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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Jan 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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 (22 Jan 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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 (22 Jan 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: The Department of Education provides an extensive range of supports to assist pupils who are Blind or who have a Visual Impairment. The Department's policy, which is provided for under Section 2 of the Education of Persons with Special Needs Act 2004, aims to ensure all children with special educational needs access appropriate education intervention in mainstream settings where possible. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Jan 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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 classes and special...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Jan 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 618, 631 and 637 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 children...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Jan 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: The provision of clinical therapy supports to children, including Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy, is the responsibility of the HSE, through Primary Care or the Children’s Network Disability Teams (CDNT). Through the Progressing Disability Services Oversight Group, the Department of Education is working with the Department of Health, DCEDIY and the HSE to...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Jan 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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 (22 Jan 2025)
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 specialist...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Jan 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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 (22 Jan 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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...
- An Dáil a chur ar Athló - Adjournment of Dáil (18 Dec 2024)
Hildegarde Naughton: I propose that the Dáil will now adjourn until 12 midday, Wednesday, 22 January 2025.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 2024)
Hildegarde Naughton: The Government introduced the Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs Act) 2022 to support the provision of adequate special class and special school places for children with complex needs. The legislation takes a child-centred approach to ensuring that appropriate provision is made for children with special education needs. It provides for a truncated...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 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 (7 Nov 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 (7 Nov 2024)
Hildegarde Naughton: Special needs assistants (SNAs) 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. The NCSE has the responsibility for planning and coordinating...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 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 (7 Nov 2024)
Hildegarde Naughton: There are currently 124 special schools supported by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) in operation throughout the country. The attached list provides the locations of these special schools. 113 of these were in operation prior to 2011. The below table provides a list of the new special schools which have been established in recent years. School County...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 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 me as Minister for Special Education and Inclusion, 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....
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)
Hildegarde Naughton: Hear, hear.