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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive a high quality, appropriate education is a priority for this government.?It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Special Educational Needs (29 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government.?It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Special Educational Needs (29 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: As Minister of State in the Department of Education, my heart goes out to Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire. As the Minister, Deputy Foley said, it is an excellent school. NEPS is providing assistance to the school and I hope it particularly provides it to children with additional needs. Something like this is traumatic for all children, but particularly those with additional needs. I hope...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (28 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion, 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...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: Stop interrupting.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Welfare Schemes (23 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: Details of this year’s Summer Programme were announced by the Department on 9 February 2023. Again, all schools were given an opportunity to run a programme for those children that need it the most. The main priority in 2023 has been that those children with the most complex special educational needs, especially in special schools, should have access to a school-based summer...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Enrolments (22 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Senator for his question on providing adequate school places in the county and city of Galway next September. As Minister of State for special education, obtaining appropriate placement for children with special needs is slightly separate to the question but I am aware of the need for that and how forward planning is critical. That is also critical when we talk about mainstream...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Enrolments (22 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: It is important that every child has a right to education under our Constitution and should have access to an appropriate education. It is something the Department works on daily, particularly where there are pinch points and a growing population. I note the Senator’s suggestion, which is a good one, around the 314 school planning areas. It is worth the Department reviewing those,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (22 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: The Senator will have heard me respond to Senator Kyne, not about Newbridge but about Galway. As she mentioned, ensuring we have adequate school capacity throughout the country is a perennial issue and Kildare is no exception to that. As I mentioned to Senator Kyne regarding the 315 school planning areas, child benefit data, school enrolment data and residential development activity, which...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (22 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: I can understand why the Senator is advocating for Kildare, Newbridge and, as she said, not just those places but other smaller villages and towns in the vicinity. We want to make sure that as a State we provide an appropriate education for every child. Sometimes, there is not a streamlined approach between a primary school and a post-primary school, where a child may have received a really...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (22 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: First, it is important to note that the management of new connections to the electricity grid, including community-led energy projects, is a matter at distribution level for ESB Networks - which I note the Senator knows - and at transmission level for EirGrid under rules determined by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU. My understanding is that ESB Networks and EirGrid are both...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (22 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: I note what the Senator said about the enabling grant. I will certainly bring that back to the Minister and the Department. I also note what she said about RESS 1 and RESS 2. The information I have on the small-scale renewable electricity support scheme is that it will help those community projects in the future. It will be launched in the coming months and will provide a strong level of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network (22 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Deputy for raising this important topic. I wish to clarify that the Minister for Transport has responsibility for policy and the overall funding for public transport, but neither the Minister nor his officials are involved in the day-to-day operation of public transport services. The statuary responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network (22 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: I am not sure how the Galway TDs might feel about Sligo being described as the new Galway of the west. However, I appreciate the Deputy’s advocacy for Sligo. I note what he said about the fact there is a new surf centre in Strandhill, the new Atlantic Technological University, the Carrick Business Park and the Paddy Whiskey and Drumshanbo distilleries, which is bringing much...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (22 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and giving me the opportunity to address the funding of schools in the ETB and voluntary secondary school sectors. The Department has different models of funding to meet the needs of the different types of post-primary school, including those in the Irish-medium sector. The funding arrangements made by the Department for voluntary secondary,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (22 Nov 2023)

Josepha Madigan: I appreciate there are differences in the funding and models of funding among the different types of schools, but it would be erroneous to say ETB schools do not receive funding. Rather, it is a different type of funding scheme. Voluntary secondary schools receive capitation funding but it is a block grant that goes to ETBs, and they are given a high level of autonomy in the management and...