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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: The School Inclusion Model (SIM) is based on policy advice from the National Council for Special Education based on the principle of providing the right support at the right time delivered by a range of personnel with relevant qualifications and skill-sets. Its purpose is to help students achieve better outcomes and test a model of tailored therapeutic supports that allows for early...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Undefined (13 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: A new model for allocating special education teachers (SETs) to mainstream schools was introduced from September 2017, based on the profiled needs of schools. Over 13,600 SETs are currently provided to mainstream schools to support the learning needs of pupils who have additional needs in literacy, including those arising from specific learning difficulties. It is the policy of my...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: The Government has always been guided by public health advice in relation to what is safe in schools. The medical advice is that schools are low risk environments, with very little evidence of transmission within schools, and that the majority of infections of children and adolescents occurs outside the school setting.The decision to delay the reopening of schools in January was in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: The Government has approved the provision of significantly expanded summer education programmes for pupils with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage, as a Covid-19 pandemic response measure, for summer 2021. This is an incredibly important Government decision, which ensures that for first time all primary and post primary schools have the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: The Government has approved the provision of significantly expanded summer education programmes for pupils with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage, as a Covid-19 pandemic response measure, for summer 2021. This is an incredibly important Government decision, which ensures that for first time all primary and post primary schools have the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 333 and 334 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that DES Circular 0013/2017 for primary schools and 0014/2017 for post primary schools set out the details of the model for allocating special education teachers to schools. DES Circulars 007 and 008 of 2019 set out how the allocations for schools were updated from September 2019. The Special Education Teacher...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: In light of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the introduction of the new Frontloaded Allocation Model for Special Needs Assistants for students in mainstream classes in primary and post -primary schools is to be deferred for a further year to the beginning of the 2022/23 school year. The disruption prevented the delivery of the necessary training and information workshops to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: In light of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the introduction of the new Frontloaded Allocation Model for Special Needs Assistants for students in mainstream classes in primary and post -primary schools is to be deferred for a further year to the beginning of the 2022/23 school year. The disruption prevented the delivery of the necessary training and information workshops to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: In December 2019, Government approved the national roll out of a new frontloading model for the allocation of SNAs support to primary and post-primary schools for students in mainstream classes, as part of the phased roll out of the School Inclusion Model (SIM). In light of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the introduction of the new Frontloaded Allocation Model for Special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: In light of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the introduction of the new Frontloaded Allocation Model for Special Needs Assistants for students in mainstream classes in primary and post -primary schools is to be deferred for a further year to the beginning of the 2022/23 school year. The disruption prevented the delivery of the necessary training and information workshops to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: The NCSE has responsibility for planning and coordinating school supports for children with special educational needs including the allocation of SNAs and reviews. My Department does not have a role in making individual school determinations. The SNA scheme is designed to provide schools with additional adult support staff who can assist children with special educational needs who also have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: A number of sections of the Education for Persons with Special Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004 have been commenced. The commenced provisions include those establishing the NCSE and those providing for an inclusive approach to the education of children with SEN. The remaining sections of the Act have yet to be commenced. The Sections of the EPSEN Act which have not been implemented are those which...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (11 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Senator for raising this important matter. It is important to say that enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is a priority for this Government and for me as the first ever Minister of State with responsibility special educational needs. As the Senator will know, this year, in excess of 20% of the total education...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (11 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: The Senator may be aware that I have met Autism Equality Dublin Bay, Involve Autism and AsIAm. I commend them on the work they do in this regard. It is important I hear from parents and families on the ground. One of the things I have tried to do since assuming my role has been to take the sting out of trying to find a place in a special class or special school. City Quay National School...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is a priority for this Government. This year, over 20% of the total Education budget or €2bn will be invested in supporting children with special educational needs. As a result, the numbers of special education teachers, SNAs and special class and school places are at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (11 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: A significantly expanded Summer Programme was provided in 2020 for children with complex needs as a discrete response to Covid-19. The programme included a number of strands and options from which parents could choose, involving either in-school, or home-based supports by teachers and special needs assistants (SNAs) to help to prevent regression among children with SEN. The programmes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 437 and 438 together. Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is a priority for this Government. This year, over 20% of the total Education budget or €2bn will be invested in supporting children with special educational needs. As a result, the numbers of special education teachers, SNAs and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: My Department previously funded 13 centres through an ABA pilot scheme for the period 1999-2011. All of these centres applied for and were granted recognition as Special Schools for children with Autism and now form part of the network of special schools. A transitional agreement was put in place between the Department and Patrons of these schools to manage this process. As part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is a priority for this Government. The Department of Education will spend approximately €2 Billion or over 20% of its total educational budget in 2021 on making additional provision for children with special educational needs this year. The National Council for Special Education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is a priority for this Government. This year, over 20% of the total Education budget or €2bn will be invested in supporting children with special educational needs. As a result, the numbers of special education teachers, SNAs and special class and school places are at unprecedented...