Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On summer provision, the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, has already translated 56 different summer programme documents which should help. There is an inclusion programme at primary level and at post-primary level for mainstream pupils with complex needs and those at greatest risk of disadvantage and that would include children from Ukraine. As I said earlier, for children who are coming here, particularly younger children, an activity-based approach to learning the language is better than more intensive instruction, which would be done at a later age. There is already support available for migrant children and that has been integrated into the summer programme. By the time the summer provision is over we should have a fair idea as to how many Ukrainian children have participated in it. At the moment, they are in the process of enrolling and registering to do it.

There will be qualified teachers graduating this summer who should be able to help in terms of trying to get the participation up and making sure that we have enough staff. Undergraduate students who have registered with the Teaching Council should also be able to support summer provision.