Results 1-20 of 50 for drugs speaker:Norma Foley

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (27 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...includes a strand called ‘Health and Wellbeing’. The learning outcomes of this strand include that students should be able to ‘explore the factors that influence mental health and wellbeing, including the influence of family, peers, societal attitudes, media, technology, alcohol and drugs, and one’s sense of self’, to ‘recognise unhelpful thinking...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: .... The programme provides important educational material and learning on road safety for pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and motorists. It covers such issues as seatbelts and airbags, driver fatigue, drink/drug driving, road-safety engineering and enforcement, basic first aid at road crashes, emergency services and rehabilitation, licensing and insurance issues, the NCT, purchasing a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (14 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: ...for Government commits to establishing a Citizens’ Assembly on the Future of Education ensuring that the voices of young people and those being educated are central. The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use recently held its final meeting and the final report from this assembly is scheduled to be published in due course. The establishment of the Citizens’ Assembly on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (7 Dec 2023)

Norma Foley: ...includes a strand called ‘Health and Well-being’. The learning outcomes of this strand include that students should be able to ‘explore the factors that influence mental health and well-being, including the influence of family, peers, societal attitudes, media, technology, alcohol and drugs, and one’s sense of self’, to ‘recognise unhelpful...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...for Government commits to establishing a Citizens’ Assembly on the Future of Education ensuring that the voices of young people and those being educated are central. The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use recently held its final meeting and the final report from this assembly is scheduled to be published before the end of 2023. The establishment of the Citizens’...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health Promotion (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: The Know the Score programme is a substance misuse programme published in 2019 for Transition Year or 5th year pupils. It was jointly developed by the HSE, my Department and the Drugs and Alcohol Task Forces. It is the first national evidence-based resource on alcohol and drugs for Senior Cycle students. The overall aim of the resource is to enable young people to make conscious and informed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (30 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...for Government commits to establishing a Citizens’ Assembly on the Future of Education ensuring that the voices of young people and those being educated are central. The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use recently held its final meeting and the final report from this assembly is scheduled to be published before the end of 2023. The establishment of the Citizens’...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (22 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with a range of difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. This is mainly done through the SPHE programme. SPHE forms part of the mandatory Wellbeing area of learning at Junior Cycle. Wellbeing in Junior Cycle is about young people...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ..., to discuss the physical, social, emotional and legal consequences of using addictive substances (both immediate and long-term), and to consider scenarios where, for example, alcohol, nicotine, drugs, food and electronic devices might be used to cope with unpleasant feelings or stress, and discuss possible healthy ways of coping. It can be noted that work is ongoing to update the SPHE...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (10 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: ...Government commits to establishing a Citizens’ Assembly on the Future of Education ensuring that the voices of young people and those being educated are central. The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use is currently underway and is scheduled to complete its work by the end of 2023. The establishment of the Citizens’ Assembly on the Future of Education and its Terms...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with a range of difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. This is mainly done through the Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) programme. SPHE forms part of the mandatory Wellbeing area of learning at Junior Cycle. Wellbeing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with a range of difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. This is mainly done through the SPHE programme. SPHE forms part of the mandatory Well-being area of learning at Junior Cycle. Well-being in Junior Cycle is about young people...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (4 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: ...Irish National Teachers Organisation and the organisation representing school management at primary level. While this agreement specifies that no teacher can be required to administer medicine or drugs to pupils, it also sets out procedures that must be followed where a teacher or teachers agree to do so. The position is that either the parents of the child should make themselves available...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: ...for Government commits to establishing a Citizens’ Assembly on the Future of Education ensuring that the voices of young people and those being educated are central. The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use is currently underway and is scheduled to complete its work by the end of 2023. The establishment of the Citizens’ Assembly on the Future of Education and its Terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with a range of difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. This is mainly done through the Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) programme. SPHE forms part of the mandatory 'Wellbeing' area of learning at Junior Cycle....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: .... The programme provides important educational material and learning on road safety for pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and motorists. It covers such issues as seatbelts and airbags, driver fatigue, drink/drug driving, road-safety engineering and enforcement, basic first aid at road crashes, emergency services and rehabilitation, licensing and insurance issues, the NCT, purchasing a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (1 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: ...misuse. Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. SPHE is currently mandatory in all primary schools and in Junior Cycle, where it forms part of the mandatory 'Well-being' area of learning. Schools are also encouraged to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (17 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ...misuse. Schools have a role to play in supporting their students to develop the key skills and knowledge to enable them to make informed choices when faced with difficult issues, including drugs, alcohol and gambling. SPHE is currently mandatory in all primary schools and in Junior Cycle, where it forms part of the mandatory 'Wellbeing' area of learning. Schools are also encouraged to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (18 Apr 2023)

Norma Foley: ...-track option. The programme provides important educational material and learning on road safety for pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and motorists. It covers such issues as seatbelts and airbags, driver fatigue, drink/drug driving, road-safety engineering and enforcement, basic first aid at road crashes, emergency services and rehabilitation, licensing and insurance issues, the NCT,...

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

Norma Foley: ...those serving populations with little or no disadvantage. It has provided children who come to education at a disadvantage with an equitable opportunity to achieve their potential in education. The Department provides funding for a number of projects in local drugs task force areas. The aim of these projects are to promote healthy choices and to prevent or reduce substance misuse....