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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: Enabling students with additional needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is an ongoing priority for this Government. This year, the Department of Education will invest in excess of €2 billion, or over 25% of the Department’s budget in the area of special educational needs support. As a result the numbers of special education teachers, special needs assistants...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this Government. This year, my Department will spend in excess of €2 Billion, or over 25% of the Department’s budget on providing additional teaching and care supports for children with special educational needs. A continuum of education provision is in...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: 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. Budget 2022 provides funding for an additional 1,165 SNAs (in 2022) to provide support to children with special educational needs, which will...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 385 to 414, inclusive, together. I propose to take 29 of the Deputy’s PQs together, as each question relates to Special Needs Assistants. The provision of education for children with special needs is an ongoing priority for Government. The State currently spends in excess of 25% of its annual education and...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: The Special Education Teaching (SET) allocation provides a single unified allocation for special educational support teaching needs to each school, based on each school’s educational profile. This model has replaced the previous model of allocating resource teaching support and learning support to schools based on a diagnosis of disability. The Special Education Teacher allocation,...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: I can assure the Deputy that officials from my Department will follow up with the NCSE to request that a response issues as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this Government. This year, 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 educational needs. As the deputy will be aware I have met with the National Council...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this Government. This year, 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 educational needs. This includes additional teaching and care supports. As a result,...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 432 and 433 together. Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this Government. This year, 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 educational needs. This includes...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: The NCSE has responsibility for planning and coordinating school supports for children with special educational needs including the allocation of SNAs and reviews. The Special Needs Assistant (SNA) scheme is designed to provide schools with additional adult support staff who can assist children with special educational needs who also have additional and significant care needs. Such...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this Government. This year, 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 educational needs. This includes additional teaching and care supports. As a result,...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: This year’s Summer Programme will allow all primary and post-primary schools to offer a summer programme for students with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage. In line with last year, the total funding available to provide summer programmes this year is up to €40 million. Building on the 2021 programme, all schools, both...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this Government. This year, my Department will spend in excess of €2 Billion, or over 25% of the Department’s budget on providing additional teaching and care supports for children with special educational needs. A continuum of education provision is in place covering the full...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this Government. This year, my Department will spend in excess of €2 Billion, or over 25% of the Department’s budget on providing additional teaching and care supports for children with special educational needs. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: Enabling students with additional needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is an ongoing priority for this Government. This year, the Department of Education will invest in excess of €2 billion, or over 25% of the Department’s budget in the area of special educational needs support. As a result the numbers of special education teachers, special needs assistants...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (18 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. Senator Micheál Carrigy has an interest in this area and has discussed it with the Deputy at length. I am the first Minister of State with responsibility for special education. There are a number of different measures that we have put in place over the last year in terms of ensuring we have sufficient capacity to meet the growing demand in...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (18 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: I know the Deputy’s commitment to this area, along with Senator Carrigy. As we know. children have a right to an education under the Constitution and it is my job to vindicate that right for them. The first thing we have to do is to find them a special class place, or should I say an appropriate placement, whether a special class place in mainstream or a special school. The second...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2022)
Josepha Madigan: Earlier this month, the Government announced the Summer Programme to allow all primary and post-primary schools to offer a summer programme for students with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage. The total funding available to provide summer programmes this year is up to €40 million. The programme was developed following extensive...