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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Sep 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.  The person referred to by the Deputy should liaise directly with the Teaching Council and follow their guidance regarding their registration. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Sep 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Briefing (17 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department provided a comprehensive briefing document to me on my appointment as Minister. The Deputy may wish to note that, in accordance with established practice, the briefing document provided to me will be published on the Department's website shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Sep 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The results of the Leaving Certificate 2020 Calculated Grades were made available to all students who opted to receive them at 9.00 am on 7 September via the Calculated Grades Student Portal. I would like to congratulate all students for their achievements in what has been a very trying time for them due to the impact of COVID-19 on their education. The Calculated Grades Student Portal has...

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

Norma Foley: The Leaving Certificate Geographical Investigation accounts for 20% of the overall marks for Leaving Certificate Geography.  The purpose of the investigation is to allow students to experience the practical application of the core geographical skills that are central to all units of the syllabus including physical, regional, human and economic geography.  Students are required to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Sep 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Sep 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (16 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department provides ancillary grant assistance towards the cost of secretarial and caretaking services to all recognised Primary schools, approximately 43 of which are in Co Carlow Within the grant programme, the level and extent of services provided is a matter for the school authorities who, through the discretion afforded by the scheme, apply their own arrangements...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (16 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The specific information requested by the Deputy regarding the number of primary and secondary schools in County Carlow that do not have access to hot water is not readily available within my Department. Health guidance states that, while warm running water is preferable for handwashing, cold water is sufficient.  In schools which do not have warm running water, a soap...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (16 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: Under Project Ireland 2040 the Minor Works Grant (MWG) is paid to primary schools in either December or January of each school year. This year, due to the exceptional circumstances arising from COVID-19, €29m was paid under the Minor Works Grant to primary schools in the free scheme in July 2020.  There was also an additional funding of €75m under the July Stimulus...

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

Norma Foley: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the attached spreadsheet.  The costs are VAT inclusive annual rental figures, on a County-by-County basis, of all new rental contracts which commenced in 2019 and 2020. My Department continues to take an integrated approach with the Prefab Replacement Programme through the replacement of prefabricated units as part of...

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

Norma Foley: The Department acknowledges that there will be cases where individual pupils or groups of pupils are requested by Public Health HSE to self-isolate or restrict their movements because of a case or cases of COVID-19.  Schools should, at a minimum, endeavour to support these pupils to catch up with their learning on their return to school. In some instances, where adapted education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 Sep 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...

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

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my 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: School Transport (16 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of my 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: School Curriculum (16 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: There are no plans at present to introduce First Aid into the curriculum. The curriculum in second level schools must meet an extensive range of needs in catering for the cognitive, emotional, imaginative, aesthetic, social, physical and moral development of students, and in preparing them for the demands of citizenship, lifelong learning and social and economic participation. Key messages...

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

Norma Foley: My Department is currently reviewing the building project to which the Deputy refers in the context of construction sites restarting and projects at tender stage progressing.  Department officials will be in contact with the school shortly with regard to the next stage for this project.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The decision to adopt a model of Calculated Grades by my Department was a direct result of COVID-19, which prevented the state from running the conventional Leaving Certificate Examinations. The design of the Calculated Grades model was informed by advice from a Technical Working Group comprising experts drawn from the State Examinations Commission, the Inspectorate of the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (16 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: A potential site option has been identified and discussions are ongoing with the landowner with a view to acquiring this site. Due to the commercially sensitive nature of site acquisitions generally, it is not possible to comment further at this stage.