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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: In 2023 Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) set up a national steering committee to guide the review and updating of the current Guidelines for Schools in relation to a Code of Behaviour. TESS has a statutory remit for this work under the Education (Welfare) Act 2000. The Department is working closely with TESS on the revised Guidelines and is represented on the steering committee. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Educational Welfare Service (EWS) is part of Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) and operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, a piece of legislation that emphasises the promotion of school attendance, participation and retention. The EWS is a statutory service and its primary role is to ensure that every child either attends school regularly or otherwise receives a certain...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I wish to thank the Deputy for her question. My Department is working to finalise guidelines on Understanding Behaviours of Concern and Responding to Crisis Situations. The Guidelines are designed to develop and enhance schools’ understanding of behaviours of concern and to assist them in managing crisis situations. The Guidelines focus on the prevention, early intervention, and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Reviews (23 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and wish to advise you of the following: The Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004 provides for the education of children aged under 18 years with special educational needs. The EPSEN Act 2004, is now in place for more than 20 years and there have been many significant changes and developments to policy relating...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Details of the 2024 Summer Programme (formerly July Provision) were published on the 21stMarch 2024. 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 special educational needs, especially in special schools,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 813 and 848 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. Where...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I would like to thank the deputy for the question raised. 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 (23 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 829 and 831 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. Where...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jul 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 (23 Jul 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 (23 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question and would like to advise the following: Since the budget announcement in 2023, in which the government provided an additional €13 million for the expansion of services within the NCSE, the NCSE examined the various roles and responsibilities within the organisation. This has culminated in a final workforce & organisational plan...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jul 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 (23 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Details of the 2024 Summer Programme were published on the 21stMarch 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 and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 863 and 865 together. Ensuring every child with special education needs has access to appropriate teaching supports is a priority for this government. Special Education has been prioritised by this government in recent years. This year 26% of the department's budget has been dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. Data in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jul 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 (23 Jul 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 (23 Jul 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...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: We all know the value of the summer programme and the Deputy is absolutely right. The feedback from teachers and parents is such that when children can partake in the summer programme, that regression is greatly reduced when they go back to school, which is why we have focused on it. The uptake of special schools has significantly increased, according to the inspectorate report on this. ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I will come back to the Deputy on that and try to delve into those figures. The Department cannot compel schools to participate in the programme because participation in the school-based summer programme is voluntary, and it is a matter for boards of management and schools to decide whether they will run the programme. What the Department has done is reach out to all schools, as we continue...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: First, we are increasing the number of SENOs from 73 to 120 and they will be in place by September this year. I will come back to the Deputy with the exact figure but it is up in the eighties at this point. The 120 will be in place for the coming school year beginning in September 2024. What is really important about the role of the SENOs and the feedback we got from the NCSE was that they...