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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (25 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Information on the pension entitlements of any individual is of a personal nature and details of an individual’s pension entitlements are not provided. Pension entitlements for Officeholders (including the position of Taoiseach) and TDs are set out in various pieces of legislation. These entitlements depend on a range of factors including which scheme an individual is a member of....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Emer Higgins: ..., funded through the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, are administering the grant to qualifying businesses on behalf of the Department. Local Authorities have written to all rate paying businesses with details of how to register for the grant and it is a very simple process for businesses to verify their details through an online portal. The grant has been open for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (25 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: ...on their journey to employment. JobsIreland.ie is the Public Employment Service of the Department of Social Protection. The website provides jobseekers with free job search and tools to create a profile to match their skills and experience with jobs. This Government service includes a network of staff providing expert guidance and resources, who can help individuals to create their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Question Heading for question(s) 173 (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The Professional Master of Education (PME) is a two-year, full-time Level 9 postgraduate professional teacher education programme designed to qualify graduates as primary & post-primary teachers. Changes to the duration and content of initial teacher education programmes were made in response to recommendations in the National Strategy to Improve Literacy and Numeracy among...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Gerald Nash: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a serious issue at a school in Omeath, County Louth (details supplied) that has seen its allocation of special education teaching hours cut for the second year running, putting enormous strain on the school’s staff and putting the provision of the SET teaching support needed at the school, greatly at risk; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Thomas Gould: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on capital works at a school (details supplied) to provide additional capacity in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18481/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers submitted two applications for funding under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS). The first application is for roof works, the EWS team has requested that the school conduct a leak detection test on the roof, in order to provide a clear overview of the issues with the roof that require remediation. The second application is for mechanical and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I recently announced €50 million in grant funding for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) , which has now issued to all recognised primary, special Schools and post-primary schools. This ICT funding is being provided to schools to help them continue to use digital technologies in their teaching, learning and assessment and which represents the second tranche of ICT...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: Transition Year is a valuable optional programme for students that offers opportunities for life skills, personal, social and academic development and experience of adult and working life. In 2022, I announced an ambitious programme of work for a reimagined Senior Cycle of education where the student is at the centre of their Senior Cycle experience. As part of the broader redevelopment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this answer

Norma Foley: ...my Department has invested in the region of €4.5 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 800 school building projects. Construction is currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes 31 new school buildings. Projects at construction involve a total State investment of over €1.2bn. I recently announced that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department is committed to ensuring that grant-funded school caretakers will be afforded the opportunity to avail of a similar agreement that was offered to grant-funded school secretaries under the February 2022 WRC agreement. A deficit of data on caretaker terms and conditions despite a number of surveys had meant this was not possible at the time. There has been ongoing engagement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Apr 2024) See 10 other results from this answer

Norma Foley: ...my Department has invested in the region of €4.5 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 800 school building projects. Construction is currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes 31 new school buildings. Projects at construction involve a total State investment of over €1.2bn. I recently announced that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: In March 2023 I introduced a groundbreaking new free Primary Schoolbook Scheme, that has provided funding directly to recognised primary and special schools to provide at a minimum, free schoolbooks, workbooks and copybooks to pupils. More than 563,000 pupils enrolled in approximately 3,230 recognised primary schools, including over 130 special schools, have benefited from this new measure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...to students achieving their potential. Supplementing the universal supports available to all schools, the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) Programme is a key policy initiative of my Department to address concentrated educational disadvantage at school level in a targeted and equitable way across the primary and post-primary sector. In March 2022, I announced the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I recently announced €50 million in grant funding for Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This ICT grant has now issued to all recognised primary, special schools and post-primary schools. This funding is being provided to schools to help them continue to embed the use of digital technologies in their teaching, learning and assessment and represents the second tranche...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for my department and for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). The vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 161,600 children, including over 135,000 pupils traveling on primary and post primary services, 19,800 pupils with special educational needs, and 6,800 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine are transported on a daily basis...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware provisional approval was issued to the school in question for 1xEarly intervention classroom, 1x Special education classroom and 1x Mainstream classroom in May 2022. This project is currently at stage 1 with the Delivery section in the Department. The school also received approval for 1 Modular Special Education needs classroom which is currently in place in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 161,600 children, including over 135,000 pupils travelling on primary and post primary services, 19,800 pupils with special educational needs, and 6,800 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine are transported on a daily basis to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: Due to improvements brought about in recent budgets, the teacher allocation ratio is at an average of 1 classroom teacher for every 23 pupils in all primary schools, the lowest level ever seen at primary level. A three point reduction in the retention schedule, which I introduced in 2021, assists schools that would otherwise be at risk of losing teaching posts. The staffing of a school...

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