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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. The purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. In the 2019/2020 year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: I can inform the Deputy that, in relation to the project which was the subject matter of my previous response and to which he refers, my Department has checked its records and has not received any correspondence from the school subsequent to the response already provided. I am aware that a separate application for funding under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: A system of Calculated Grades was put in place by my predecessor due to the inability to run the normal Leaving Certificate examinations this year. The purpose of this process is to allow as many students as possible to progress to employment, further education and training, or higher education in a way that is fair and equitable to all Leaving Certificate students. For the calculated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise that my Department is in active discussion with An Foras Pátrúnachta in relation to a proposal for a Gaelcholáiste under the patronage of An Foras Pátrúnachta to also have a campus in County Louth.  The parties are assessing options in Dundalk for the upcoming school year.  All parties are conscious of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts is published annually on the Department website. 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 schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all similar...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the Board of Management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. Circular 11/95 “Time in School” paragraph 3 states that a typical school day for Junior classes is 4 hours and 40 minutes and Senior classes 5 hours and 40 minutes with appropriate recreation i.e. 30 minutes.    Children in infant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department has recently completed a review of the accommodation needs of the school in question and have agreed a Long Term Projected Enrolment (LTPE) of 1,300 pupils with the school authority.  A building project to deliver the necessary accommodation will be devolved to the school authority shortly. I can confirm that additional interim...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: I wish to inform the Deputy that the main purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme is to ensure the availability of funding for urgent works to those schools that are most in need of resources as a result of an emergency situation or on receipt of an enrolment application from a special needs pupil. An emergency is a situation which poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: Generally, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are autonomous with regard to management of their academic affairs including admissions procedures, and as such, have administrative policies and deadlines in place to ensure that teaching and learning is delivered in a consistent manner to all of their students.  All EU Member States have challenges similar to ours in addressing the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: Generally, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are autonomous with regard to management of their academic affairs including admissions procedures, and as such, have administrative policies and deadlines in place to ensure that teaching and learning is delivered in a consistent manner to all of their students. All EU Member States have challenges similar to ours in addressing the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: Generally, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are autonomous with regard to management of their academic affairs including admissions procedures, and as such, have administrative policies and deadlines in place to ensure that teaching and learning is delivered in a consistent manner to all of their students.  All EU Member States have challenges similar to ours in addressing the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: Please find Primary and Post-Primary enrolments for 2019-20 attached. Please note that the figures are based on the Primary and Post-Primary Census returns as of 30 September 2019 and are the final figures for the 2019-20 academic year. The figures for Primary include Mainstream and Special pupils in Mainstream Schools as well as Special Pupils in Special Schools. Primary Enrolments ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: Details of annual expenditure by my Department on capitation related grants for Primary and Post-Primary schools in the years 2009 to 2019 are provided in the table below. Sector 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 €m €m €m ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department provides a book grant to all recognised primary and post primary schools within the Free Education Scheme in order to provide assistance for books including Book Rental Schemes. Under this scheme, the Department provided funding of €16.9 million in 2019 to all of these schools. Additional funding of €1million provided under Budget 2020 was allocated to 102 Primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. The purpose of my Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. In the 2019/2020 school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: A system of Calculated Grades was put in place by my predecessor due to the inability to run the normal Leaving Certificate examinations this year. The purpose of this process is to allow as many students as possible to progress to employment, further education and training, or higher education in a way that is fair and equitable to all Leaving Certificate students. For the calculated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: Yesterday, 27 July, my Department published the report to Government “Reopening Our Schools, The Roadmap for the Full Return to School”.   This Roadmap set outs how schools will fully reopen for all students from the end of August, and what the operation of our schools will look like and be sustainable in a COVID-19 context.  It has been developed in line with public...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: I wish to inform the Deputy that the main purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme is to ensure the availability of funding for urgent works to those schools that are most in need of resources as a result of an emergency situation or on receipt of an enrolment application from a special needs pupil. An emergency is a situation which poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: A core value of the curriculum, across all levels of schooling in Ireland, is inclusivity and diversity. The curriculum at primary and post-primary is for all learners, from all backgrounds – regardless of gender, socio-economic background, race or creed. At post primary level, many subjects that students take at both junior and senior cycle are based on learning outcomes....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: 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 Educational Research Centre, and international external expertise. The use of demographic characteristics was inherent in the design of the statistical model developed by the Technical...