# department-of-education - Thursday 9 January, 2020
The fund has been set up on top of a grant which is already provided to all schools.
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# department-of-education - Friday 13 December, 2019
Talks broke down between the Department of Education and Fórsa at the Workplace Relations Commission this week.
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# department-of-education - Monday 14 October, 2019
Some 42 schools constructed by Western Building Systems have been at the centre of a safety probe.
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# department-of-education - Monday 7 October, 2019
The scheme provides funding towards extra schooling in July for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or severe learning disability.
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# department-of-education - Thursday 26 September, 2019
Home tutors have raised concerns that the Department of Education has failed to process tuition grants.
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# department-of-education - Monday 23 September, 2019
Concerns have been raised over the use of reduced timetables.
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# department-of-education - Sunday 8 September, 2019
The Department said that they’ve received calls on the issue, where they advise secretaries on what action they can take.
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# department-of-education - Saturday 17 August, 2019
Concerns have been raised about the length of time it takes to process teachers’ appointments.
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# department-of-education - Monday 12 August, 2019
IQ levels and psychological assessments are no longer a factor.
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# department-of-education - Thursday 8 August, 2019
The teenager was expelled by the school’s board of management in November 2018.
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# department-of-education - Friday 2 August, 2019
That’s according to a new report published today.
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# department-of-education - Wednesday 31 July, 2019
Last month the Department of Education served statutory notices on 18 schools and two patrol bodies in the Dublin 15 area urging them to make additional provision.
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# department-of-education - Tuesday 23 April, 2019
A new scheme aimed at teaching pupils a second language was announced today.
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# department-of-education - Tuesday 19 March, 2019
Neither the Department of Education nor the State Examination Commission keep those details.
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# department-of-education - Monday 28 January, 2019
Fianna Fáil education spokesperson Thomas Byrne has claimed poor training and insufficient pay was behind the drop in the supply.
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# department-of-education - Thursday 17 January, 2019
Kathleen O’Doherty from Donegal has written to eight Education Ministers about school secretaries’ pay.
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# department-of-education - Saturday 22 December, 2018
A total of 42 schools built by Western Building Systems were inspected over concerns about potential structural problems earlier this year.
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# department-of-education - Thursday 15 November, 2018
Parents and children of Naomh Fionnbarra GAA Club are calling for the restoration of their all-weather pitch.
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# department-of-education - Monday 29 October, 2018
The results of some assessments are due to be released tomorrow.
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# department-of-education - Thursday 25 October, 2018
The company was involved in the construction of the extension to Beaumont Hospital.
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A total of 42 schools will be assessed over the next two weeks.
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# department-of-education - Tuesday 23 October, 2018
More than 1,200 pupils in north Dublin have been affected by the closures.
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# department-of-education - Monday 10 September, 2018
New specifications for Maths, Home Economics, History, Music and Geography are set to go live from this month for Junior Cert students.
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# department-of-education - Monday 27 August, 2018
The student involved cannot be identified for legal reasons.
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# department-of-education - Monday 23 July, 2018
The family were told the girl wasn’t eligible for the free scheme because there was a suitable school nearby.
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# department-of-education - Sunday 15 July, 2018
There are around 3,000 school secretaries in Ireland – most of whom are in precarious employment.
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# department-of-education - Monday 25 June, 2018
In mid-January, it emerged that work had stalled on a number of schools after the UK-based firm went bust.
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# department-of-education - Thursday 7 June, 2018
On Tuesday, Sammon Contracting Ireland Limited was placed into liquidation.
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# department-of-education - Sunday 3 June, 2018
Dublin City Council granted permission but the decision has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála.
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# department-of-education - Friday 13 April, 2018
17 of the new schools are to be built by September 2019. The vast majority of the new institutions will be located in the Dublin area.
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# department-of-education - Tuesday 10 April, 2018
Carillion went bust in early January, as a result of debts of over £1.5 billion.
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# department-of-education - Wednesday 4 April, 2018
Proposed legislation seeks to remove religious ethos from sex education in schools.
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# department-of-education - Friday 9 February, 2018
The Department of Education said the “safety of children travelling on the school transport service is of paramount importance”.
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# department-of-education - Thursday 11 January, 2018
The Nord Anglia International School in Dublin will offer students the International Baccalaureate.
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# department-of-education - Saturday 30 December, 2017
Students will be allocated €5,000 per year over the next three years, coming to a total of €6 million.
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# department-of-education - Tuesday 19 December, 2017
Current criteria allows the Catholic church to appoint nuns, priests, monks and brothers as principals and teachers in schools.
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# department-of-education - Friday 1 September, 2017
Fire safety in Ireland’s public buildings has been under the microscope in recent months.
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# department-of-education - Wednesday 28 June, 2017
There will still be exceptions in cases of minority schools, the Minister said.
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# department-of-education - Sunday 25 June, 2017
The Department of Education won’t meet with the teachers as they are private workers.
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# department-of-education - Friday 2 June, 2017
The 89-year-old stadium shut in February and a school will be built on the site.
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