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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (13 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. Almost 1,700 classes have been sanctioned by the NCSE in the last five years, eleven new special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (13 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. Almost 1,700 classes have been sanctioned by the NCSE in the last five years, eleven new special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. My department works closely with the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) on the forward planning of new special classes and additional special school places. Building on successive budgets, Budget 2025 secured funding for up to 400 new special classes in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. There continues to be an increasing need to provide additional special school places to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I thank Deputies Cullinane and McGuinness for raising the issue. At the outset, I stress that enabling students with special educational needs to receive an appropriate education is an absolute priority for me and the Government. It is the Government's priority to ensure that all children have an appropriate school placement and that the necessary supports are provided to our schools to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Deputies. I agree wholeheartedly with what the Deputies have said. I fully understand the challenges that are being faced in Waterford and across the country in relation to school places. It is an issue that behoves all of us. In my role and the responsibility that I have, I intend to use everything at my disposal to ensure places are made available. I know and I understand...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The Assessment of Need (AON) is a statutory process under the Disability Act (2005) whereby the Health Service Executive (HSE) reports on the health and education needs of a child/young person. The provision of Guidelines for the assessment of needs process is a matter for the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the HSE. It is Department policy, in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years 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 supports, special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Deputy for his correspondence. It is my ambition, and as outlined in the Programme for Government, to extend therapy supports within the Education system, over time. Currently, the Department is involved in a number of initiatives in this area. In June 2024 Minister Foley and Minister Naughton announced the Educational Therapy Support Service (ETSS). The ETSS is designed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years 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 supports, special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 304 and 305 together. Enabling children with special educational needs to receive a befitting 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years 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 supports, special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years 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 supports, special...

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I listened and I took note of the Deputy's concerns. I am departing from the script but a number of parents and families have been-----

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to address the Dáil in my capacity as Minister of State with responsibility for special education and inclusion. Over the past number of years, if not decades at this stage, in my time as a public representative, I have been interested in this area. In the past five years I chaired the Joint Committee on Disability Matters which afforded me a major insight...

Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (Resumed) (6 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Areas right throughout the country were seriously affected. Our area was seriously affected from 4 or 5 January by one of the most unprecedented snow storms. In some parts of Duhallow in north Cork, there was between 16 and 20 inches of snow. I compliment the farming community who really rose to the challenge in terms of putting their machinery at the disposal of the community. There was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years 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 supports, special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years 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 supports, special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 and 104 to 108, inclusive, together. As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years 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: Schools Building Projects (6 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for government. Thanks to considerable investment in special education in recent years 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 supports, special...