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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 303, 304, 306 and 307 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...

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Cathal Crowe: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a number of issues (details supplied) with regard to services for children within the education system with mental health and neurodivergent conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19041/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an education is a priority for this government. The vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. For 2024, €2.7 billion is being spent on special education, an increase of €113 million, and this is dedicated to providing supports for children...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 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 (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Francis Noel Duffy: 319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the shortage of classes and dedicated schools for moderate ID children in the Dublin 14 and 16 areas; what plans are in place to remedy the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19225/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (30 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...matter directly with the Chairperson of the Board of Management by correspondence marked “Private and Confidential”. You also have the option of raising your complaint with the Ombudsman for Children. The Office of the Ombudsman for Children may also independently investigate complaints relating to the administrative actions of a school recognised by the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (30 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...Act, 1998 and the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. Under the provisions of the Act, school admission policies are approved by the Patron, following consultation with staff and parents of children who are attending the school. The school’s admissions policy is published on the school’s website. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Colm Brophy: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s plans to address the inadequate number of school spaces available for children with a moderate intellectual disability in the Firhouse/Knocklyon area of Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19287/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this answer

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 (30 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 352 and 353 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 peers....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (30 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: As Minister for Education, I believe it is crucially important that children and young people are actively supported to access education in its fullest forms. This Government recognises that the cost of preparing children for school each September can be a cause of financial difficulty and worry for many Irish families. As you are aware, on the 5th of March, I announced details of a new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...psychologists the Department has been examining the matter of how NEPS can increase the numbers of suitably qualified staff to strengthen the response to the educational psychological needs of children in recognised primary and post-primary schools across the country. Since January 2023 NEPS is supporting bursaries for students who are enrolled in the University College Dublin (UCD)...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...are minimised to the greatest extent possible. To date, this has worked very well in the education sector and has seen delivery of large scale, high quality modular accommodation to meet the needs of children, particularly those with special educational needs. However, the overall construction sector environment is challenging and the Department and the Project Management company are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ...line with the Government’s Infrastructure Guidelines. This allows the Department to keep a strong focus on the provision of additional capacity to cater for demographics, new housing developments and the rollout of additional special classes for children with additional needs. The Department’s Modular Accommodation Programme is also used to provide additional capacity in the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Leave (30 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...at least 12 months continuous service with their employer before being entitled to Carers’ Leave. Responsibility for Carers' Leave, in addition to other forms of family and flexible leave, is a matter for the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. Carer’s Leave from employment is unpaid but a person's job will be kept open for when they return....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (30 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The objective of the School Meals Programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. The Programme is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. Following the expansion of the Programme in recent years, some 2,600 schools and organisations,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: ...care allowance, given that the child does not respond to Kuvan treatment and requires a very specific diet and continuous monitoring on a daily basis for a lifetime; the reason some parents of children diagnosed with this condition qualify for domiciliary care allowance, while others with the same diagnosis do not; to specifically clarify the reason that this applicant was unsuccessful in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (30 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...co-habitant to a Widows, Widowers or Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory pension. The Supreme Court judgment overruled a previous High Court decision and found in favour of the claimant and his children. In simple terms, the Court found that section 124 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended) is inconsistent with the Constitution insofar as it excluded the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (30 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The Hot School Meals Programme aims to provide regular, nutritious food to children who are unable, by reason of lack of good quality food, to take full advantage of the education provided for them. It is an important component of policies to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement by children, particularly those from the most disadvantaged background. While the Hot...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (30 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Child Benefit is a monthly payment to the parents or guardians of children under 16 years of age. Child Benefit can also be claimed for children aged 16,17 and 18, if they are in full-time education or full-time training or have a disability and cannot support themselves. The person concerned and her family returned to Ireland on 23 December 2023 and an application for Child Benefit was...