Written answers
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
Department of Education and Skills
Education Schemes
Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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951. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of each of the 40 early start programmes currently operating in tabular form. [39490/21]
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Early Start Units are in operation in Cork, Limerick, Dublin, Galway, Louth, Waterford and Wicklow. The full list of schools that have an Early Start Unit are listed in the table below which includes location, county and the school’s roll number.
Roll No | Name of School | Location | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17024I | Scoil Chroise Naofa | Mahon | Cork |
| 18217B | Scoil Padre Pio National School | Churchfield | Cork |
| 18587L | Scoil Mhuire Banrion | Mayfield | Cork |
| 19714U | St. Mary's on the Hill | Knocknaheeny | Cork |
| 20036J | North Presentation National School | Gerald Griffin St. | Cork |
| 20038N | Scoil Aiseiri Chroist | Farranree | Cork |
| 18968A | St. Malachy's National School | Edenmore | Dublin 5 |
| 19298J | Scoil Ide | Kilmore Road West | Dublin 5 |
| 13611D | Presentation National School | Warrenmount | Dublin 8 |
| 16786H | St Brigid's Primary School | The Coombe | Dublin 8 |
| 19302U | Virgin Mary National School | Ballymun | Dublin 9 |
| 18342E | St. Louise de Marillac National School | Ballyfermot | Dublin 10 |
| 18585H | Queen of Angels National School | Ballyfermot | Dublin 10 |
| 19197D | St. Kevin's Boy's National School | Barry Avenue | Dublin 11 |
| 19489Q | St. Finian's National School | Glenties Park | Dublin 11 |
| 19546C | St. Oliver Plunkett Junior National School | St. Helena's Drive | Dublin 11 |
| 20029M | St. Brigid's Infants National School | Wellmount Road | Dublin 11 |
| 20059V | Mother Of Divine Grace | Holy Faith National School | Dublin 11 |
| 18386B | Marist National School | Clogher Road | Dublin 12 |
| 20014W | St. Agnes National School | Armagh Road | Dublin 12 |
| 19545A | St. Patrick's Junior National School | Corduff | Dublin 15 |
| 19605P | Scoil Naomh Mhuire Junior National School | Blakestown | Dublin 15 |
| 19850F | Ladyswell National School | Ladyswell | Dublin 15 |
| 19524P | Our Lady Immaculate National School | Darndale | Dublin 17 |
| 19509T | Scoil Nano Nagle Junior National School | Bawnogue | Dublin 22 |
| 19569O | Neilstown National School | St. Peter Apostle JNS | Dublin 22 |
| 19743E | St. Bernadette's Junior National School | Quarryvale | Dublin 22 |
| 19652B | An Croi Ro Naofa Junior National School | Killinarden | Dublin 24 |
| 19702N | St. Thomas' Junior National School | Jobstown | Dublin 24 |
| 19641T | Scoil Colmcille Junior National School | Wyattville | Co. Dublin |
| 19840C | Holy Family NS | Monkstown | Co. Dublin |
| 19960M | St. John's National School | Ballybrack | Co. Dublin |
| 17782E | Scoil Bhride | Shantalla | Galway |
| 17737W | Our Lady Queen of Peace National School | Janesboro | Limerick |
| 19667O | Our Lady of Lourdes National School | Rosbrien | Limerick |
| 20184B | Galvone National School | Kennedy Park | Limerick |
| 19247P | Redeemer Girls' National School | Ard Easmuinn | Co. Louth |
| 19479N | Rathmullen National School | Rathmullen | Co. Louth |
| 19511G | St. Saviour's Junior National School | Ballybeg | Waterford |
| 19508R | St. Fergal's Junior National School | Ballywaltrim | Co. Wicklow |
Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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952. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason applications for new early start programmes are closed; and when they will reopen. [39491/21]
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The Early Start programme was established in 1994, and is a one-year intervention to meet the needs of children aged between 3 years and 5 years who are at risk of not reaching their potential within the school system. It involves an educational programme to enhance overall development, help prevent school failure and offset the effects of social disadvantage.
Since the inception of Early Start, the early childhood education and care landscape has changed significantly with the introduction of the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme in 2010, and the extension of this scheme to a two-year programme in 2018. The ECCE scheme is under the remit of my colleague the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and officials of my Department and its agencies co-operate closely with that Department, particularly in relation to Síolta and Aistear, the national quality and curriculum frameworks for early years care and education.
While the ECCE scheme is the national universal two-year pre-school programme available to all children, the Early Start programme continues to run in 40 primary schools in designated areas of urban disadvantage, and has capacity for 1,620 children each year. Early Start units attached to primary schools are staffed by teachers and child care workers. The programme opens each year for new child enrolments.
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