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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Details of the 2024 Summer Programme were published on the 21st March 2024. 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, including post primary schools, have an opportunity to run a programme over the summer months for those children who need it the most. These children can...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Under the Assistive Technology Scheme, as set out in my Department’s Circular 0010/2013, funding is provided to schools towards the cost of computers and specialist equipment, which are required for educational purposes. All equipment provided under this scheme supports children with more complex disabilities who, in order to access the school curriculum, require essential...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Details of the 2024 Summer Programme were published on the 21st March 2024. 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 children who need it the most. These children can continue to be supported, nurtured...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Details of the 2024 Summer Programme were published on the 21st March 2024. I want to clarify that there was no cut to the Summer Programme budget so that the full funding of €40m is available and, as in previous years, all of this funding is utilised to meet the needs of our most vulnerable children. The main priority again in 2024 is that those children with the most complex...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 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 scheme also provides a compensatory educational service for children with special educational needs seeking an educational placement for whom such a placement is not available. Specifically, the Deputy is referring to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 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 NCSE have confirmed that the school applied for an exceptional review of its special needs assistant (SNA) allocation in October. This review was processed and the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 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 (25 Jun 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 202 and 203 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: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 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 (25 Jun 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Project referred to by the Deputy was approved to enter the department’s pipeline of school buildings to provide a four Classroom Special Educational Needs (SEN) base, a General purpose room and Ancillary under the department‘s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme. I can confirm that this project recently received my departments approval to go to planning and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Jun 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Details of the 2024 Summer Programme were published on the 21st March 2024. 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 children who need it the most. These children can continue to be supported, nurtured...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Jun 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...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Given the interest expressed in the debate on the motion on international protection, asylum and migration, I propose to extend it into next week and proceed with the three Bills that are scheduled this evening. The proposal is as follows: "That, in relation to the arrangements for the motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Regulations and a Directive of the European...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: There are others who have indicated and expressed interest in speaking in this debate, which is why I want to schedule it again next week-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: -----to give people ample time to discuss it.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Jun 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Details of the 2024 Summer Programme were published on the 21st March 2024. 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 children who need it the most. These children can continue to be supported, nurtured...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Jun 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...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Revised Estimate for Public Services 2024 [Vote 23] and Further Revised Estimates for Public Services 2024 [Votes 16 and 34] (to be moved together and decided without debate by one question). - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Regulations and a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on international...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Jun 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Circular 0049/2024 was published on the department's website on 29 May 2024 and it confirmed to schools their special needs assistant (SNA) allocation for the 2024/25 school year. The circular is available on gov.ie. This circular outlines that in relation to the allocation of SNA support for students in mainstream classes for 2024/25 the following arrangements will apply: a) The SNA...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Jun 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I would like to clarify to the Deputy that this question refers to the Lighthouse Centre which is not a school, but a private company that provide home tuition in a group setting. The question relates to services provided under the Home Tuition Grant Scheme rather than an ASD Unit. The Purpose of the Home Tuition Grant Scheme is to provide a compensatory educational service for children...