Results 21-40 of 69 for going forward speaker:Josepha Madigan

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...required to drive change. I am intent, as the very first Minister of State with responsibility for special education, on driving that change in a way that has not been done before. I can say categorically that any of the frustrations that the Deputies in this Chamber may have, I have ten times over, since I am acutely aware on a daily basis of the challenges that we face in this...

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...speak directly to the parents and families of children with special educational needs, SEN. While I could not possibly understand all the day-to-day pressures they face, I am on their side and the Government is committed to ensuring every child with special educational needs has access to an education. One child who does not have a place is one child too many, and I fundamentally believe...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (18 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...x2019;s area but in other areas throughout the country, and that is not satisfactory. The Deputy will be aware that the majority of special classes and places in special schools are created via collaboration and ongoing engagement with schools in a cordial and constructive way. I am reluctant to use section 37A because it is a blunt instrument but, nevertheless, it is there for a reason....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Deputy for raising this question around summer provision, which is on the minds of many schools, parents and families. It is very much looked forward to by children with additional needs and their families. We are encouraging as many schools as we can to participate this year in the summer provision programme. As the Deputy will know, all 4,000 schools are eligible to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (29 Mar 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...of the extra three classrooms currently with the Department. Once the review is complete, comments will issue to the board of management and its design team in order that we can bring the project forward. It is unfortunate sometimes that with the best will in the world these things can be delayed. It is going to take everybody to come together to try to resolve all of the issues. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Mar 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...soon as possible. Furthermore, the NCSE has been granted a recruitment licence which will allow them to recruit SENOs directly in future. This will help to accelerate the recruitment process going forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (3 Mar 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...Department has been doing in the past couple of years is making sure that we are more streamlined in our approach. It struck me and others involved in this area that there had not been a proper forward-planning forecasting model for a considerable period. Now, however, the building and planning unit shares its information with the NCSE. As a result, we can see where capacity is going to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (3 Mar 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...that right now and we plan for the future and build these buildings. One thing I did not get to mention is the fact that all new schools from last year will automatically provide SEN facilities going forward. That is a huge thing for generations to come because that was never there before. Rather than scrambling to add on infrastructure through the minor works grant or emergency...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disadvantaged Status (10 Feb 2022)

Josepha Madigan: All schools that did so last year will automatically provide special educational needs facilities, which will be important going forward. That is just a general point around the provision of placements for children with additional needs. I again commend Scoil Mhuire Lourdes girls' school on volunteering to open a special class and, as I said, there are enhanced capitation rates for that....

Seanad: Dyslexia Awareness Week: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Josepha Madigan: ...vital that we continue to listen to the voices of people with dyslexia in all parts of society to learn from their experiences and to hear their insights. Empowerment is at the heart of education and gone are the paternalistic days where rights and protections were handed down from on high as though they were gifts or favours. In the 21st century it is vital the voice of the young person...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Issues (26 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: The planning and delivery of social and affordable housing at a local level is led by the relevant local authority. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has made record funding available to support the delivery of social and affordable housing by local authorities. Thanks to budget 2021, total funding provision of €3.3 billion was secured by the Minister for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (11 Mar 2021)

Josepha Madigan: ...his concerns on the matter. Obviously, it is critical from the perspective of the Department and of the Minister, Deputy Foley, that we do not just provide school places for the existing school-going children but also forward plan into the future as the Deputy correctly stated in his contribution. That is why the mechanisms by which we do our forward planning are used by the Department....

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Josepha Madigan: ...betterment of all in our society. Indeed, his predecessor, and my former ministerial colleague, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, provided many Cabinet updates on the Bill’s composition throughout the last Government, so I am pleased to finally see it has reached publication stage. I am sure that the Deputies will agree that the Bill opens up a new chapter in the Government’s aim of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (28 Jan 2021)

Josepha Madigan: ...ensure, for the children's health and safety, that they have that access and that car parking space. I am glad that has now been agreed between the respective parties. Any other outstanding issues can be agreed going forward between all the relevant parties. I thank the Deputy for his continuing concern and representations on behalf of these schools, in order that we can provide...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (25 Nov 2020)

Josepha Madigan: ...hear the Senator's frustration on behalf of the parents of children with special needs and their journey, and I share her concern. As the very first dedicated Minister for special education, I am going to do precisely what she asked and make the entire process of locating a placement whether it is a special class or special school as easy as possible because at the moment it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Key Priorities and the Effects of Covid-19 on the Education System: Department of Education (17 Nov 2020)

Josepha Madigan: ...in all new school builds into the future, which will help alleviate that problem, and that is in tandem with the NCSC forecasting model. It is developing a five-year plan, together with the forward model of the Department of Education, so that we can see and anticipate, from a demographic perspective, what and how many types of special classes we are going to need in the future. We can...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Special Educational Needs Staff (4 Nov 2020)

Josepha Madigan: ...post primary schools for students in mainstream classes only was to be introduced in the 2020/21 school year as part of the phased roll out of the School Inclusion Model (SIM). In light of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis the Frontloaded Allocation Model for SNAs was deferred until the beginning of the 2021/22 school year. Further advice will issue in the course of the 2020/21 school year...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: ...duty to the Cabinet, which puts an onus on public bodies to take biodiversity into account in their planning for the future. We have the national biodiversity action plan up to 2021. The need to bring this forward is mentioned in the new programme for Government. I note that the Irish Wildlife Trust said today in the Irish Examinerthat many of the elements we have put into the programme...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (3 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: ..., film, circus and architecture.  I can confirm that the organisation referred to by the Deputy has engaged with officials of my Department.  As the organisation is funded by the Arts Council, its on-going funding and financial concerns are matters for the Arts Council, which has the responsibility as well as the competence and expertise to deal with matters such as...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Josepha Madigan: ...constant engagement with the sector. An expert advisory group was set up a short while ago and is due to report back in a few weeks. The group will give advice to the Arts Council on how to move forward. The Arts Council has carried out a number of different surveys in an attempt to get more information on how it can help and how people themselves feel they can be helped. In terms...