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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (20 Oct 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: School Transport (20 Oct 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 (20 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that I will arrange for my Department to provide a response directly to the Deputy in relation to this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: The building project for the school in question is included in my Department's capital programme. On 16 October, I invited applications from school patron bodies/prospective school patrons for patronage of 4 new post-primary schools to be established in September 2021, including the new post-primary school for Ballincollig. The deadline for receipt of application from prospective patrons...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform outlined in the 2021 Budget Speech a planned review of the National Development Plan. The resulting revised National Development Plan aims to safeguard capital spending supports for regional development and to ensure alignment with Programme for Government priorities for the next decade. This review will be launched shortly and my Department,...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: There is no plan or time-frame for the phasing out of religious education in schools, at either primary or post primary level. In the context of this question, it may be helpful to distinguish between Religious Education as an educational activity that deepens young people’s understanding of religions, whatever their background or beliefs, and Religious Instruction, understood as...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (20 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: Management bodies and schools have, in recent years, reported difficulties in recruiting teachers. At primary level this relates mainly to the recruitment of substitute teachers and at post-primary level to the recruitment of teachers of particular subjects (STEM, modern foreign languages, Irish and Home Economics, in particular) as well as substitutes. The Steering Group on Teacher...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30th September. The staffing arrangements also include a provision whereby schools experiencing rapid increases in enrolment can apply for additional permanent mainstream posts on developing grounds,...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (20 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: The provision of facilities in the workplace to facilitate breastfeeding is a matter for the employer. Under Section 9 of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) Act 2004, an employer shall not be required to provide facilities in the workplace if the provision of such facilities would give rise to a cost, other than a nominal cost, to the employer. In relation to school employees, my...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (15 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: While the report was launched last Friday the 9th October, my Department is very conscious that survivors will continue to need support into the future. In July 2019, two facilitators employed by the Department published a report on the outcomes of their initial consultations with survivors. It was intended that the consultation would set out the themes and issues to be addressed by...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (15 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not publish or collate data for specific geographic areas. My Department publishes comprehensive enrolment data on the Department's website, www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Data-on-Individu al-Schools/ with 2019-20 being the most recent year for which data is available. This data can be filtered by school roll number and...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: The building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is currently under construction. Construction ceased during the National lockdown and recommenced on site recently. It is anticipated that the project will be complete in Quarter 1 2021.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme (15 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that the school in question has been granted funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme to carry out roof works. As this is a devolved scheme, it is the responsibility of the school authority to progress the works.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Oct 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. This project is currently at Stage 2(a) of Architectural planning, Developed Design (design development to a stage where the project is fully cost planned and can be prepared to lodge for statutory approvals....
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30th September. The staffing process includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit a staffing appeal under certain criteria to an independent Appeals Board. This school referred to by the...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2019/2020 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: State Examinations (15 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 181 together. The decision to adopt a model of Calculated Grades by my Department was a result of COVID-19, which prevented the State from running the conventional Leaving Certificate Examinations. The purpose of this process was to allow as many students as possible to progress to employment, further education and training, or higher education. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: The Leaving Certificate system has a well-established practice of not reducing the marks or grades of students who have not appealed their results, but who through an appeal by another student or other systemic check are identified as somebody who received higher marks or grades than were merited. In keeping with that principle, and mindful of the fact that the mistake was not the...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: The Leaving Certificate system has a well-established practice of not reducing the marks or grades of students who have not appealed their results, but who through an appeal by another student or other systemic check are identified as somebody who received higher marks or grades than were merited. In keeping with that principle, and mindful of the fact that the mistake was not the...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Oct 2020)
Norma Foley: On 03 October I announced that improved Calculated Grades would issue that day to students who received lower Calculated Grades than they should have, as a result of errors that were found in the Calculated Grades process. As a result of rectification of these errors, a total of 6,100 students received higher calculated grades. This breaks down as follows: - 5,408 students received a higher...