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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this Government. This year, my Department will spend in excess of €2 Billion, or over 25% of the Department’s budget on providing a wide range of schemes and supports for children with special educational needs. This includes additional teaching and care supports. As a result,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: In May 2022 the Government announced this year's Summer Programme to allow all primary and post-primary schools to offer a summer programme for students with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage. The programme aims are to support pupils to maintain their connection with education, to build their confidence and increase their motivation,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: In May 2022 the Government announced this year's Summer Programme to allow all primary and post-primary schools to offer a summer programme for students with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage. The programme aims are to support pupils to maintain their connection with education, to build their confidence and increase their motivation,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: The number of Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) in our schools is at unprecedented levels. Budget 2022 provides for an additional 1,165 SNAs to provide support to children with special educational needs. This will bring the total number of SNAs to 19,169 by the end of 2022. This represents an increase of 81% in SNA numbers since 2011 when 10,575 SNAs were working in our...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: The number of Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) in our schools is at unprecedented levels. Budget 2022 provides for an additional 1,165 SNAs to provide support to children with special educational needs. This will bring the total number of SNAs to 19,169 by the end of 2022. This represents an increase of 81% in SNA numbers since 2011 when 10,575 SNAs were working in our...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: The number of Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) in our schools is at unprecedented levels. Budget 2022 provides for an additional 1,165 SNAs to provide support to children with special educational needs. This will bring the total number of SNAs to 19,169 by the end of 2022. This represents an increase of 81% in SNA numbers since 2011 when 10,575 SNAs were working in our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Out-of-School Provision Report and Education and Supports Provision for Ukrainian Students: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I am pleased to be here today to provide an update to the committee on education and supports for Ukrainian students, particularly with regard to special educational needs. My Department is committed to providing every support possible to all those fleeing war in Ukraine and seeking protection in Ireland including those with special needs. The Minister, Deputy Foley, has outlined the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I will answer the Senator's latter question first. Our understanding is that many children from Ukraine with very complex needs are being supported in countries very close to Ukraine probably because of the travel and that a country like Ireland is so far away. Officials in the Department of Education are in close contact with the HSE. It has confirmed that the number of adults and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: The Deputy referred to a child in a particular school in Fingal. If that child is moving to another school, the special educational needs organiser, SENO, should already be aware of the child. As I said earlier, there are only seven or eight children in a special class or special school at the moment. The regional education and language teams for Ukraine, REALT, include representatives of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I appreciate what the Deputy is saying. The difficulty is the accommodation in which that person is living.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I take the Deputy's point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: On SENOs and special educational needs, the NCSE is part of the REALT and the REALT co-ordinators are engaging extensively with schools, families and housing bodies to ensure any child with an additional need receives appropriate education. We are talking about 6,000 children. If we take the average that 1% of children require special classes and a further 1% need to go to special...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Education Supports for Ukrainian Students (1 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: On the summer provision, Senator O'Loughlin mentioned an issue with payment. There will be an online claims system for schools to submit payment details for those staff taking part in the school-based summer programme. That should provide for faster and more streamlined payments to staff. It is important to stress when we are talking about this year's summer provision that extensive...

Special Educational Needs School Places: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Deputies for their contributions to this debate. I too share their views that children with special education needs should be supported to access the education system. As a Government, we fully recognise 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 fundamentally believe...

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I will take this opportunity to 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...

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the 24 Deputies who spoke in the debate over the past two and a half hours. They have been very frank, honest, articulate and comprehensive in their contributions on special education. I very much welcome that because it gives me an opportunity to hear from individual Deputies around the country, who hear from their own particular constituents and from advocacy groups about the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: The Special Education Teaching allocation provides a single unified allocation for special educational support teaching needs to each school, based on each school’s educational profile. Under the allocation model, schools have been provided with a total allocation for special education needs support based on their school profile. The SET allocation model has been in place since...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: The number of teaching posts to support special educational needs across our education system continues to increase and is now at unprecedented levels. Budget 2022 provided an additional 620 new Special Education teacher (SET) posts for allocation to primary and post primary schools in 2022/23. This will bring the total number of SETs in the system to 14,385. Provision for 14,385...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (14 Jun 2022)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling students with additional needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is an ongoing priority for this Government. This year, the Department of Education will invest in excess of €2 billion, or over 25% of the Department’s budget in the area of special educational needs support. As a result the numbers of special education teachers, special needs...