Results 21-40 of 162 for 5 million speaker:Norma Foley

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, the department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in mainstream...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...supports, special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, €2.6 billion was spent on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in mainstream...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: ...a regular basis to reflect project progress through the various stages of capital appraisal, site acquisition, design, tender and construction. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing over €5 billion during the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: On 5th March I announced details of a new ground-breaking scheme which provides free schoolbooks to Junior Cycle students in post-primary schools in the Free Education Scheme. Special schools who have Students enrolled in Junior Cycle programmes will also receive this funding. More than 213,000 students enrolled in approximately 670 post-primary schools and 70 special schools, will benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: ...achieved again in 2023 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing over €5 billion during the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: ...is updated on a regular basis to reflect project progress through the various stages of capital appraisal, site acquisition, design, tender and construction. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing over €5 billion during the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: ...again in 2023 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing over €5 billion during the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn and work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: ...a regular basis to reflect project progress through the various stages of capital appraisal, site acquisition, design, tender and construction. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing over €5 billion during the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: ...achieved again in 2023 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing over €5 billion during the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Educational Institutions (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: An implementation plan for Cineáltas was published on 10 April 2023 and commits to implementing each of the 61 actions contained in Cineáltas within a 5 year period. Work is well underway to implement many of these actions. An Implementation and Evaluation Group has been established to oversee implementation of the actions and the publication of annual implementation and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...achieved again in 2023 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing over €5 billion during the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...again in 2023 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing over €5 billion during the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn and work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...again in 2023 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing over €5 billion during the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn and work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...was achieved again in 2023 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing over €5 billion during the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (15 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for the Department. Under Project Ireland 2040, my Department is investing over €5 billion over the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...caring commitments. To further the work of this Government in reducing costs for families, tackling disadvantage and supporting achievement of all our children and young people, I secured €10.5 billion for Education in Budget ’24. As Minister, I have increased the provision of a number of resources that support children at risk of educational disadvantage across all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...sealed SWA1 (deed of transfer easement for underground cables) to the ESB 9 January 2024. Following an update received on 31 January from the Design Team, the ESB have outages provisionally booked for 15 and 16 February to carry out this diversion. On completion of the ESB works, the enabling works Contractor will have approximately 1 weeks’ work remaining to make the site...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...again in 2023 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing over €5 billion during the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn and work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (7 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...provided for the programme as part of Budget 2021 measures. The increasing of the SCP full year budget to €27m from 2022 encompassed the extension of SCP to an additional 28 schools and incorporated a 5 percent increase in budget to SCP funding overall. From September 2022, an additional €4 million (€5.9 million full year) was provided to allow access to SCP to new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...achieved again in 2023 notwithstanding the wider construction sector environment of high inflation, labour shortages and supply chain issues. Under Project Ireland 2040, we are investing over €5 billion during the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that learn and...