Results 2,361-2,380 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: It makes sense that we look at the way in which that resource is being used.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: For 20 years, that was not done.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The National Council for Special Education has looked at the way that resource is being used and has come forward with ideas and proposals and the Minister for Education and Skills is working with it in that regard to ensure the resources, which have not been reduced, and the number of people working in this area, which has not been reduced, are working to the best advantage of the people who...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Two things. The money for special educational needs has not been reduced and the numbers of people, including resource teachers and special needs assistants, have not been reduced. The Government is determined that the money and resources being provided for special educational needs, which are considerable, are used for the best advantage of the children who need them and that is why the...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy is asking me to give information on an investigation that is still underway. I cannot possibly do that and neither should he prejudice the outcome of any inquiry or investigation that is taking place. We clearly must await the outcome of the investigation. I remind the Deputy that there is legislative provision for the provision of information to women in crisis pregnancies that...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Even in these very difficult financial circumstances this Government committed to ring-fencing the finance available for special educational needs, and we have done that.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: No. Please do not abuse language.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The money that is available-----
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: -----for special educational needs in 2013 is €1.3 billion. That is 60% more than was available or allocated in 2007 at the height of the boom.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The numbers of special needs assistants and the numbers of resource teachers have not been reduced. The National Council-----
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The National Council for Special Education, whose job it is to examine the way in which those resources are allocated, has come forward with a policy proposal. It is the first time in 20 years that the way in which the resource is allocated has been examined. It has come forward with a policy advice as to the way the resource is used. Among that, for example, is the idea of team teaching...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: -----in the entire first level and second level education system there are two people, between resource teachers and special needs assistants, who are dedicated to assisting and working with children with special needs.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The issue now is to make sure that allocation and that resource, which is very considerable-----
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: -----is used to best advantage. That is why the Minister for Education and Skills has asked the National Council for Special Education to apply itself to the allocation of that resource.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The money has not been cut. The number of special teachers has not been cut. The number of special needs assistants has not been cut.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The exaggeration continues. It is now a 25% cut, according to Deputy Mac Lochlainn. We should get the facts right. First, there is no cut in the allocation-----
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: -----of money for special educational needs.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Government has ring-fenced the funding available for special educational needs, and for very good reason because it is committed to providing for the needs of children with special needs. Second, the number of teachers dedicated to working with children who have special educational needs has not been cut. The number of special needs assistants dedicated to working with children with...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Those numbers are being protected. The issue is that the number of children presenting in schools for special educational needs resources is increasing. That is why the Minister for Education and Skills has asked the National Council for Special Education to examine the way in which this resource is allocated so that it is used to best effect. For 20 years nobody looked at the allocation....
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: First, neither the financial allocation for special education needs nor the personnel allocation for special education needs is being reduced.