Written answers
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
Department of Education and Skills
Teacher Training Provision
Tom Neville (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all teachers should be trained in first aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation; if he should provide a training day in every school to teachers and students who have not been trained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9838/16]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Under the provisions of the Education Act 1998, the board of management is the body charged with the direct governance of a school. Schools are required to take all reasonable precautions to provide training for teachers to ensure the safety and welfare of their pupils.
In recognition of the responsibility which the Education Act has imposed on Boards of Management and the increasingly complex environment in which they must operate, my Department funds a scheme for the provision of training and development for boards of management to assist them in the discharge of their duties. The training is delivered by the school management bodies and Health & Safety is one of the areas covered.
The issue of making training in First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation available to schools is a decision for each individual Board of Management to make in relation to their own school.
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