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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: The Special Education Teaching allocation provides a single unified allocation for special educational support teaching needs to each school, based on each school’s educational profile. Under the allocation model, schools have been provided with a total allocation for special education needs support based on their school profile. The SET allocation model has been in place...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 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 for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: In March 2018, NCSE published the Comprehensive Review of the Special Needs Assistant Scheme following a request from the Minister for Education and Skills. Among other things, the policy advice recommended that: - “NCSE establishes ten fully staffed regional support teams to build school and teacher capacity through continuing professional development (CPD) programmes and where...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 138 and 150 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 (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this Government. It is also a key priority for me as Minister for Special Education & Inclusion. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Qualifications Recognition (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) play a huge role in helping to ensure the inclusion of pupils with significant care needs in education and in school life. This was acknowledged in the Comprehensive Review of the Special Needs Assistant Scheme (SNAs) published by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) in 2018. The Review made a number of recommendations regarding SNAs and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 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, the number...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: I can assure the Deputy that my Department will also provide supports to special schools in line with the agreed EAL allocation in circumstances where there is a recognised level of need. Schools can access a form to apply for these resources at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/2d706-staffing-arrangements-at-post -primary-level-forms/#form-u-eal-2022

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: Earlier this month, the Government announced this year's 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 programme aims are to support pupils to maintain their connection with education, to build their confidence and increase their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: My Department ran an expanded summer education programme for pupils with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage for Summer 2021, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under this expansion, students with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage had access to an enhanced summer programme of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: In December 2019, Government approved the national roll out of a new front-loading model for the allocation of Special Needs Assistant (SNAs) support to primary and post-primary schools for students in mainstream classes, as part of the phased roll out of the School Inclusion Model (SIM). Unfortunately, due to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 public health crisis, it was not possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: In March Minister Foley and I were pleased to announced details of a new scheme for the provision of Irish Sign Language (ISL) in-school support for students who are Deaf and whose primary means of communication is ISL. The new scheme will involve two key strands of support: - Programme of intensive in-school support for individual students to enable them access teaching and learning and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: The Department's policy is that children with special educational needs access appropriate education intervention in mainstream settings where possible. Many deaf or hard of hearing pupils are included in mainstream classes at primary and post-primary level. Whilst other children who are deaf or hard of hearing and have more complex needs may attend special schools or classes, which have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: Earlier this month, the Government announced this year's 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: Earlier this month, the Government announced this year's 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 programme aims are to support pupils to maintain their connection with education, to build their confidence and increase their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for determining the appropriate staffing levels in relation to the support of pupils with special educational needs in special schools, in accordance with the policies of my Department. Since 2012, special schools are provided with teaching staff on the basis of individual pupil profiles and disability categories of those...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: Earlier this month, the Government announced this year's 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 programme aims are to support pupils to maintain their connection with education, to build their confidence and increase their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: As outlined in Circulars 20/2022 and 21/2022, the data which is being used to update the disadvantage component of the school profiles is the same data which has been used for the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) Identification Model. This data is the Central Statistics Office (CSO) Small Area data, as represented in the Haase Pratschke Index of Deprivation (HP Index)....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: The Special Education Teaching allocation provides a single unified allocation for special educational support teaching needs to each school, based on each school’s educational profile. Under the allocation model, schools have been provided with a total allocation for special education needs support based on their school profile. The SET allocation model has been in place since...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Josepha Madigan: Earlier this month, the Government announced this year's 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 programme aims are to support pupils to maintain their connection with education, to build their confidence and increase their...