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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy. I will raise this again with the Minister, Deputy McConalogue. He has met with representatives of the inshore fisheries recently and is very aware of the challenges they face. He is committed to ensuring we identify and explore all avenues available to us in terms of the funding supports that may be put in place for inshore fisheries. In saying that, we as a member...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy. We are in agreement on the need to resolve this issue. I have full faith that the school and the HSE will come to an amicable agreement. I will ask my Department officials to continue to engage with the NCSE and to monitor the issue. The NCSE is available to support the school and the HSE local team in resolving the issues at play here. The local SENO also has acted...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister, Deputy McConalogue. The Minister is very aware of the challenges faced by inshore fishermen. He met with representatives of the inshore fleet recently to discuss them. The European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund, EMFAF, is the primary source of funding for the Irish seafood sector. It provides...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy. Enabling students with additional needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is an ongoing priority for me as Minister of State with responsibility for special education. It is a priority to ensure all children have an appropriate school placement and that the necessary supports are provided to our schools to cater for the needs of children with special...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I hear exactly what the Deputy is saying and I hear from across the country that parents feel anxious and frustrated. What we are doing, and what I am doing in my role as Minister of State with responsibility for special education, is increasing the number of SENOs on the ground, whose role it will be to be visible and active, and engaging and working with parents and schools to help them to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: It is for that reason we are investing €2.7 billion in special education, a third of the overall Department of Education funding. A lot of very good work is happening across the country. We want to improve and increase the resources of the NCSE, which is happening on a weekly basis. It will have those 120 SENOs on the ground and visible from this September. They are already on the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. I understand that it is an anxious time for parents who are seeking a school place for their children. I reassure the Deputy that this Government is determined to do all it can to help families that are seeking a special educational placement for their child. My Department is working closely with the National Council for Special...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (Extension of Periods of Leave) Order 2023 (without debate) - Statements on Ireland’s recognition of the State of Palestine (not to exceed 3 hrs 47 mins) Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Local Authority Housing...

Protection of Hedgerows Bill 2024: First Stage (22 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: It is not.

Grocery Price Caps Bill 2024: First Stage (22 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: It is not.

Education (Smartphones in Primary Schools) Bill 2024: First Stage (22 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: It is not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for his question. There is a very important focus on special educational needs services being provided throughout the country. I will follow up directly regarding the school referenced by the Deputy. The matter was also raised in the Seanad this morning. I will come back to the Deputy directly on it. We are investing. The NCSE is working very closely with the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Statements on Housing for All (not to exceed 2 hrs 27 mins) Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Housing, selected by Sinn Féin. Wednesday's business shall be: - Report and Final Stages of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024 (to commence no earlier than 2.49 p.m. and if not previously concluded,...

Report of Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform: Motion (15 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 16th December, 2020, or the Order of the Dáil of 13th December, 2023, the sequence in which Leaders shall be called upon to put questions between 17th January, 2024, and the eleventh sitting day following the summer recess of 2024, inclusive, pursuant to Standing Order 36(ca), shall be in accordance with the rota contained in...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: As the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, has said, we have a special Cabinet committee making sure health, education, disability and children are all working in relation to children with additional needs. Within my remit, one third of our education budget goes towards special education. For the coming school year, 400 special places are being allocated, of which 300 have already been allocated...

Family Law (Divorce) (Amendment) Bill: First Stage (14 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: No.

Thirtieth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (14 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Thirtieth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 10th May, 2024, and accordingly appoints members to the Special Committee on Drugs Use, and appoints members to Committees in substitution for members who have been appointed as Ministers of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for his question. I am aware many parents are concerned about where their children will be in September. To reassure the Deputy, the Department is spending one third of the education budget on special education. This September, we have 400 new special classes coming onstream. Of those, 300 are already allocated and a further 100 locations are being identified by the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for her question. As she said, the summer programme has gone from strength to strength over the years. One of the key barriers to the participation of schools previously has been the availability of staff, particularly experienced staff already working in the schools. In 2023, to maximise the budget, teachers and SNAs working on the school-based programme were paid a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Thirtieth Report of the Committee of Selection (without debate) - Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024 (Second Stage) (if not previously concluded, to adjourn either at 5.30 p.m. or after 1 hr 41 mins, whichever is the later) Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Dublin and Monaghan Bombings, selected...