Results 121-140 of 906 for does speaker:Josepha Madigan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Dec 2022)

Josepha Madigan: .... If a school wishes to make an exceptional needs review appeal they may do so at the following link: ncse.ie/for-schools. The exceptional review process is managed solely by the NCSE. My Department does not have a role in making individual school determinations. My Department encourages parents and school authorities to engage locally regarding pupils' education. Parents who have...

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...new homes and funding is in place to deliver 28,000 homes under these schemes in the period to 2026. While some have spoken of the current challenge as a recruitment and retention problem, the evidence does not support this. The number of teachers registered with the Teaching Council has more than doubled to more than 116,000 teachers since its establishment in 2006. Demand at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (6 Dec 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...has responsibility for planning and coordinating school supports for children with special educational needs including the allocation of Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) and reviews. The Department does not have a role in making individual school determinations. When a school has been allocated an SNA, the Board of Management, as the employer, is responsible for filling the vacancy and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Dec 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ..., where a school is oversubscribed some pupils may not obtain a place in the school. The criteria to be applied by schools and the order of priority are a matter for the schools themselves. My Department does not seek to intervene in the selection criterion that is applied by schools. The parent of the student, or in the case of a student who has reached the age of 18 years, the student,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Dec 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...has been allocated. The NCSE has responsibility for planning and coordinating school supports for children with special educational needs including the allocation of SNAs and reviews, my Department does not have a role in making individual school determinations. Additional SNA support may also be sanctioned by the NCSE where there are individual children who have significant care needs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...people with the most complex special educational needs. In terms of additional teaching support, special schools receive significant funding and have been resourced to reflect their particular needs. My Department does however recognise that there are additional challenges which arise for special schools including the importance attached to establishing and fostering positive links between...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: It is unclear to me why a SENO would say that there was capacity and that the child does not have a place. That does not make any sense to me and that is something that I can follow up with the Deputy afterwards and we can take it from there.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...at unprecedented levels. The NCSE has responsibility for planning and coordinating school supports for children with special educational needs including the allocation of SNAs and reviews. The Department does not have a role in making individual school determinations. The NCSE have published the SNA and SET allocations for the 2022/23 school year and they are available at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...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 in making individual school determinations. As the question relates to the allocation of supports by the NCSE to a specific school and pupil, I will arrange to have your...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (10 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...school. The Deputy probably knows how this works in the sense that, if the school has the resources in the first instance to provide assistive technology, then it has a duty to do that, but if it does not, then it should approach the NCSE for bespoke equipment. As Minister of State with responsibility for special education and inclusion, I do not believe it makes sense that equipment...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Special Educational Needs (9 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...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. The Department does not have a role in making individual school determinations. Accordingly the correspondence has been forwarded to the NCSE for direct reply. The Special Needs Assistant (SNA) scheme is...

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

Josepha Madigan: ...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 in making individual school determinations. The Special Needs Assistant (SNA) scheme is designed to provide schools with additional adult support staff who can assist...

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

Josepha Madigan: ...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 in making individual school determinations. The Special Needs Assistant (SNA) scheme is designed to provide schools with additional adult support staff who can assist...

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

Josepha Madigan: ...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 in making individual school determinations. The Special Needs Assistant (SNA) scheme is designed to provide schools with additional adult support staff who can assist...

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

Josepha Madigan: ...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 in making individual school determinations. Accordingly your correspondence has been forwarded to the NCSE for direct reply. The Special Needs Assistant (SNA) scheme is...

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

Josepha Madigan: ...it is based on the school year. Therefore the periods which are covered for tuition and payment purposes reflect the school terms and do not include school holidays, bank holidays and weekends. This does not preclude tutors from securing similar work outside of the school calendar, such as providing tuition for other schemes such as the summer program. For children and students who qualify...

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

Josepha Madigan: ...to primary, post primary and special schools in tabular form, by county and by school, for each school year, this information is available on their website, The accompanying table lists the number of primary schools in Dublin by postcode that provide ASD classes. The NCSE does not maintain a central register of whether schools that provide these classes are Irish-medium, educate together...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Emergency Departments (19 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...its approval under the public service code. I have noted the Senator's comment that one in eight patients is on a trolley in University Hospital Galway. I accept that he welcomes the interim emergency department but does not want it to become the permanent solution. I know that there are concerns around that and the delays. I note the Senator got a commitment in 2018 and that we seem...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Payments (19 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: .... In general, the requirement is that the money be needed for an essential expense the customer cannot pay from his or her weekly income. Someone can get this payment, therefore, even if he or she does not receive any social welfare payments, not least if he or she is on a low income. The Deputy mentioned some examples and asked about the payment in respect of energy costs. Increased...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Oct 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...assistance specific to needs of each student, contact details are available on www.ncse.ie Schools may apply to the NCSE for additionality where they can demonstrate that the current allocation does not meet additional care needs within the mainstream or other special classes in the school. Applications for additionality arising from significant new or emerging additional care needs,...