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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and advise the following in relation to leave for SNAs on temporary contracts: If an SNA is on a temporary contract and their contract ends before, for example the Christmas break, they receive statutory holiday pay (1.66 days for every month they work) and if they resume work directly after the break they will get paid retrospectively for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (17 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) employ Behaviour Practitioners to enable, support and promote the full inclusion, participation and wellbeing of all students in school and community activities by establishing and enhancing socially significant behaviours. Their work is focused on assisting schools to:promote universal positive behaviour approaches,prevent and plan for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and advise the following in relation to supports for neurodivergent students during examinations: The RACE scheme is operated within the context of the annually issued RACE Instructions for Schools(www.examinations.ie/schools/cs_view.php?q=23c5e7e2fe 3a2712503dd9040040800987a46ab6), which is the handbook on RACE, and all applications for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (17 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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....

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

Josepha Madigan: Details of the 2023 Summer Programme were announced by the Department in February 2023. All schools were given an opportunity to run a programme for those children that needed it the most. The main priority in 2023 had been that those children with the most complex special educational needs, especially in special schools, should have access to a school-based summer programme. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: As the Deputy will be aware the outcome of the judicial review cases relating to the process that is in place to provide a report on the assessment of education needs as part of the wider HSE’s Assessment of Need process was received on the 12th January 2024. I also wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not comment on individual Court cases. Notwithstanding this I wish to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: The Department consults and engages with the broad range of education stakeholders, and advocacy groups where relevant, in respect of any initiative, programme or development of significance which is relevant to schools. In developing and implementing the education element of the AON process, there has been extensive formal and informal consultation and engagement with the education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 224 and 225 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that 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). Following on from a court ruling in October 2021 there is now a legal obligation on the education system to assist the HSE as part of the HSE’s...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2024)

Josepha Madigan: The Department recognises the importance of providing well-timed and appropriate support to pupils with identified learning needs and the crucial role this plays to support these students in their educational development. The Special Education Teaching allocation for mainstream schools provides a single unified allocation for special educational support teaching needs to each school, based on...