Results 121-140 of 434 for cork speaker:Norma Foley

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ..., to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. Bus Éireann have advised that the number of applications made for the school transport scheme within Cork county for the 2022/23 school year as compared to the applications made for the 2021/22 school year are outlined below. It is not possible to break these applications into...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (25 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ...,169 218,049 222,354 946,454 Clare 217,556 192,784 212,780 173,405 186,386 982,911 Cork 210,868 191,049 308,236 298,019 314,163 1,322,335 Donegal 317,595 198,823 232,281 ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ...seeing it improve and we can say that by the end of this year we will have almost 3,000 special classes available. We have seven special schools and the most recent two that were announced were in Cork and Dublin. We are building up resources all the time to make special education more accessible and to make it easier for people to access supports more readily in their communities. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (23 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ... Primary Post-primary Carlow 147 76 Cavan 239 106 Clare 596 344 Cork 1,076 530 Donegal 833 467 Dublin 1,204 686 Galway 623 323 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Development Plan (17 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ...mainstream demographics and catering for students from Ukraine and other countries under the International Protection system. The current status of all projects is listed on a county by county basis, including those in Cork South West, at www.gov.ie and is updated on a regular basis to reflect their progress through the various stages of capital appraisal, site acquisition,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (17 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ...40 Support Teacher Posts.  Given the developments in relation to schools’ supports in this area overall, the Inspectorate has conducted evaluations in a number of primary schools in Dublin and Cork which have support teachers. A composite report on the quality of work of support teachers was published by the DE Inspectorate in December 2020. This report recommended the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: .... This project was approved to Planning Stage in 2022 by officials in my Department and has been devolved for delivery to the school authority. In terms of new school buildings in the Cork East constituency, a number of major building projects are either currently at assessment stage or working their way through the stages of architectural planning. Across the country, my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ...of each new school year. In addition, and as part of future proofing of provision, the acquisition of a site at Brooklodge, Glanmire is progressing. Approval has been granted by the Elected Members of Cork City Council to dispose of this site and the conveyancing process and transfer of this land to the Minister is ongoing. I also recently announced the establishment of a new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ..., to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. Bus Éireann have advised that the number of applications made for the school transport scheme within Cork county for the 2022/23 school year as compared to the applications made for the 2021/22 school year are outlined below. It is not possible to break these applications into...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ...of school place requirements. In response to school place requirements in the area, there has already been significant capital investment into the primary and post-primary schools in South West Cork including new schools to increase mainstream and special class pupil places. In total, there are currently 45 school building projects across schools in South West Cork at various stages of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ...of development of the Traveller Education Strategy. Other initiatives include:A pilot project Supporting Traveller and Roma (STAR) which is underway in four areas (Galway, Wexford, Dublin and Cork), with the aim of addressing the barriers impacting on Traveller and Roma attendance, participation and retention in education;An independent assessment STAR is due to commence this year in line...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (4 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ...potential schools and to engage with school authorities, school staff and the school communities with a view to agreeing on a transfer of patronage and change of ethos, where there is sufficient demand for this. The pilot areas are parts of the cities of Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick and also the Arklow, Athlone, Dundalk and Youghal areas. The Council for Education of the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (25 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: ... Primary Post-primary Carlow 138 74 Cavan 231 99 Clare 595 347 Cork 1058 525 Donegal 838 458 Dublin 1205 681 Galway 615 332 Kerry...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: ...graduate from both the 5 year and 4 year programmes. Additionally, a number of new routes to home economics teaching are now in place. Munster Technological University (MTU) and University College Cork (UCC) offer a pathway for students to become qualified teachers in home economics and business whereby students study at MTU for 3 years and then undertake a PME in UCC for 2 years. A new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: ...St. Anne's PS 20173T Dublin Our Lady of Consolation 20064O Dublin Ennis Community College 70830N Clare Bishopstown CS 91397T Cork St. Mary's HF 60791A Dublin

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: ...6 7 Cavan 2 9 3 3 1 3 Clare 1 16 2 3 1 5 Cork 10 109 15 19 6 24 Donegal 19 9 9 5 20 Dublin ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: ...place for a structured engagement process with school communities in a number of pilot areas in order to provide more multi-denominational options where there is demand for this.  The pilot areas are parts of the cities of Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick and also the Arklow, Athlone, Dundalk and Youghal areas. The aim of this pilot, which engaged with 63 schools across the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: I wish to confirm that a proposal has been received from the school referred to by the Deputy. Officials in my Department are currently liaising with the Patron of the school and Cork ETB regarding this proposal.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Patronage (23 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: ...school property. All State-funded primary schools follow a common national curriculum and are subject to the same rules and regulations. The ongoing pilot process is engaging with 63 schools in the cities of Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick and in the Arklow, Athlone, Dundalk and Youghal areas. The Council for Education of the Irish Episcopal Conference and relevant bishops have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Patronage (23 Mar 2023)

Norma Foley: ...and the school communities with a view to agreeing on a transfer of patronage and change of ethos, where there was sufficient demand for this. The ongoing pilot includes 63 schools in the cities of Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick and the Arklow, Athlone, Dundalk and Youghal areas. The schools reconfiguration for diversity process, supporting transfers of schools to...