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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 40 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will work with the Department of Health to amend the Disability Act 2005 in tandem with the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004 and include a right to services as well as a right to an assessment of need. [57286/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 41 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to review established practices on transitioning to new schools throughout the education system, and provide more guidance and supports for schools in assisting pupils to transition between schools. [57287/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 42 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to establish a national transitions service to assist autistic children and adults as they transition into primary education, between schools, secondary education, university, employment and all other areas of life; the estimated first and full-year cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 43 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to establish a clear pathway to access alternative and augmentative communication, and assistive technology, and ensure that autistic children and adults can access and retain AAC devices and supports throughout their lives; and the estimated first and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 44 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to increase the funding allocated to alternative and augmentative communication, and assistive technology, to ensure that there are sufficient devices available to those who need them as well as training for the families of AAC users; and the estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 45 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to review her Department’s policy on the role and priorities of a centre (details supplied). [57291/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 46 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will liaise with the Department of Education in Northern Ireland to negotiate a mutual increase in funding to a centre (details supplied) to expand its services and apply its best practice model nationally; and the estimated first and full-year cost, respectively, to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 47 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will adopt a rights-based approach to the summer programme to ensure that it is regarded as an essential service for autistic children and their families; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57293/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 48 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will establish an agency or a dedicated section within her Department to manage the summer programme and ensure that it is made available in all schools, with the participation of trained external staff where internal staff are unavailable; and the estimated first...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 49 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will develop a clear policy to ensure that there is a requirement that interventions provided within the context of special education are evidence-based and rights-based. [57295/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 50 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will liaise with a centre (details supplied) to provide continuous professional development training for SNAs and encourage participation by regarding them as additional hours worked under the Croke Park agreement; and the estimated first and full-year cost,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 51 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will include a mandatory module on autism training as continuing professional development for teachers; and the estimated first and full-year cost, respectively, to implement this proposal. [57297/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 52 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will ensure that all schools that are in receipt of public funding, whether public or private, foster more inclusive practices around autism, including the opening of special classes. [57298/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 53 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will design a template or guidelines for schools clearly explaining the steps that should be taken if behavioural challenges emerge in an educational setting, and ensure that protocols around restraint and penalisation are stated unambiguously, with a view towards...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 776. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to allow applications under the croí cónaithe vacant property grant for the refurbishment of agricultural buildings to bring them into residential use. [57154/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 98 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied) if he has plans to review the application processes for social housing and other housing supports to ensure that they are accessible to autistic people and disabled people; and the estimated cost of implementing this proposal. [57337/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 99 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied), if he has plans to ensure that autism is regarded as a sensory disability by all local authorities for the purposes of accessing prioritised social housing provision. [57338/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 783. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 100 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied), if he has plans to provide adequate grants to allow for sensory rooms to be added to homes and the sensory proofing of homes for autistic people; and the estimated first and full year cost respectively of implementing this proposal....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 784. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 101 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied) if he has plans to ensure that local authorities engage with schools to assist in developing suitable sensory provision for autistic children; and the estimated first and full year cost respectively of implementing this proposal. [57340/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 785. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in line with Action 102 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied) if he has plans to provide designated funding to local authorities to add sensory areas and communication boards to all playgrounds; and the estimated first and full year cost respectively of implementing this proposal. [57341/23]