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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. The criteria, reviewed annually with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: In accordance with Circular 0063/2021, teachers who considered that they were entitled to a qualification allowance were required to make a claim for payment of the allowance before the deadline of the 30th April 2022. This applies only to teachers who had an entitlement to an allowance prior to 1 February 2012 when qualification allowances were abolished for all new beneficiaries in line...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 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 Textbooks (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: In March 2023 my Department 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (23 Apr 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. There are five routes of registration with the Teaching Council which are namely Route 1: Primary, Route 2: Post-primary, Route 3: Further Education, Route...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my department has received an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school authority in question The purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (or ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The criteria for the award of incremental credit are set out in the Department of Education’s Circulars 10/2001 for Primary teachers, 29/2007 and 29/2010 for Post-Primary teachers. The criteria for the award of incremental credit to recognised teachers was agreed under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council (TCC). When an application form for incremental credit is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The main purpose of the Emergency Works Scheme is to provide for unforeseen emergencies that impact on school buildings. An emergency is a situation which poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or the environment, which is sudden, unforeseen and requires immediate action and, in the case of a school, if not corrected would prevent the school or part thereof from opening. The scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (23 Apr 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 Council registers teachers under the Teaching Council Acts 2001-2015. There are five routes of registration with the Teaching Council which are namely...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 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 to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department has received an application for capital funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school authority in question. The purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (or ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that my department has received an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme, from the school authority in question The purpose of my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (or ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The matter raised by the Deputy has previously been the subject of correspondence with my Department. This correspondence included a request that I bring forward a proposal to appoint, in accordance with the provisions of the Institutional Burials Act 2022, a Director of Authorised Intervention for the site of the former St Bridget’s Industrial School, Loughrea, Co. Galway, in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved to enter the Department’s school accommodation pipeline of projects to provide a Mainstream Classroom under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme. The project is devolved to the school authority for delivery. My Department has approved the project to go to the tender. The tender report was received by my Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The Programme for Government commits to high quality Physical Education (PE) in primary and secondary schools. The appointment of Thomas Byrne TD as Minister of State with special responsibility for Sport and Physical Education reflects this commitment. My department also continues to work closely with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) with regard to curricular...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: NEPS is a school-based service, which provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools. NEPS support teachers to intervene effectively with children and young people whose needs range from mild to severe, and from transient to enduring. NEPS encourages schools to use a continuum based assessment and intervention process whereby each school takes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I can confirm to the Deputy, that the school in question submitted an application for capital funding, under my Department's Additional Schools' Accommodation (ASA) Scheme, for modular accommodation for mainstream purposes. The purpose of the Additional Schools' Accommodation scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom accommodation is available to cater...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: The major building project for the school referred to by the Deputy has completed Stage 2(b) of the architectural design process. Stage 2(b) involves detailed design and the preparation of tender documentation. The next stage, subject to relevant Stage 2(b) approvals, will be Stage 3, tender stage. Projects are subject to relevant due diligence by my Department at each stage in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Water Services (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department provides funding to recognised post primary schools by way of per capita grants which is based on school enrolment. The two main grants are the capitation grant to cater for day to day running costs such as heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, water, general up-keep etc. and the ancillary grant to cater for the cost of employing ancillary services staff. Schools are permitted...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the major building project for the school referred to is a significant priority for my Department. My Department has received correspondence from the parents council and my Department contacted the school principal to clarify if there are any immediate Life and Safety systems that need addressing, pending the delivery of the new replacement school. The...