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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department is aware of increasing pressures and demand for additional post-primary school places in a number of school planning areas including North County Wicklow. 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 – pupils have applied for a place to a number of schools in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (17 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: Under Article 44 of the Constitution and in accordance with Section 30 of the Education Act, 1998, parents have a right to have their children opt out of religious instruction classes if they so wish. It is expected that this right will be upheld by schools on foot of a parental request. Under the provisions of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, all schools have new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, building projects for the schools to which he refers are included in my Department's school building programme. A new site will be required for this school campus development to cater for the permanent accommodation needs of these schools and the Department is presently at a very advanced stage in the process of acquiring a suitable site, located at Donaghcumper....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department’s Construction Programme which is being delivered under the National Development Plan. Following completion of the project the school will have a total accommodation of 16 mainstream classrooms and a 2-classroom Special Educational Needs Base. The project is currently at Stage 1 of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (16 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department has put arrangements in place via the Education and Training Board (ETB) sector to provide for the interim educational needs of families accommodated in EROCs. Educational supports available to mainstream schools are available to EROC schools, including the supports of the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) and National Council for Special Education (NCSE)....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: In instances where a child attending school tests positive, the HSE will inform the school principal if the child was in the school in the infectious period regardless of parental consent. In these circumstances the HSE will conduct a Public Health Risk Assessment with the school principal. This is usually undertaken the same day they are notified, but it may be the following day. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be aware, a new site will be required for a school campus development, in order to cater for the permanent needs of St. Patrick’s National School, Celbridge Community College and St. Raphael’s Special School. The Department is presently at a very advanced stage in the process of acquiring a suitable site, located at Donaghcumper. I can confirm that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: Access to relationships and sexuality education (RSE) is an important right for students. Schools have a responsibility to provide for this, importantly, in consultation with parents and having regard to the ethos of the school. Curricular provision for Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) and RSE across primary and post-primary level is aimed at ensuring that topics are covered in an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 171 and 172 together. The application for planning permission for the permanent school building for the school referred to by the Deputy was lodged in December 2018 and the notification of the Decision to Grant Permission (subject to 18 no. conditions) was received on 13 June 2019. Two of these conditions were subsequently the subject of a first party...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, were transported in over 5,000 vehicles on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country covering over 100 million kilometres at a cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school in question is included on the Department's school building programme and a site has been acquired for this purpose. My Department is engaging with the school's patron in the context of the planning work associated with the project. In this regard, the school patron will be furnishing certain information to the Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (16 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy may be 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, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: A potential site option has been identified and discussions with the landowner are at a very advanced stage with a view to acquiring this site. Once a suitable site has been acquired my Department will be in a position to progress the project concerned into the architectural planning process. I appreciate that the process is taking a considerable length of time but I can assure you that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (16 Dec 2020)

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. Teachers whose applications meet all the necessary requirements are registered by the Teaching Council under Section 31 of the Teaching Council Act and the Teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge (16 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: Táim chun ceist PQ 178 agus ceist PQ 180 a fhreagairt le chéile. Tá mo Roinnse tiomanta a chinntiú go gcuireann sí an tseirbhís is fearr is féidir ar fáil don phobal i gcoitinne, sa dá theanga oifigiúil. Bhí ceithre cinn de Scéimeanna teanga don Ghaeilge ag mo Roinnse ó 2005 i leith. Tá an ceathrú Scéim Teanga don...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Foireann Roinne (16 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: Is iad na príomhghráid sa Roinn atá gafa le seirbhísí a sheachadadh ar phobal na Gaeilge ná na gráid a bhaineann le cigireacht na scoileanna agus le soláthar na seirbhísí síceolaíochta oideachais a chuireann An tSeirbhís Náisiúnta Síceolaíochta Oideachais ar fáil do scoileanna i gceantair Ghaeltachta...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (16 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: The planning application for the additional accommodation for the school to which the Deputy refers was lodged by my Department with the relevant Local Authority on Friday 11 December 2020. The tender process for the units will be progressed in tandem to the planning application and these costs are not yet available. My Department does not generally disclose the value of particular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Dec 2020)

Norma Foley: The building project referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design & Build programme. This delivery programme uses a professional external Project Management team to progress the project through the stages of architectural planning, tendering and construction. Planning permission was lodged on the 31st March 2020. A Notification to Grant planning was...