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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Deputies. I agree wholeheartedly with what the Deputies have said. I fully understand the challenges that are being faced in Waterford and across the country in relation to school places. It is an issue that behoves all of us. In my role and the responsibility that I have, I intend to use everything at my disposal to ensure places are made available. I know and I understand...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The Assessment of Need (AON) is a statutory process under the Disability Act (2005) whereby the Health Service Executive (HSE) reports on the health and education needs of a child/young person. The provision of Guidelines for the assessment of needs process is a matter for the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the HSE. It is Department policy, in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years the vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional supports, special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Deputy for his correspondence. It is my ambition, and as outlined in the Programme for Government, to extend therapy supports within the Education system, over time. Currently, the Department is involved in a number of initiatives in this area. In June 2024 Minister Foley and Minister Naughton announced the Educational Therapy Support Service (ETSS). The ETSS is designed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years the vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional supports, special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 304 and 305 together. Enabling children with special educational needs to receive a befitting education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for my department and for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). The vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years the vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional supports, special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years the vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional supports, special...

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I listened and I took note of the Deputy's concerns. I am departing from the script but a number of parents and families have been-----

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to address the Dáil in my capacity as Minister of State with responsibility for special education and inclusion. Over the past number of years, if not decades at this stage, in my time as a public representative, I have been interested in this area. In the past five years I chaired the Joint Committee on Disability Matters which afforded me a major insight...

Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (Resumed) (6 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Areas right throughout the country were seriously affected. Our area was seriously affected from 4 or 5 January by one of the most unprecedented snow storms. In some parts of Duhallow in north Cork, there was between 16 and 20 inches of snow. I compliment the farming community who really rose to the challenge in terms of putting their machinery at the disposal of the community. There was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years the vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional supports, special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years the vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional supports, special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 and 104 to 108, inclusive, together. As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years the vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years the vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional supports, special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years the vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional supports, special...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Special Educational Needs (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The Department of Education has established a working group comprising NCSE, NEPS, Inspectorate, Central Policy Unit and the Special Education Unit of the Department. This group is considering the topic of educational outcomes across a range of areas including student engagement, attainment, attendance, happiness, independence and progress. The intended outcomes of the group include the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Special Educational Needs (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for my department and for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). The vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Special Educational Needs (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I would like to thank the deputy for the question The SET model is an allocation model to provide schools with additional teaching hours to support the teaching needs of their students in mainstream classes. The mainstream class teacher has primary responsibility for the progress and care of all children in their classrooms, including children with additional learning needs. All data...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Special Educational Needs (5 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The Assessment of Need (AON) process is provided for under the Disability Act 2005 and is under the remit of the Health Service Executive (HSE). The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is required to assist the HSE in undertaking an educational assessment of the needs of children who have applied to the HSE for an AON. The Department and the NCSE have worked intensively to...