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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 731 and 732 together. Enabling children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 735 and 736 together. Enabling children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 739 to 742, inclusive, together. This government is fully committed to supporting children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential and the Programme for Government makes a number of commitments to deliver on this objective. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: This government is fully committed to supporting children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential and the Programme for Government makes a number of commitments to deliver on this objective. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. By...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I would like to thank the Deputy for their question. Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) play a central role in the successful inclusion of students with additional and significant care needs into schools. The role and duties of the SNA are set out in Circular 0030/2014. The national training programme for SNAs is fully funded by the Department of Education and is open to SNAs employed in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Enabling children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority 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. Where children with more complex needs require...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 753 to 755, inclusive, together. This government is fully committed to supporting children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential and the Programme for Government makes a number of commitments to deliver on this objective. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 756 and 757 together. Enabling children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 759 and 760 together. Enabling children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Enabling children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential is a priority for this Government. It is also a key priority 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. Where children with more complex needs require...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 768 and 769 together. This government is fully committed to supporting children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential and the Programme for Government makes a number of commitments to deliver on this objective. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Enabling children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority 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. Where children with more complex needs require...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Senator for the opportunity to discuss this matter and, more importantly, I congratulate her on her election to Seanad Éireann. I thank her for the work she did as vice chair of the disability matters committee in the Thirty-third Dáil. The dedication and commitment to her job was second to none. We had a hugely important role and the committee worked well across the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Yes, three and a half years is a long time, but I might just answer the Senator’s question on inclusivity. I know about the great work that is being done in Milltown National School and the inclusivity there, which she mentioned, and the way the school has embraced all the challenges and changes within the education system. That has to be acknowledged, both from a school leadership...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (6 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: This government is fully committed to supporting children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential and the Programme for Government makes a number of commitments to deliver on this objective. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (6 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 256 and 255 together. This government is fully committed to supporting children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential and the Programme for Government makes a number of commitments to deliver on this objective. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: This government is fully committed to supporting children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential and the Programme for Government makes a number of commitments to deliver on this objective. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (6 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: This government is fully committed to supporting children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential and the Programme for Government makes a number of commitments to deliver on this objective. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. As your...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Enabling children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for my department and for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). Through the accelerated provision of additional special education places over recent years, there are now just over 28,000 students enrolled in special classes and special...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: We are moving to have a centralised portal to make sure there is a centralised system for application. On challenges parents have in finding places, particularly at primary level, and we have 218 sanctioned and huge work is ongoing at departmental level to sanction more, it is a key priority for me and the whole of the Government to make sure that stress of finding places is limited because...