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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 and 189 together. Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is a priority for this Government. Currently, almost 20% of the total Education Vote or €1.9bn is invested in supporting children with special needs. Notwithstanding the extent of this investment, there are some parts of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: Ensuring that every child has a suitable school placement is a key objective of my Department. Significant resources are allocated each year to ensure that appropriate supports are available for children with special educational needs. Children with special educational needs are supported through placement in mainstream classes, special classes and special schools. At school, they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: I wish to advise the Deputy that DES Circulars 0013/2017 and 007/2019 for primary schools, and 0014/2017 and 008/2019 for post primary schools, set out details of the model for allocating special education teachers to schools. The Special Education Teaching allocation provides a single unified allocation for special educational support teaching needs to each school, based on each...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ombudsman for Children (7 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Minister for Education and Skills recently met with the Ombudsman for Children on 17th September, 2020. This is one feature of my Department's ongoing engagement with the Ombudsman. A range of issues in relation to the education of children were discussed at this meeting. The particular issues which were raised in relation to the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: Ensuring that every child has a suitable school placement is a key objective of my Department. Significant resources are allocated each year to ensure that appropriate supports are available for children with special educational needs. Children with special educational needs are supported through placement in mainstream classes, special classes and special schools. At school, they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (6 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 435 and 436 together. Ensuring that every child has a suitable school placement is a key objective of this Department. Significant resources are allocated each year to ensure that appropriate supports are available for children with special educational needs. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (6 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: DEIS is the main policy initiative of the Department of Education to address educational disadvantage at school level. The Department is in the final stages of refinement of the new DEIS identification model, based on school enrolment data and the latest data available from Census 2016 using the HP Deprivation Index. A detailed quality analysis of the data has been carried out by members...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 439 to 441, inclusive, together. Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is a priority for this Government. Currently, almost 20% of the total Education Vote or €1.9bn is invested in supporting children with special needs. Notwithstanding the extent of this investment, there are some...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: Ensuring that every child has a suitable school placement is a key objective of my Department. Significant resources are allocated each year to ensure that appropriate supports are available for children with special educational needs. Children with special educational needs are supported through placement in mainstream classes, special classes and special schools. At school, they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 Oct 2020)

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. Accordingly, the question has been referred to the NCSE for direct reply. The Special Needs Assistant (SNA) scheme is designed to provide schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (6 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: The matters referred to by the Deputy are being considered. My Department continues to engage with the school directly in relation to the matters raised, including the submission referenced by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (6 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: I am not aware of an issue with the inclusion of students enrolled in special classes in mainstream classes in the school referenced by the Deputy. Special classes are part of a continuum of educational provision that enables students with more complex special educational needs to be educated, in smaller class groups, within their local mainstream schools. They offer a supportive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (6 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: The Roadmap for the Full Return to School published in July and significant funding was provided to schools along with a range of supports and guidance to enable schools to plan for their reopening. Extensive guidance on procedures for the reopening of schools is provided on the back to school website which can be assessed at The website includes an FAQ section covering the most common...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (6 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: The purpose of the Home Tuition Grant Scheme is to provide funding towards the provision of a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of specific reasons, are unable to attend school. Home tuition is not an alternative to a school placement and is provided in very limited and specific circumstances. By its nature, it is intended to be a short term intervention. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Speech and Language Therapy (1 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: The provision of Speech and Language Therapy services is the ressponsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Department of Health. The Deputy may be aware, however, that a demonstration project to provide in-school and pre-school therapy services took place over the course of the 2018/19 school year. The project was developed by the Departments of Education, Children...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: Ensuring that every child has a suitable school placement is a key objective of my Department.  Significant resources are allocated each year to ensure that appropriate supports are available for children with special educational needs.  Children with special educational needs are supported through placement in mainstream classes, special classes and special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Oct 2020)

Josepha Madigan: Ensuring that every child has a suitable school placement is a key objective of my Department.  Significant resources are allocated each year to ensure that appropriate supports are available for children with special educational needs.  Children with special educational needs are supported through placement in mainstream classes, special classes and special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Sep 2020)

Josepha Madigan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for the co-ordination of education provision for children with special educational needs at a local level. Accordingly, as the update required by the Deputy relates to a school placement for an individual pupil, it has been referred to the NCSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (29 Sep 2020)

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. Accordingly, the question has been referred to the NCSE for direct reply. The Special Needs Assistant (SNA) scheme is designed to provide schools with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Sep 2020)

Josepha Madigan: Ensuring that every child has a suitable school placement is a key objective of my Department.  Significant resources are allocated each year to ensure that appropriate supports are available for children with special educational needs.  Children with special educational needs are supported through placement in mainstream classes, special classes and special...