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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and would like to advise the following: Since the budget announcement in 2023, in which the government provided an additional €13 million for the expansion of services within the NCSE, the NCSE examined the various roles and responsibilities within the organisation. This has culminated in a final workforce & organisational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (9 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for my department and for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). My department and the NCSE work closely in relation to the forward planning of new special classes and additional special school places, work which is close to finalisation for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I understand that this is an anxious time for parents who are seeking a school place for their child for September and I would like to assure the Deputy that this government is determined to alleviate the pressures faced by parents when seeking a special educational placement. My department and the NCSE work closely in relation to the forward planning of new special classes and additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education 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 additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education 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 additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for the question. Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 279 and 280 together. I thank the Deputy for the question. Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this Government. The vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Every mainstream school, including Irish-medium and Gaeltacht...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 281 and 282 together. Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education 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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (4 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Details of the 2024 Summer Programme were published on the 21st March 2024. This builds on the successful summer programmes of the last three years. The full funding of €40m is available and, as in previous years, all of the funding is utilised to meet the needs of our most vulnerable children. All schools have an opportunity to run a programme over the summer months for those...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Special needs assistant (SNA) play a central role in the successful inclusion of students with additional and significant care needs into mainstream education, special classes and special schools ensuring that these students can access education to enable them to achieve their best outcomes and reach their full potential. In 2024, the number of SNA posts in our schools will increase by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question. Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (4 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for my department and for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). My department provides each of the sixteen Education and Training Board (ETB) with a staffing allocation to support its schools, colleges, head office and other centres of...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Motion to Instruct Committee (3 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That it be an instruction to the Committee on the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024 that, pursuant to Standing Order 187, the Committee has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill in order to make an amendment to the Mental Health Act 2001, in order to increase the length of time a person can serve on...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. Since I came into this role, we have seen that the number of special educational needs organisers, SENOs, will increase from 73 to 120. The Deputy is correct about the issues with enrolment, with parents applying to numerous schools. Schools have their own enrolment policies and the NCSE is sometimes blind to the figures a school has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education 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 additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: On 20 June last and in conjunction with Minister Foley, I announced the establishment of the Educational Therapy Support Service, a nationally available service designed to build the capacity of teachers (and other school personnel as relevant) to provide as effectively as possible for the needs of students. This will mean that therapists will work in classrooms with teachers to provide, for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Further Revised Estimate for Public Services 2024 [Vote 29] (back from Committee, without debate). - Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 [Seanad] (Second Stage) (if not previously concluded, to adjourn either at 7.29 p.m. or after 3 hrs 40 mins, whichever is the later). Tuesday's private...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: State Bodies (2 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: EU Member States are required under to publish relevant information on contingent liabilities with potentially large impacts on public budgets. The CSO publishes this public corporations data as part of the , which is also included in the Department of Finance annual publication. The liabilities of public corporations, i.e. government-controlled entities classified outside the general...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (2 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The purpose of the Home Tuition Grant Scheme is to provide a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of reasons, are unable to attend school. The different categories of Home Tuition under the special education component are as follows: Mental Health - Students enrolled in schools with school phobia and/or associated depression/anxiety. Medical - Students enrolled...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I understand that this is an anxious time for parents who are seeking a school place for their child for September and I would like to assure the Deputy that this government is determined to alleviate the pressures faced by parents when seeking a special educational placement. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has advised my department that the local special educational...