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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: The Programme for Government reflects the Government’s objective of continuing to expand the plurality of schools to reflect the full breadth of society. It sets out that “students of all religions and none should have access to education, regardless of their belief system”. The Programme for Government commitments in this area include: To achieve the target of at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, I recently issued a letter, instructing schools to implement a ban on the use of mobile phones during the school day, both in primary and post-primary schools. This policy approach is based on the growing concerns expressed about the impact of the use of mobile phones during the school day, including the potential for distraction during class time, the risk of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 Ireland from Ukraine were transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 Ireland from Ukraine were transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 Ireland from Ukraine were transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department and its support services continue to work to support all schools and teachers to deliver the full breadth and balance of the curriculum. Physical Education is a core part of the curriculum at primary level which seeks to satisfy the physical needs of the child through a consistent and comprehensive experience of movement and play that challenges the child to realise his or her...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Weight of Schoolbags (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the board of management (board) is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. The board manages the school on behalf of the patron and for the benefit of the students and their parents, therefore queries regarding the weight of school bags are a matter for the board of each individual school. The Department is aware that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: 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 Ireland from Ukraine were transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that the school referred to have been approved funding under my departments Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme for 2 mainstream classrooms, 4 special education tuition rooms and conversion works for 2 special education classrooms. The school also received approval for funding under my Departments Modular Accommodation Programme for the provision of 1...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: My department can confirm that it owns a 1.9 acre site across the road from the main campus referred to by the deputy. The potential future use of this piece of land is being considered by this department in the context of educational requirements in the area. Once my department has fully determined the requirements in this area we will be in a position to confirm the plans for this land.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: The number of qualified teachers employed in all primary and post primary schools (excluding ETBs), as of June 30th each year, for the past ten years can be found here: www.gov.ie/en/publication/c97fbd-teacher-statistics/#number- of-teachers-by-gender-appointed-to-teaching-posts. Further commentary and information is available in the statistical bulletin which can be found here: ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Please find attached requested data. Please note the department publishes enrolment data based on the census date, 30th September in a given year. It is not possible to provide enrolments for a date other than the census date. Year Primary Special Schools Post-primary Total 2019 559,365 8,351 371,450 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Information on the numbers of Career Breaks availed of by teachers in primary and post primary schools (excluding those employed in schools operated by Education and Training Boards) since the 2019/2020 school year is attached. This information is also available on my Department's website: www.gov.ie/en/publication/c97fbd-teacher-statistics/#breakdo...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, I recently issued a letter, instructing schools to implement a ban on the use of mobile phones during the school day, both in primary and post-primary schools. This policy approach is based on the growing concerns expressed about the impact of the use of mobile phones during the school day, including the potential for distraction during class time, the risk of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2025 (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Over recent years, additional resources have been made available to our schools, including through the delivery of thousands of extra teaching and Special Needs Assistant posts, increased capitation in schools, enhanced supports for school leadership, reduced class sizes, actions to assist teacher supply and free school books in primary schools and junior cycle post primary to help reduce the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: Ensuring that every child's experience in school is positive and that they have qualified, engaged teachers available to support them in their learning is a priority area of action for the Government.The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: The Project referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter the department’s pipeline of school buildings in June 2021 to provide a four Classroom Special Educational Needs (SEN) base, a General purpose room and Ancillary under the department‘s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. I can confirm...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department is committed to providing funding to recognised primary and post-primary schools in the free education scheme by way of per capita grants. The two main grants are the Capitation grant to cater for day-to-day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance and general up-keep, and the Ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: The Project referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter the department’s pipeline of school buildings to provide a four Classroom Special Educational Needs (SEN) base, a General purpose room and Ancillary under the department‘s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The project has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. I can confirm that this project...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Sep 2024)

Norma Foley: The school project to which the Deputy refers, has been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of a programme of school building projects. The brief for this project is to provide a new build 24-classroom primary school with a 2-class SEN base. The project commenced on site in October 2023 and has a current expected completion date of Q1 2026. ...