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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 May 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: Departmental Schemes (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Act 2012 provided that Caranua could make funding supports available to those who had received an award of redress from the Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB) or a similar court award or settlement. The RIRB was established in 2002 and closed for applications in September 2011. The RIRB made approximately 15,600 awards of redress,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: Under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015 the Teaching Council is the body with the statutory authority and responsibility for the regulation of the teaching profession in Ireland including the registration of teachers in the State. The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The School to which the Deputy refers most recently submitted an application for funding for an internal fire escape staircase under the Emergency Works Scheme (EWS), which was approved and completed in July 2023. There have been no subsequent EWS applications received from this school. There has been some direct engagement with the school on the issue of fire certification but the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (9 May 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 funding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I am pleased to confirm to the Deputy that under the current terms of the school transport scheme, children are eligible for transport at primary level where they reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from and are attending their nearest national school, and at post primary level where they reside not less than 4.8 kilometres from and are attending their nearest post primary school/education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the deputy was announced by the Minister in December 2019 as an 8 classroom primary school with 2 classrooms for children with special educational needs. Subsequently, in May 2020, due to a demographic review this project was revised to a 16 classroom primary school with 2 classrooms for children with special educational needs. The project was subsequently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school referred to was approved to enter my Department’s pipeline of school buildings for a project to provide the following accommodation: 14 General classroom, 2 SEN base, 7 SET rooms, 1 Music room, 1 Art room and project store, 1 Home Economics room, 1 Construction room and project store, 1 DCG room, 2 Science laboratories and preparation area, 1...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The planned establishment of a new post-primary school in 2021 to serve the Sallynoggin_Killiney_DLR/Cherrywood school planning area was announced in 2018 as a result of a countrywide demographic exercise. Further analysis has since been conducted on the necessity for the establishment of planned new schools taking into account a number of factors including the pace of delivery of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for my Department. As the Deputy may be aware, while there can be enrolment pressures and demand for additional school places in some areas, it is important to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 and 178 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 established the Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB) to make financial awards to people who, as children, were resident in specified institutions and who had injuries consistent with abuse suffered while resident in those institutions. The Redress...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that under the provisions of the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) may enter into agreements with, and provide funding, to voluntary agencies (section 38 and 39 organisations) to deliver services on its behalf. The Workplace Relations agreement referred to in this question relates to Section 39 workers employed by voluntary agencies, and who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 May 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, 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 and with construction currently underway at approximately 300 other projects, which includes 31 new school buildings. These 300 projects currently at construction involve a total State investment of over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The sraitheanna pictiúr, or picture sequences, are a component of the common Irish Oral test for Higher Level and Ordinary Level candidates, with the Oral test accounting for 40% of the overall marks for Leaving Cert Irish. In response to issues highlighted in National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) and An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta &...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school referred to was approved to enter my Department’s pipeline of school buildings for a project to provide for 1 mainstream classroom, to include alterations to the existing school to provide SET facilities, under my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. The responsibility for this project has been devolved to the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The project to which the Deputy refers has been devolved for delivery to Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB). I can confirm that the recommended enhancements referred to by the Deputy were incorporated into the requested Stage 2b addendum report submitted into my Department and this is currently being reviewed by Department officials. Once this review is completed,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm that my Department is in receipt of an application, under the Additional School Accommodation scheme, from the school referred to by the Deputy. The purpose of the Additional School Accommodation scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year and where the need cannot be met by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: While the Deputy will appreciate that I cannot comment on individual or specific cases, I understand that he is referring to the revised ExGratia scheme which operated from July 2021 to July 2023. The ExGratia scheme was developed to implement the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment in O'Keeffe v Ireland, which concerned sexual abuse in day schools. The scheme, which was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (8 May 2024)

Norma Foley: The Department of Education do not have any employees who are currently suspended on full pay pending disciplinary investigations. In relation to the aegis bodies, a list of the points of contact within the organisations who would be in a position to supply the information requested, is attached. Contact E-Mail Addresses for State Bodies under the Remit of the Department of Education as...