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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (21 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children nationwide. In circumstances where no placement is available for a child with special educational needs, the Department can provide home tuition grant funding towards the provision of 20 hours home tuition per week as an interim measure until the NCSE...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: My Department has no role in this matter. The naming of a school is the responsibility of the school's patron. The Deputy will be aware of the recent announcement of two new special schools in Cork and Dublin. Arrangements for the establishment of the new school in Cork are at a vey early stage but I can confirm that the name designated by the patron to the new school in Dublin is Our Lady of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: It is my belief that children with special educational needs should receive their education in placements which are appropriate to their needs alongside their peers wherever possible unless such an approach would be inconsistent with the best interests of the individual child or other children in the school. This approach is consistent with the provisions of the Education for Persons with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: The supplementary programme is intended to supplement the teaching and learning provided by the student’s school and alleviate the impact of this period of school closure through the provision of one to one in-person teaching or care support to be delivered in homes. The programme provided 20 hours of support for pupils that had returned to school on March 1stand 30 hours for all other...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: Thank you for your correspondence in relation to resources and supports available to pupils with dyslexia. The Department provides for a range of placement options and supports for schools, which have enrolled pupils with special educational needs, including pupils with Specific Learning Disability (SLD); of which Dyslexia is one such SLD, in order to ensure that wherever a child is enrolled,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 949 to 951, inclusive, 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 967 and 968 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (21 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: My Department provides funding to schools towards the cost of equipment and specialist software for educational purposes under the Assistive Technology scheme, as set out in my Department's Circular 0010/2013. In order to qualify for equipment under the Assistive Technology scheme, a child must have been diagnosed with a physical or communicative disability and must also have a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: A new model for allocating Special Education Teachers to mainstream schools was introduced from September 2017, based on the profiled needs of schools. The allocation model, which was recommended by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), is designed to distribute the total available level of special educational needs teachers across the school system, based on the relative need of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (21 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: Under the Assistive Technology scheme, as set out in my Department’s Circular 0010/2013, funding is provided to schools towards the cost of computers and specialist equipment, which are required for educational purposes. Equipment is provided under this scheme for children with more complex disabilities who, in order to access the school curriculum, require essential specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: In line with the current public health advice regarding living with Covid-19, all students have now to school. The Department of Health and the HSE have reaffirmed that schools in themselves are low risk environments. Public health has reviewed the measures put in place to ensure safe operation of schools and is satisfied that these infection prevention and control measures, when...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) is responsible for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports. SENOs also make recommendations to my Department where assistive technology is required. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: A new model for allocating Special Education Teachers to mainstream schools was introduced from September 2017, based on the profiled needs of schools. There are now over 13,600 special education teachers allocated to mainstream primary and post-primary schools. This represents an increase of 40% in the total number of special education teachers allocated to schools since 2011, at which time...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: A new model for allocating Special Education Teachers to mainstream schools was introduced from September 2017, based on the profiled needs of schools. The allocation model, which was recommended by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), is designed to distribute the total available level of special educational needs teachers across the school system, based on the relative need of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: A new model for allocating Special Education Teachers to mainstream schools was introduced from September 2017, based on the profiled needs of schools. The allocation model, which was recommended by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), is designed to distribute the total available level of special educational needs teachers across the school system, based on the relative need of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (21 Apr 2021)

Josepha Madigan: It is my belief that children with special educational needs should receive their education in placements which are appropriate to their needs alongside their peers wherever possible unless such an approach would be inconsistent with the best interests of the individual child or other children in the school. This approach is consistent with the provisions of the Education for Persons with...