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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Children in Care (26 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: The Educational Welfare Service is one of the three strands of Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) and operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, a piece of legislation that emphasises the promotion of school attendance, participation, and retention. In September 2023, a specialist post of Educational Welfare Officer (EWO) for children in care was established in TESS. This post...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the board of management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. While the Department sets out the composition of boards of management and rules of procedure it is not directly involved in the management of schools. While the Department allocates certain staff such as teachers and SNAs, where a school uses other income to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (26 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: The school in question to which the Deputy refers submitted an application for funding under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) for mechanical and electrical works. The EWS operates on the basis of a minimal scope of works. The application in question is currently being reviewed by the Department of Educations technical team. Once this application is received back from the technical...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (26 Sep 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: School Admissions (26 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) is the agency which can assist parents who are experiencing difficulty in securing a school place for their child. TESS can be contacted at 01-7718500 () for assistance. More information is available on their website on the following link: . The Department understands that the parent was contacted by TESS during the summer and offered advice on...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Tá an-áthas orm a bheith os comhair Chomhchoiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge tráthnóna. Ar dtús, gabhaim buíochas leis an gcoiste as ucht an chuiridh, an ama agus an deis a thabhairt dom bualadh agus labhairt leis inniu. Tá cur chun cinn na Gaeilge ar cheann de na tosaíochtaí atá agam mar Aire Oideachais agus...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta. Beidh mé sásta labhairt léi as Gaeilge agus as Béarla. An bhfuil sí ag caint faoin bpolasaí don Ghaeltacht?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Tá sé sin déanta againn. It has been actioned. For example, some of the actions that have come in are: the 30 B.Oid places provided for by the Department; the máistreacht ghairmiúil, which has also been provided for; the Gaeltacht recognition scheme-----

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Tá an plean críochnaithe. There are three stages to what we are doing in terms of promotion of the Irish language. The completion of the plan for schools within the Gaeltacht was the first stage. Tá sé sin déanta. The next-----

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Beidh athbhreithniú ar siúl. There will be a revision or whatever, an athbhreithniú, of it when the entire policy has been completed. There are three stages to the policy. That was the first one. The second stage is the policy for Irish-medium education outside of the Gaeltacht. The third leg is the policy for the teaching of Irish in mainstream English-medium schools....

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Ní bheidh. Tá sé beagnach críochnaithe. Bhí an comhairliúchán deireanach ar siúl ar an Aoine seo chaite. Tá sé sin críochnaithe. A comprehensive consultation process was conducted. In excess of 5,400 questionnaires were completed, 216 children and young people and 92 adults participated in focus groups, there were written...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: What I am saying is that there was a comprehensive consultation process, as there are in most of the policies we develop within the Department. It is quite comprehensive to say there were 5,400 questionnaires, which were all completed. We had children and young people as part of the focus groups. There were written submissions received. Officials from the Department met with 29 different...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Tuigim an méid atá á rá ag an Teachta. I understand what she is saying. I have not seen the draft. I did not receive it yet and therefore I cannot say what is in it. I do not know. The consultation process has been quite comprehensive. We will have to wait and see what emerges from it. I appreciate what the Deputy is saying, that they are not happy with the...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: I hear what the Deputy is saying. I have to reiterate that I have not seen it. I note the concerns she has expressed. I had better see what is in the policy and decide from there. It will be virtually impossible to keep everybody happy and ensure there is unanimous agreement; I will acknowledge that. I note what the Deputy is saying, I hear the concerns she has raised and I await the draft.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Gan dabht.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: The Deputy is correct. There was and is a very positive story in Synge Street CBS. I congratulate everybody involved in bringing it to the point it is at. I particularly acknowledge the Edmund Rice Schools Trust, ERST, for its role in this. We look forward to this perhaps being a role model for others going forward, in addition to all the other efforts being made. I hear what the...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: I am happy to look at anything. I hear that proposal. The exemptions were introduced in the first place primarily for children who were coming from abroad. They were then extended to cater for children with additional needs. Twenty-five percent of children in our schools present with a learning or additional need. In the entirety of the 1 million students we have, just over 6.7-6.9% of...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: May I make one comment about special education and the view the Deputy believes the Department has toward children with additional needs or learning difficulties who avail of the exemption? It is quite staggering to think that 25% of our students present with some learning or additional need and yet only 7% of them are availing of an exemption. It is very clear in the circulars to the...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: I appreciate what Deputy Connolly said. We are all at a disadvantage here because we have not seen the policy yet, draft or otherwise. Deputy Farrell raised Wales, where I visited. I was very keen to see the remarkable progress that is being made there. I met with staff, young people and experts in that area to get a feel for how they were making progress. In terms of the specific...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cur Chuige an Stáit i gCur Chun Cinn Chóras Gaeloideachais: An tAire Oideachais (25 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: That is what we are at currently. From the start to the end of the Government, we will be looking at every point to double the numbers between now and the next ten years or whatever. We are making progress-----