Results 1-20 of 69 for going forward speaker:Josepha Madigan

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (6 Mar 2024)

Josepha Madigan: .... I can say, from my direct conversation with the NCSE, that there will be placements for those children in September 2024. I have been assured of that. In regard to the future, I mentioned the forward planning. There is active engagement on this. There is active consideration in relation to a special school. I mentioned the increase in the autism prevalence rate within the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Educational Disadvantage (6 Mar 2024)

Josepha Madigan: .... It is with this commitment in mind that the Department has embarked on a significant expansion of the DEIS programme, and the Deputy mentioned that Le Chéile National School is within the DEIS category. In March 2022, the Minister, Deputy Foley, announced a major expansion of DEIS. An additional €32 million investment in the programme from 2023 increased the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Breeding (20 Feb 2024)

Josepha Madigan: ...Trust, which the Senator mentioned, and the ISPCA are included and the members will be well placed to identify challenges and solutions in relation to the existing legislation and recommend a way forward. In addition, the Department of Rural and Community Developmentcollates and publishes annual statistics on local authority dog-related activities. These include, for example, information...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regeneration Projects (20 Feb 2024)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Senator for her question which, as she pointed out, I am taking on behalf the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Members will be aware of the urban regeneration and development fund, URDF, which is a flagship element of Project Ireland 2040. It was established to support more compact and sustainable development through the regeneration and rejuvenation of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (17 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: ...been made in respect of the 2023 Summer Programme to them. Lastly, please be assured that the Department will endeavour to minimise the delay in paying these providers for this very important service going forward.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (22 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: ...we provide an appropriate education for every child. Sometimes, there is not a streamlined approach between a primary school and a post-primary school, where a child may have received a really good education in a primary school and then is at a loss as to where to go for post-primary. We want to make sure that does not happen. There is a huge body of work in the Department at present on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: ...who use Irish Sign Language (ISL) to enter primary teaching.  It is a four-year, full-time, honours degree specifically designed for deaf and hard of hearing students who communicate through ISL. Considerable research led by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) is ongoing at present in the area of ISL and the curriculum to further support children whose...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2023)

Josepha Madigan: ..., so that parents, children and schools can be adequately supported into the future. The total budget for 2023 is €28.6m. I was happy to announce details of a new recruitment campaign for SENOs as part of this ongoing expansion of the NCSE this week. In 2017, with the introduction of the new special education teaching (SET) allocation model, the Department moved away from requiring...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Sep 2023)

Josepha Madigan: ...initiatives are bearing fruit with almost 1,300 new special classes sanctioned and seven new special schools established over the last four years. My department engage intensely with the NCSE in relation to the forward planning of new special classes and additional special school places. This work involves a detailed review of statistical data in relation to forecasting demand for special...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (16 May 2023)

Josepha Madigan: ...have made real inroads in making sure that communication is kept open. There are a lot of new measures in place. There is the automatic inclusion of special class provision in all new school buildings going forward. There is automatic administrative status for any primary principals with two or more special classes as an incentive. There is the stronger use of the geographical...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 May 2023)

Josepha Madigan: I am not sure whether the Deputy's contribution related to children with additional needs or to mainstream education for children going to school, but there should be sufficient and appropriate placements for all children attending school and transport should also be available to them. If the Deputy would like to give me the specific circumstances, I can speak to the Minister for Education...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (1 Mar 2023)

Josepha Madigan: ...NCSE will announce and confirm over the coming weeks where new special classes will be created in the county. I am not at liberty to say whether it is the Gaelscoil or not because there is still ongoing negotiations and engagement with various schools, not just in Tipperary, but in other counties as well. I would not like to in any way influence the outcome of any ongoing conversations....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (2 Feb 2023)

Josepha Madigan: ...to be undertaken, to ensure we have appropriate placements for the children. I will give him specific statistics if he wishes, but I want to outline to the House what we are doing in terms of forward planning, which is a critical component of making sure that we have the appropriate placements in situ. Fee-charging schools is another area that we are looking at. As the Deputy will be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (18 Jan 2023)

Josepha Madigan: ..., who were victims of domestic violence. Ms Sarah Grace has spoken very eloquently on the criminal justice system. I could use the term "in part", but to a large extent many victims did not come forward because of their fear of the criminal justice system and facing that. The fact that we now have Garda training will help a lot. Gardaí are better equipped in how to deal with this...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ..., stating that over the next five years each post-primary school will have to open four special classes. We need to close that gap. I mentioned earlier in response to Deputy Ó Laoghaire the forward planning that we are doing. As regards the body of work that is being done, I understand some of the points made, for example, on cost. We must move away from people trying to pay...

Seanad: Summer Programme: Statements (18 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...this programme makes to children with special educational needs and those experiencing educational disadvantage. The provision of education for children with special educational needs is an ongoing priority for this Government, and my main focus as the first ever Minister of State with responsibility for special education and inclusion. I am determined to ensure continuous development of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...class. It is wonderful to hear that the school has had a positive experience. There is not a school I have visited with a special class that has not had a positive experience. Some of them go on to open two or three special classes. One of the things we are doing, which is pertinent to the Deputy's question around forward planning, is that we now have a proper forecasting model...

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ..., Keogan, O’Loughlin, Pauline O’Reilly, Gavan, Sherlock, Currie, Maria Byrne, Carrigy and Conway for their contributions. I might come to them at the end of my closing statement if I have time and go through the Senators' individual points. I just want to speak to Senator Mullen on his particular issue. As he knows, we are putting in new general provisions or functions on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...need the forum's sign-off. On the legislation and the planning, the Deputy will be aware that even the Ombudsman for Children noted and acknowledged the work over the past two years in terms of our forward planning. We now have a geographical information system, GIS, forecasting model where data is shared in real time from the planning and building unit with the NCSE. That was not done...

Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...difference for students who have special educational needs as part of an inclusive education system. Children with special education needs should be supported to access the education system. The Government fully recognises the importance of an inclusive and all-embracing education system. Never is it more important than in the case of children with special education needs. I...