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

Norma Foley: A project under the Department’s Additional Accommodation Scheme 2018 has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. This project provides for two general classrooms with ensuites, two special education needs classrooms and a WC for Assisted User to replace existing prefabricated accommodation. Officials in my Department have reviewed the additional information...

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

Norma Foley: The Deputy will be aware that the project to which he refers has been devolved for delivery to the school authority under my Department's Summer Works Scheme. As such, it is a matter for the school authority to progress the project.  However, I can inform the Deputy that the tender for the works in question has been advertised on the e-Tenders system as the school authority...

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: Education and Training Boards (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: I can inform the Deputy that the dates the events to which he refers occurred were as follows: Date of submission of original planning application to Louth County Council: 16/10/2015 Date of Final Grant of Permission: 12/01/2016 Date of subsequent submission to Louth County Council: 27/06/2017 Date of Final Grant of planning permission: 21/09/2017 Regarding your question...

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 Accommodation (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was established in 2018 and is currently in interim accommodation on the Firhouse Education Campus.  Due to additional accommodation requirements in the Gaelscoil in which they are currently located my Department has been informed that it is not possible for the secondary school to continue to operate in that building.  My Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (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 over 14,200...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (30 Jun 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: 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 primacy 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. 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. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Childcare Services (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: My Department has a general policy of encouraging the use of school facilities by community and other groups where this is possible and following consultation with the relevant school authorities, published Guidelines on the use of School Buildings outside of school hours. These guidelines can be viewed on my Department's website at this link: . It is recognised that schools...

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: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education and Skills, SOLAS and the education and training providers are actively working to put in place alternative learning and assessment solutions for all apprentices, while maintaining the quality and integrity of the apprenticeship programme.  Alternative assessments for theory components of those craft apprenticeship programmes which were due to be...

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: Third Level Institutions (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: In April 2019 a framework for consent in Higher Education Institutions "Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive - Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in Irish Higher Education Institutions" was launched by the Department. The framework aims to ensure the creation of an institutional campus culture which is safe, respectful and supportive. Following the launch of the...

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

Norma Foley: A process is in place for students who are attending school were also studying a Leaving Certificate subject or subjects outside of school. The Calculated Grades Executive Office (CGEO) is receiving reports from schools on the students taking subjects outside of school for whom schools were unable to provide an estimated percentage mark in a particular subject. Following an...

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

Norma Foley: I recognise the very important work done by these staff, and the other support staff in the running of our schools.  I have spoken to a number of secretaries about their employment conditions and understand the issues they have raised.  In Budget 2020 I increased the number of secretaries and caretakers in certain schools, allowing schools with enrolments of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (30 Jun 2020)

Norma Foley: In advance of the COVID-19 restriction measures, officials at the HR Unit of my Department engaged with the management of the line sections in the various locations within my Department in order to put measures in place which involved a combination of some onsite essential working and wider remote working arrangements.  The HR Unit in conjunction with the Corporate Services Unit of my...

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

Norma Foley: I wish to inform the Deputy that the project to which she refers has been devolved to the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) for delivery as part of a programme of school building projects. The NDFA is currently undertaking the second phase of the process of appointment of multi-disciplinary technical advisors (design teams) for these projects. Thereafter, it will ensure...