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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department's policy is to provide for the inclusive education of children with special educational needs, including those with Autism and dyspraxia, in mainstream school settings, unless such a placement would not be in the best interests of the child concerned, or the children with whom they will be educated. This policy ensures that the majority of children with special education needs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 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. 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 grades...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: The Board of Management of a School is charged with the direct governance of schools under the Education Act. The level and extent of schools fees charged or decisions regarding reimbursement of such fees is a matter for each school Board of Management to decide. My Department has no role in such matters.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: I would like to inform the Deputy that the school in question was awarded funding under my Department's Summer Works Scheme. I am also pleased to inform the Deputy that approval has been given to the school authority to appoint a contractor to carry out the works in question following receipt of a tender report from the school. An increase in funding was allowed in that respect to reflect...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: On 13 March 2020, the Irish Research Council, in partnership with the Health Research Board and Science Foundation Ireland, issued a joint funders statement to address issues being faced by grant awardees during the Covid-19 pandemic.  This was followed by the establishment of a group comprising the main competitive research funders and performers and the HEA, which provides a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: The system whereby calculated grades are generated includes a process of national standardisation in which marks and rankings submitted by schools will be examined and may be adjusted using statistical methods to ensure a common national standard is applied. Profiles of achievement at Leaving Certificate level over the last three years will be used as part of this process and this will help...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: Summer Provision is aimed at helping children with complex needs prepare for a return to education, particularly after the health restrictions that have been in place over recent months. As work continues on planning for the re-opening of schools, it is important that we take measures help the prevention of regression among these children in terms of their education and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: To assist with the development of plans for the re-opening and operation of higher education in an environment that may require social distancing and other public health requirements, the Department of Education and Skills is engaging with relevant stakeholders from the higher education sector. The importance of informing students of arrangements for the new semester in a timely manner forms...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Responsibilities (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: The Student Grant Scheme is administered by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), a business unit of City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB). The CDETB was appointed as the awarding authority for the student grant scheme in 2012. It is accountable to the Department of Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for matters pertaining to the student...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Responsibilities (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: The Student Grant Scheme is administered by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), a business unit of City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB). The CDETB was appointed as the awarding authority for the student grant scheme in 2012. It is accountable to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for matters pertaining to the student grant scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Responsibilities (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: Following the making of the relevant legislative orders both the Irish Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland will come under the remit of the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. In 2020 Science Foundation Ireland was allocated total funding of €211.56 million, comprising €12.65 million in current funding and €198.91...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: School Transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 2019/20 school year over 120,000 children,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: Is eol dom go bhfuil an Teachta ag tagairt don soláthar fadbhunaithe atá ann trínar féidir suas le 10% d’áiteanna ar chlár na Céime Baitsiléir Oideachais (B.Ed) bunscoile sna ceithre Institiúid Ardoideachais bunscoile atá maoinithe ag an stát a chur in áirithe d’iarrthóirí a bhfuil cónaí orthu sa...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: I am very conscious of the staffing schedule and the need to prioritise teacher allocations in primary schools given their vital role in communities around the country. I am looking at how best to make further progress in reducing the primary teacher ratio in the context of the programme for Government implementation. The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts is published...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: In relation to school admissions, it is the responsibility of the managerial authorities of all schools to implement an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998 and the Admission to School’s Act 2018 . My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in the area. Parents have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: Receipt of the public health advice for the reopening of schools and educational facilities on 1 July will underpin the important work of ongoing engagements with education partners and stakeholders in terms of planning and providing guidance for schools to ensure the return to school is safe for children and staff. This guidance when fully developed will include templates that can be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Responsibilities (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: In keeping with the established practice, a comprehensive briefing document was prepared in advance of my appointment by officials in the Department of Education and Skills which was then finalised following the Taoiseach's announcement that the previous Department of Education and Skills would have its responsibilities, together with certain responsibilities previously assigned to other...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (14 Jul 2020)

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that the school to which he refers applied for funding for the work in question under my Department's Emergency Works Scheme. As the scope of the works associated with this application were outside the terms of the scheme, this application was refused. I can also confirm that the mechanism for applying for funding for the full set of works of the...