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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school referred to was approved to enter my Department’s pipeline of school buildings for a project to provide the following accommodation: 14 General classroom, 2 SEN base, 7 SET rooms, 1 Music room, 1 Art room and project store, 1 Home Economics room, 1 Construction room and project store, 1 DCG room, 2 Science laboratories and preparation area, 1...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The planned establishment of a new post-primary school in 2021 to serve the Sallynoggin_Killiney_DLR/Cherrywood school planning area was announced in 2018 as a result of a countrywide demographic exercise. Further analysis has since been conducted on the necessity for the establishment of planned new schools taking into account a number of factors including the pace of delivery of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for my Department. As the Deputy may be aware, while there can be enrolment pressures and demand for additional school places in some areas, it is important to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 and 178 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 established the Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB) to make financial awards to people who, as children, were resident in specified institutions and who had injuries consistent with abuse suffered while resident in those institutions. The Redress...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that under the provisions of the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) may enter into agreements with, and provide funding, to voluntary agencies (section 38 and 39 organisations) to deliver services on its behalf. The Workplace Relations agreement referred to in this question relates to Section 39 workers employed by voluntary agencies, and who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, my Department has invested in the region of €4.5 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 800 school building projects. Construction is currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes 31 new school buildings. Projects at construction involve a total State investment of over €1.2bn. I recently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, my department has invested in the region of €4.5 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 800 school building projects and with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes 31 new school buildings. These 300 projects currently at construction involve a total State investment of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The sraitheanna pictiúr, or picture sequences, are a component of the common Irish Oral test for Higher Level and Ordinary Level candidates, with the Oral test accounting for 40% of the overall marks for Leaving Cert Irish. In response to issues highlighted in National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) and An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta &...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school referred to was approved to enter my Department’s pipeline of school buildings for a project to provide for 1 mainstream classroom, to include alterations to the existing school to provide SET facilities, under my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The responsibility for this project has been devolved to the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB). I can confirm that the recommended enhancements referred to by the Deputy were incorporated into the requested Stage 2b addendum report submitted into my Department and this is currently being reviewed by Department officials. Once this review is completed,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application, under the Additional School Accommodation scheme, from the school referred to by the Deputy. The purpose of the Additional School Accommodation scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year and where the need cannot be met by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: While the Deputy will appreciate that I cannot comment on individual or specific cases, I understand that he is referring to the revised ExGratia scheme which operated from July 2021 to July 2023. The ExGratia scheme was developed to implement the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment in O'Keeffe v Ireland, which concerned sexual abuse in day schools. The scheme, which was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education do not have any employees who are currently suspended on full pay pending disciplinary investigations. In relation to the aegis bodies, a list of the points of contact within the organisations who would be in a position to supply the information requested, is attached. Contact E-Mail Addresses for State Bodies under the Remit of the Department of Education as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school referred to was approved to enter my Department’s pipeline of school buildings for a project to provide a 2 Classroom Special Educational Needs base and 4 SET rooms under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme 2020. The project was devolved to the school authority for delivery. A Stage 2a report has been submitted and is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 May 2024)

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 30 September. The staffing arrangements for the 2024/25 school year are set out in Circular 0011/2024. The allocation of an Administrative Principal is also based on enrolments on the previous 30...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 May 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 School Accommodation Scheme for one modular special education needs classroom. The purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (or ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Programmes (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not paid into, nor has it received any funds from EU Programmes or funds outside the Multiannual Financial Framework in the period 2014 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 established the Residential Institutions Redress Board to make financial awards to people who, as children, were resident in specified institutions and who had injuries consistent with alleged abuse suffered while resident in those institutions. The Schedule to the 2002 Act specified 123 institutions and the Act allowed for the inclusion of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that the property in question is in Minister for Education ownership. At present there is a school on-site in temporary accommodation and a long term school building project is at its preliminary stages. Specific enquiries in relation to this property can be sent directly to Schools Property Management in the Planning and Building Unit located in the Central Business Park,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 161,600 children, including over 135,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 19,800 pupils with special educational needs, and 6,800 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine are transported on a daily basis to...