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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (15 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The curriculum, at both primary and post primary level, is considered to be for all learners regardless of race, religion, socioeconomic background, gender or orientation. It is the aim of my Department that every child has access to equitable education and that each learner feels safe and happy in the school environment, at every stage. At primary level, the current curriculum...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (15 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The Programme for Government states that this Government will develop inclusive and age appropriate curricula for Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) and Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) across primary and post-primary schools.  Access to RSE is an important right for students. Schools have a responsibility to provide for this vital aspect of education to young...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (15 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: According to my Department's records Mr. Foley's first date on the Department's payroll was as an unqualified teacher on 21 October 2010.  His first date of qualified service following his registration with the Teaching Council as a post primary teacher was on 5 September 2012. Following a review of qualification allowances as part of budget 2012 the result of which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Limerick & Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB). I am pleased to confirm that Planning Permission was granted in late summer 2020 with a number of conditions. The next steps in progressing the project to tender stage are underway and the project will then proceed onward to construction in due course....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: I can inform the Deputy that the school to which he refers has been approved funding for a project under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme. This project has been devolved for delivery to Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB) in that context. This project is currently at Stage 1 (preliminary design stage) of the design process. It is for CMETB to submit a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 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 (15 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: Teacher Supply Panels (15 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The Roadmap for the Full Return to School provides for comprehensive supports across a range of areas to allow for the safe reopening of schools. Among the supports provided is the extension of the Substitute Teacher Supply Panel. The scheme has been expanded from a pilot scheme consisting of 6 base schools to over 100 base schools, providing substitute cover to over 2,000 schools across the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 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 my Department, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 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 (15 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has no record of receiving correspondence in relation to the matter to which she refers at the school in question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department has published a suite of helpful guidance for the safe and sustainable reopening of schools, in line with public health advice, including guidance on the completion and implementation of a Covid-19 response plan by primary, special and post-primary schools. Each school is required to have a COVID-19 Response Plan in place. Covid-19 response plans are the means through which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 412 to 414, inclusive, together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 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: Summer Works Scheme (15 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: In late 2019, details of the schools that are eligible to receive funding for the 2020 Summer Works Scheme in respect of applications submitted for "Life Safety Systems projects" (Category 1) were announced. Commensurate with the level of funding set aside for the scheme, applications are being assessed on a top down basis in accordance with the prioritisation criteria outlined in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. 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 over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The permanent school building project for the school referred to by the Deputy is being delivered under my Department's Design and Build programme. A pre-planning meeting was held with Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council earlier in the year and this is informing the design for the project. Lodgement of the Planning Application will be the next key milestone in the progression of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: A building project to provide a new school building for the school referred to by the Deputy is included in my Department’s building programme. My Department is exploring the potential to masterplan the site in question, which is in my ownership, to accommodate two primary schools and will be in contact with the patron as this process progresses.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Sep 2020)

Norma Foley: The State Examinations Commission has statutory responsibility for operational matters relating to the certificate examinations. In view of this I have forwarded your query to the State Examinations Commission for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 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...