and move the project onward to tender and construction in due course. While at this early stage it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 May 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: Site Acquisitions (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The building projects for Le Chéile Secondary School is included in my Department's capital programme. Officials in my Department continue to liaise with officials in Cork City Council in relation to the identification and acquisition of a suitable site for the school. A number of site options have been proposed and assessed. Two potential site options have been identified....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: A key part of the DEIS Plan was the introduction of a new DEIS identification process based on an objective, statistics based model to determine which schools merit inclusion in the programme. An extensive body of work has been undertaken in terms of the refinement of this model. This work has been carried out by the DEIS Technical Group. This group contains representatives of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: My Department is at the forefront of design with respect to sustainable energy in school buildings and this performance has been recognised at both National and International level with sustainable energy awards for excellence in Design and Specification. Schools that are designed and built in accordance with the Departments Schools technical guidance documents must achieve an A3...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: Tá mo Roinn tiomanta d’fheabhas a chur ar thaithí agus torthaí foghlama scoláirí sa Ghaeilge ag ach leibhéal san earnáil scoile. Rinneadh forbairtí suntasacha sa soláthar curaclaim don Ghaeilge le blianta beaga anuas lena n-áirítear Curaclam Teanga na Bunscoile (2019) agus sonraíochtaí T1 agus T2 do Ghaeilge na Sraithe...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Electoral Process (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is the relevant Department responsible for the legislation dealing with the registration of electors and the conduct of elections and referendums. My Department does not have a role in such matters.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 May 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: Educational Reform (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) has carried out an extensive review of senior cycle programmes and vocational pathways, including Transition Year, Leaving Certificate Applied, Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme and the Leaving Certificate Established. A key theme of the Senior Cycle Review was the future form and redevelopment of the existing senior cycle...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is aware of increasing pressures and demand for additional primary and post-primary school places in a number of school planning areas including school planning areas in north County Dublin. Where capacity issues arise it may not be as a result of lack of accommodation but may be driven by the following factors: - Duplication of applications...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: Tá an Rialtas seo tiomanta do mhúineadh na Gaeilge agus d’fhoghlaim na Gaeilge a neartú ag gach leibhéal san earnáil scoile, an tsraith shinsearach san áireamh, agus is mór agam staidéar na Gaeilge mar ghné thábhachtach i gcuraclam leathan cothrom do gach scoláire. Táim ar an eolas maidir le torthaí an tsuirbhé a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (13 May 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: School Staff (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: I am keenly aware of the vital contribution of secretaries and caretakers within school communities and I recognise the very important work done by these staff, and the other support staff in the running of our schools. In recognition of their role, I have put special arrangements in place for this school year whereby schools will be funded to employ a replacement secretary or caretaker...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: As you are aware, the ex gratia scheme was established on foot of the specific circumstances arising from and in response to the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) relating to Louise O'Keeffe. The Department undertook a review of the scheme in response to a determination by the Independent Assessor, Mr Justice Iarfhlaith O’Neill that one of the criteria for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 May 2021)

Norma Foley: The current NDP, as part of Project Ireland 2040 framework, provides for €8.8bn investment in schools during the period 2018 to 2027. Very good progress is being made on delivering on NDP priorities. During the NDP period 2018-2020, there were 526 completed building projects under the Large Scale Capital Programme (LSCP) and the Additional School Accommodation Scheme (ASA). These...