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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question. I would like to initially clarify that there is no school in the education system without an allocation of SET hours to support children with special education needs. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question. 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 Education, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (16 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Details of the 2024 Summer Programme were published on 21 March 2024. The Department of Education also recently announced that funding of €40 million has been secured again to ensure that a comprehensive summer programme will be available in 2024. This builds on the successful summer programmes of the last three years. The full funding of €40 million is available and, as in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 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 (16 Apr 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 (16 Apr 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 (16 Apr 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 (16 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 342 and 343 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 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 (16 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Details of the 2024 Summer Programme were published on the 21st March 2024. The Department of Education recently announced that funding of €40m has been secured again to ensure that a comprehensive summer programme will be available in 2024. This builds on the successful summer programmes of the last three years. The full funding of €40m is available and, as in previous years,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Apr 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 (11 Apr 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). It is my department’s policy, in accordance with the principles of inclusive education, that students with additional learning needs are supported in mainstream classes along...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Apr 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 (11 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Assistive Technology Scheme is provided by the Department of Education to supplement the overall approach to providing funding to schools for digital technology and equipment to support children for education purposes. All equipment provided under this scheme supports children with more complex disabilities who, in order to access the school curriculum, require essential specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Apr 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 (11 Apr 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...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (10 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...Standing Orders or in the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 of Standing Orders, and unless Dáil Éireann shall otherwise order, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the sittings of Dail Éireann for today and tomorrow: - Leaders’ Questions shall not to be taken today; - There shall be no Order of Business or Questions on Policy...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) produce life expectancy tables every 5 years. Population figures from the most recent census, and the number of deaths recorded the year prior the census, of the census, and the year after the census are utilised to produce life expectancy for men and women. The most recent data published by the CSO is for the period 2015-2017 and the next iteration will...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) publishes the Inbound Tourism statistical series, which reports the number of overseas foreign visitors to the state each month, based on passenger surveys at airports and seaports. Foreign visitors are those who are normally resident outside of the State and who stay for one or more nights. Day visitors are not included. This series commenced in April...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1340 to 1345, inclusive, and 1347 together. Encouraging mothers to breastfeed is a priority, both for the Department of Health and for the HSE National health policy, including the Healthy Ireland Framework, Healthy Ireland Strategic Action Plan, the National Maternity Strategy, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan, and the National Cancer Strategy,...