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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and would like to advise the following: The NCSE has responsibility for planning and coordinating school supports for children with special educational needs including the allocation of SNAs and reviews and the school should liaise with the NCSE directly in the event that additional supports are required. My Department does not have a role...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and would like to advise the following: The Special Education Teacher (SET) Allocation model was introduced in 2017 to allocate the total number of available SET posts on the basis of the educational profile of each school and replaced the previous diagnosis led approach for the allocation of additional teaching time to students with special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: The Assessment of Need (AON) process is provided for under the Disability Act 2005. Assessment Officers under the remit of the HSE are charged with organising the Assessment of Need. The Assessment Officer makes the determination as to whether or not a child or young person meets the definition of disability contained in the Act and the HSE Assessment Officer coordinates and completes the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: Following on from a court ruling in October 2021 there is now a legal obligation on the education system to assist the HSE as part of the HSE’s Assessment of Need Process (AON). The Department of Education and NCSE have worked intensively to ensure the process put in place adheres to legal obligations arising from the HSE’s AON process and is one that is rooted in existing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and would like to advise the following: The NCSE have current data on students attending Special Classes and Special Schools for the area but data relating to future planning for each school’s projected needs would be held locally at the school level. Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and would like to advise the following: The NCSE has responsibility for planning and coordinating school supports for children with special educational needs including the allocation of SNAs and reviews and the school should liaise with the NCSE directly in the event that additional supports are required. My Department does not have a role...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (8 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: 971. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is considering measures to expand access to contraception for women from local community pharmacies without the requirement for a doctor’s prescription, and after having a professional consultation with a pharmacist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54428/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (27 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: For my Department's Summer Programme, all primary and post-primary schools are invited to run a school based programme during the summer months. The programmes are co-ordinated and run by the specific school in accordance with specific terms and conditions as set out by the Department, including the length of each school day. Schools may arrange their programmes by sourcing staff that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and would like to advise the following: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this Government. For 2022, my Department will spend in excess of €2 Billion, or over 25% of the Department’s budget on providing a wide range of schemes and supports for children with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (27 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 209 to 213, inclusive, together. My Departments Home Tuition Grant Schemes provide funding towards the provision of a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of specific reasons, are unable to attend school. By its nature, it is intended to be a short term intervention. The Home Tuition Grant Schemes are governed by annual circulars...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: The Assessment of Need (AON) process is provided for under the Disability Act 2005. Assessment Officers under the remit of the HSE are charged with organising the Assessment of Need. The Assessment Officer makes the determination as to whether or not a child or young person meets the definition of disability contained in the Act and the HSE Assessment Officer co-ordinates and completes the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (26 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and would like to advise the following: The provision of health-related therapy services for children with disabilities is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the question should therefore be directed to that body or to the Department of Health.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (26 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: The information requested is not held by the Department of Education. The availability and provision of health-related therapy services for children with disabilities, including speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy, are provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE). Matters in relation to the provision of health-related services should therefore be directed to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and would like to advise the following: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this Government. For 2022, my Department will spend in excess of €2 Billion, or over 25% of the Department’s budget on providing a wide range of schemes and supports for children with special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and would like to advise the following: The provision of education for children with special needs is an ongoing priority for Government. The numbers of special classes, special education teachers and Special Needs Assistants are at unprecedented levels. The State currently spends in excess of 25% of its annual education and training budget...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and would like to advise the following: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs nationwide. Accordingly your correspondence has been forwarded to the NCSE for direct reply. It is open to any school to make an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and would like to advise the following: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this Government. For 2022, my Department will spend in excess of €2 Billion, or over 25% of the Department’s budget on providing a wide range of schemes and supports for children with special...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (19 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Senator for the invitation to visit Dundalk and Louth. When I visited Coláiste Chú Chulainn, I was extremely impressed by the principal, Mr. Sharkey, and the incredible work he has done in opening two special classes in the school. I was also impressed by the incredible work by Maria Doyle and Eileen Harte in the CBS primary school. I also went to St. Colmcille's in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (19 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: There is a difference there. If there are 144 students in primary school at the moment and we assume the majority of those will be going on to post-primary, we have to make sure we have the placements for them. The NCSE is aware of that. Mr. John Kearney, who is the new CEO, will be able to recruit extra staff to implement that and use our forecasting model to be able to anticipate where...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (19 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: It goes without saying that there are, and will be, conversations we are not aware of that are ongoing with schools in Louth and in the environs and that would not be publicly available. Those children may already be catered for, but that is something on which I can update the Senator. One of the things we want to do is to make sure that gap between primary and post-primary is closed, not...