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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Jun 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 current school year over 120,000 children, including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Jun 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 current school year over 120,000 children, including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department published details of Summer Provision 2020 – Reconnecting with Educationincluding a programme for children with complex special educational needs. The programme is a significant expansion on the July Provision programme of previous years with the eligibility criteria widened to include approximately 9,000 additional primary aged children with complex needs. Approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department published details of Summer Provision 2020 – Reconnecting with Education including a programme for children with complex special educational needs. The programme is a significant expansion on the July Provision programme of previous years with the eligibility criteria widened to include approximately 9,000 additional primary aged children with complex needs. All special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department published details of Summer Provision 2020 – Reconnecting with Education including a programme for children with complex special educational needs. The programme is a significant expansion on the July Provision programme of previous years with the eligibility criteria widened to include approximately 9,000 additional primary aged children with complex needs. All special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that, in relation to the school to which he refers, my Department has recently approved this project to proceed to tender.  This funding is being provided under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: Under the Assistive Technology scheme, as set out in my Department’s Circular 0010/2013, funding is provided to schools towards the cost of computers and specialist equipment, which are required for educational purposes. Equipment is provided under this scheme for children with more complex disabilities who, in order to access the school curriculum, require essential specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Jun 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 current school year over 120,000 children, including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department published details of Summer Provision 2020 – Reconnecting with Education including a programme for children with complex special educational needs. The programme is a significant expansion on the July Provision programme of previous years with the eligibility criteria widened to include approximately 9,000 additional primary aged children with complex needs. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department published details of Summer Provision 2020 – Reconnecting with Education including a programme for children with complex special educational needs. The programme is a significant expansion on the July Provision programme of previous years with the eligibility criteria widened to include approximately 9,000 additional primary aged children with complex needs. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Inspections (30 Jun 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: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department published details of Summer Provision 2020 – Reconnecting with Education including a programme for children with complex special educational needs. In developing the programme, my officials had extensive discussions with stakeholders. I am aware there is an ongoing dialogue with Down Syndrome Ireland on the programme. The programme is a significant expansion on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: Caithfidh ardchaighdeán líofachta sa Ghaeilge a bheith ag mic léinn ar dhul isteach i gClár Oideachais Tosaigh do Mhúinteoirí dóibh de bhrí gur riachtanas é chun Gaeilge a mhúineadh a bheith inniúil sa Ghaeilge agus in ann í a úsáid mar ghnáth-theanga chumarsáide sa seomra ranga.  Dé hAoine, 8...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: A planning application for the first school to which the Deputy refers was lodged with the relevant Local Authority on 20 May 2020 and a decision is awaited.  The tendering process for the procurement of prefabricated accommodation for the project is currently ongoing.  It is envisaged that the school will open in suitable interim accommodation for the 2020/2021 academic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: It was announced on Thursday 25 June that all out-of-school Leaving Certificate 2020 students are being contacted directly by my Department to notify them of an application process for Calculated Grades. These are students who entered for their examinations as external candidates and who indicated that they were not attending for tuition at any school, or centre of education recognised by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that in relation to the school to which the Deputy refers, a contract is due to be awarded this week (commencing 29 June, 2020) for the additional interim accommodation required for the school for the next academic year.  However, a decision in relation to planning permission for this additional accommodation is still awaited.  It should be noted that these delays...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: School transport is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department.  In the current school year over 120,000 children, including over 14,200 children with special educational needs, are 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: Emergency Works Scheme (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the additonal works to which he refers have been approved. They have now been incorporated into the existing project being delivered under my Department's Additional Accommodation Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department published details of Summer Provision 2020 – Reconnecting with Education including a programme for children with complex special educational needs. The programme is a significant expansion on the July Provision programme of previous years with the eligibility criteria widened to include approximately 9,000 additional primary aged children with complex needs. All special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Jun 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. There is no change to the staffing of the school referred to by the Deputy...