Results 341-360 of 3,174 for speaker:Pauline Tully

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 35 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to update continuing professional development to ensure that education professionals, including teachers and SNAs, receive suitable autism training; and the estimated first and full-year cost, respectively, to implement this proposal. [57281/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 36 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will engage with the National Council for Special Education to establish the number of pupils on reduced school hours and implement measures to reduce the use of such measures. [57282/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 37 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will engage with the HSE and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ensure that children in special schools can access clinical supports in schools until such time as children's disability network teams, CDNTs, are fully staffed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 38 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to increase the pay offered to SNAs and teachers for participating in a school-based summer programme to incentivise participation; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, to implement this proposal. [57284/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 39 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will engage with children’s disability service providers to foster and encourage the participation of clinicians such as therapists and psychologists in the summer programme at an attractive rate of pay; and the estimated first and full-year cost,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 40 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will work with the Department of Health to amend the Disability Act 2005 in tandem with the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004 and include a right to services as well as a right to an assessment of need. [57286/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 41 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to review established practices on transitioning to new schools throughout the education system, and provide more guidance and supports for schools in assisting pupils to transition between schools. [57287/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 42 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to establish a national transitions service to assist autistic children and adults as they transition into primary education, between schools, secondary education, university, employment and all other areas of life; the estimated first and full-year cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 43 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to establish a clear pathway to access alternative and augmentative communication, and assistive technology, and ensure that autistic children and adults can access and retain AAC devices and supports throughout their lives; and the estimated first and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 44 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to increase the funding allocated to alternative and augmentative communication, and assistive technology, to ensure that there are sufficient devices available to those who need them as well as training for the families of AAC users; and the estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 45 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she has plans to review her Department’s policy on the role and priorities of a centre (details supplied). [57291/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 46 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will liaise with the Department of Education in Northern Ireland to negotiate a mutual increase in funding to a centre (details supplied) to expand its services and apply its best practice model nationally; and the estimated first and full-year cost, respectively, to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 47 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will adopt a rights-based approach to the summer programme to ensure that it is regarded as an essential service for autistic children and their families; and the estimated first- and full-year cost, respectively, of implementing this proposal. [57293/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 48 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will establish an agency or a dedicated section within her Department to manage the summer programme and ensure that it is made available in all schools, with the participation of trained external staff where internal staff are unavailable; and the estimated first...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 49 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will develop a clear policy to ensure that there is a requirement that interventions provided within the context of special education are evidence-based and rights-based. [57295/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 50 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will liaise with a centre (details supplied) to provide continuous professional development training for SNAs and encourage participation by regarding them as additional hours worked under the Croke Park agreement; and the estimated first and full-year cost,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 51 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will include a mandatory module on autism training as continuing professional development for teachers; and the estimated first and full-year cost, respectively, to implement this proposal. [57297/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 52 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will ensure that all schools that are in receipt of public funding, whether public or private, foster more inclusive practices around autism, including the opening of special classes. [57298/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in line with Action 53 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, she will design a template or guidelines for schools clearly explaining the steps that should be taken if behavioural challenges emerge in an educational setting, and ensure that protocols around restraint and penalisation are stated unambiguously, with a view towards...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Pauline Tully: 776. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to allow applications under the croí cónaithe vacant property grant for the refurbishment of agricultural buildings to bring them into residential use. [57154/23]