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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I certainly acknowledge that. I can see that in my own community. I can see the additional classes there. I can see the efforts that schools and parents have gone to in collaboration with the NCSE to be creative. One school in Booterstown proactively identified a parish hall next to it, and the school, the parents and the Department have worked to secure that and find the additional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Could I ask about the early intervention class in Ballyowen? Could I ask Mr. Kearney for clarity about how to get OT equipment, such as compression vests and other materials? Should the school apply to the HSE or to the NCSE?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Ms McGrath.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: If Ms McGrath does not mind, I might suggest that we need to do something more than take it away. If Ms McGrath is saying the school should apply to the HSE, there needs to be a resolution between the NCSE and the HSE. It is not a question of taking it away. It is a question of when my special school applies for OT equipment for the students there. They actually have a room. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Can Ms McGrath make sure that the HSE comes back in a way that is helpful to the schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I appreciate I am running out of time here. We may come back to it. Can Mr. Kearney talk to me about the recent changes to SNA roles and responsibilities and a communication that was issued from the NCSE to schools in relation to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Chairman. I just have a couple of quick questions on practical matters. How does the NCSE support dual enrolments between say, a national school and a special school and how does it track and monitor the effectiveness of that or is that something the NCSE does? How does it track the breakdown of placements or what I described earlier about this perceived managing-out of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes, especially on the psychological side and supporting behaviours. That is the point that has been raised again and again to me. There is another issue that is also being raised with the special schools and the teacher training more generally, though I appreciate the latter is not the NCSE's direct remit. Teachers when they are being trained get a two-week placement in a special school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes. I thank Ms Prendeville.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Does Mr. Kearney mean dual enrolment? Is that what he is talking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: If I could just say-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: -----it is very helpful to have this committee used to highlight those capacity issues because where dual enrolment works well and you can move from a special school into mainstream, it is a huge advantage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The only question I have about the breakdown of places is whether Mr. Kearney is saying if it is reviewed on an annual basis, it would not lead to uncertainty for parents that their child's place was up for review, as it were.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Education: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Okay. Ms Prendeville understands I am not criticising behaviours as such; it is really to get beyond that to allow children to learn.

LGBTQI+ and Equality: Statements (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am glad to have the good fortune to be able to speak in the Dáil about LGBTQI+ and equality today. We discuss this today from a really positive baseline, in an Ireland that has evolved and developed, moving from intolerance and exclusion to something quite different. We are moving towards real inclusion. A gentleman I particularly want to remember today is my husband’s...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for coming in. To pick up on Deputy Burke's point, there is a sense of relying on going back to best practice where there are variations between councils, as Ms O'Gorman mentioned, and coming together in the Local Government Management Agency, LGMA, and other places. There was mention of having one council speak to another about applying best practice. This highlights...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I appreciate that. It is similar to what Mr. Doyle said earlier, but, again, it goes back to my concern about asking the councils to speak to each other, pick up the phone and hand-hold our way through the process. What happens after that. What is the next step? This is where there a concern about auditing, so what is next? When we look at the Department accounts versus local authority...