Results 1-20 of 139 for 5 million speaker:Josepha Madigan
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ...supports, special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, €2.6 billion was spent on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in mainstream...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (7 Mar 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my Department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in mainstream...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (7 Mar 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Educational Disadvantage (6 Mar 2024)
Josepha Madigan: .... I appreciate his concern for the school. As I mentioned, Le Chéile National School is in the DEIS urban band 1. It is one of Limerick's newest primary schools. It opened on 1 September 2015. It has an assigned psychologist and I understand from my conversations within the Department the NCSE has visited the school on a number of occasions. Both a SENO and an adviser visited in...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Educational Disadvantage (6 Mar 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ...programme, and the Deputy mentioned that Le Chéile National School is within the DEIS category. In March 2022, the Minister, Deputy Foley, announced a major expansion of DEIS. An additional €32 million investment in the programme from 2023 increased the Department’s overall spend on the DEIS programme to over €180 million. Approximately 260,000 students, or one...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Mar 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Feb 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Feb 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Feb 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in mainstream...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Feb 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in mainstream...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Feb 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in mainstream...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Feb 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in mainstream...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (13 Feb 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ...special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in mainstream...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)
Josepha Madigan: ..., special classes and special school places are provided. In 2023, my department spent over €2.6 billion on special education and further progress will be made this year as an additional €113 million will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in mainstream...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Dec 2023)
Josepha Madigan: ...on special education. Further progress has been made in Budget 2024 where 26% of my department’s budget will be dedicated to providing supports for children with special educational needs, representing a 5% increase on Budget 2023. This includes funding to support children with special educational needs in mainstream classes; funding for new special classes and new special...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2023)
Josepha Madigan: .... It is a priority for me that the NCSE expand and develop its services to meet the needs of children with special educational needs. That is why we are investing an additional €13 million for the recruitment of up to 161 additional staff in their organisation. It was very important that the NCSE plan effectively for this expansion, which will see them increase their workforce...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2023)
Josepha Madigan: ...schools which they attend. As a result of the significant increase in funding that this Government provided to the NCSE in Budget 2023, the NCSE is now undergoing an expansion which will see a 50% increase in the number of staff employed. A huge focus of the increase in staff will be on front line services and this will see SENO numbers increased by at least an additional 43 staff. ...