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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 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: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 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: Teaching Qualifications (22 Feb 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2022)
Josepha Madigan: The Middletown Centre for Autism project is a jointly funded initiative between the Department of Education in Northern Ireland and the Department of Education aimed at supporting the promotion of excellence in the development and harmonisation of education and allied services to children and young people with autistic spectrum disorders. At the request of my Department, and, as approved...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2022)
Josepha Madigan: 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 support is provided in order to facilitate the attendance of those pupils at school and also to minimise disruption to class or teaching time for the pupils concerned, or...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (22 Feb 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2022)
Josepha Madigan: In light of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the introduction of the new Frontloaded Allocation Model for SNAs for students in mainstream classes in primary and post -primary schools was deferred for a further year to the beginning of the 2022/23 school year. In order to minimise disruption for schools, in the current circumstances, and to provide for continuity of...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2022)
Josepha Madigan: 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 support is provided in order to facilitate the attendance of those pupils at school and also to minimise disruption to class or teaching time for the pupils concerned, or...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2022)
Josepha Madigan: The Deputy will be aware that this school opened for the 2021/22 school year in response to the significant demand for special school places in the local area. The current capacity of the school is for 36 students with the majority of students now attending. Arrangements are in place for the remaining students to be transitioned into the school now that the recruitment of staff has been...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2022)
Josepha Madigan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 466 to 469, inclusive, 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 additional teaching and care supports for children with special educational needs. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (22 Feb 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 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. 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 children with special...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2022)
Josepha Madigan: Budget 2021 provided an additional 990 Special Needs Assistants. This resulted in 18,004 SNAs having been allocated to schools by 31stDecember 2021 Budget 2022 provides funding for an additional 1,165 SNAs (in 2022) to provide support to children with special educational needs, which will bring the total number of SNAs to 19,169 at the end of December 2022. Provision for 19,169 SNAs as at...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2022)
Josepha Madigan: The correspondence as noted in the details supplied will be reviewed by officials in my Department and a reply will issue direct to the organisation. 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (22 Feb 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (22 Feb 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (22 Feb 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 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. The Special Needs Assistant (SNA) scheme is designed to provide schools with additional adult support staff who can assist children with special...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 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: Teaching Qualifications (22 Feb 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...