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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)
Norma Foley: Absolutely. I know that the Deputy has a particular interest in special education and has engaged with me a number of times on it. We are deeply committed in this area, and while we were coming from a low base, it is an achievement to say we now have 3,000 special classes in the scheme and we can see that, for example, of the new special classes that are in place, 11 are in County Louth....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)
Bernard Durkan: That concludes Question Time.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: Do we have no time left?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)
Bernard Durkan: We have no time left, I am sorry to say, but we have covered the widest spectrum of questions during the course of the debate.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)
Is féidir teacht ar Cheisteanna Scríofa ar www.oireachtas.ie. Written Answers are published on the Oireachtas website.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (28 May 2024)
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)
Special Educational Needs
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)
Mairead Farrell: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, for taking this matter. It impacts on the constituency we share, so I thought it would be good and appropriate to raise it with her. I have been contacted by a parent who is worried about her child’s special language class and is concerned it will not go ahead next year. As the Minister of State will be well aware, this is a fantastic...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy. Enabling students with additional needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is an ongoing priority for me as Minister of State with responsibility for special education. It is a priority to ensure all children have an appropriate school placement and that the necessary supports are provided to our schools to cater for the needs of children with special...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister says, she has visited the school and seen at first hand the conditions in the school. The board of management is adamant that when it engaged with the Department it was assured that if it applied for these additional modular buildings, it would not impact on its application for a new school. It is now really frustrated that when asking about being included in a school...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)
Norma Foley: I appreciate the case the Deputy is making, and he makes it well. I also acknowledge the case being made by the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, and Senator Blaney. I have met the board and the principal and acknowledge the great work they do there every single day. I also say that it was only at the end of February that the Department received acknowledgement of availability of the site, and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I acknowledge there has been a good bit of good news for schools in County Donegal. I would not begrudge the Minister that assertion. However, she will know, having visited this school, that the conditions are not acceptable for modern education. They do not comply in any way with classroom sizes, toilet and play amenities. Special needs children are being educated in hallways. It is...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)
Norma Foley: I acknowledge the Department has been cognisant of the needs of the school. It is for that reason that the school received approval for two mainstream classrooms and two special education teaching rooms. That is currently at tender stage. The Department has recognised the challenges the school has faced. That was in addition to a further ASA scheme in 2022 for modular accommodation to...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)
Special Educational Needs
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: 23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress being made to open a second autism unit class at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23650/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: Does the Minister have an answer for this one? It is one of these strange questions where I can probably answer the question myself to some degree.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)
Norma Foley: I actually do have a reply.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: The issue with the autism unit at De La Salle is that it was operating out of a classroom made available by a teacher, which then had to be returned to them. There is a plan for a building that would deal with two units. The issue was that a modular unit is going in that will only fit one class, but a huge amount of work has been done by the principal and the NCSE. I got good news last...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)
Norma Foley: I will tell the Deputy all that is available to me at present, but I will say that I will engage with him again if there is something missing. I will ask for a further update. The school referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter the Department’s pipeline of school building projects under the additional school accommodation scheme. The project will provide a two-class special...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024)
Questions Nos. 28 and 29 taken with Written Answers.