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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: Oideachas Gaeltachta (11 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Is tosaíocht í don rialtas seo leanaí a bhfuil riachtanais speisialta oideachais acu a chumasú le hoideachas a fháil. Tugtar tacaíocht d’fhormhór mór na leanaí a bhfuil riachtanais speisialta oideachais acu chun freastal ar ranganna príomhshrutha lena bpiaraí. Áit a bhfuil tacaíochtaí breise ag teastáil...

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: He has-----

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

Hildegarde Naughton: Can I answer, please?

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

Hildegarde Naughton: Can I answer?

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

Hildegarde Naughton: The Taoiseach is not available to take Leader's Questions today because he is speaking to the Prime Minister of the UK. He also has calls with the Northern Ireland First Minister, the Deputy First Minister and the President of Ukraine. Tomorrow, he will be in Brussels and Warsaw. He will be back to take Leader's Questions next week.

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

Hildegarde Naughton: In relation to the Business Committee, I have endeavoured and will continue to endeavour to work with my colleagues across the House on the scheduling of business. We in Government have to set the agenda and the legislation. We have always listened and I will continue to listen to suggestions about other statements or whatever Deputies might want to discuss in future. I look forward to...

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

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. As is outlined in the revised report of the Business Committee and notwithstanding anything in 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:...

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

Hildegarde Naughton: I have a commencement time of 10.30 a.m.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the proceedings on the motion for approval by Dáil Éireann of the nomination of members of the Government shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 1 hour and 42 minutes, and the following arrangements shall apply: (1) the debate shall be confined to a single round and the arrangements...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: It is proposed that the proceedings on the nominations for Taoiseach shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after one hour and 42 minutes and the following arrangements shall apply: (1) the debate shall be confined to a single round and the arrangements shall be as follows: the speeches of a Government proposer and seconder shall not exceed five minutes each; the...

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 usually resident population is estimated and published by the CSO in its annual Population and Migration Estimates publication. The CSO also publishes population projections in the Population and Labour Force Projections publication after each Census. The last set of projections were published in June 2018 and cover the years 2017 – 2051. Work has started on the formulation of the...

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

Hildegarde Naughton: The total population aged 65 years and over in the State was 776,315 in Census 2022. This was 23.1% of the population aged 15-64 years (3,360,537). The following table shows the percentage of people aged 65 years and over as a percentage of the working population (people aged 15-64 years) in each local authority. Percentage of population aged 65 years and over to the...

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

Hildegarde Naughton: The Central Statistics Office carries out a survey on supplementary pension coverage on an annual basis, in the third quarter of the year, using the Labour Force Survey (LFS) survey instrument. The first iteration of this annual data collection on pension coverage in the State commenced in Quarter 3 2018. This survey does not measure pensions provided through the State Social Welfare Scheme...

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

Hildegarde Naughton: The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a household survey which provides quarterly statistics on employment and unemployment and is the official source of labour market estimates in the State. The classification of employment status in LFS results is determined according to ILO (International Labour Organisation) concepts and definitions. It should be noted that as per Eurostat’s...