Results 1-20 of 49 for data protection speaker:Josepha Madigan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2024)

Josepha Madigan: ...at the strengths and shortcomings of the allocation model. The feedback has been incorporated into the revised model for 2024/25. The review of the SET model focused on ensuring that we had the best possible data available to inform the distribution of resources to our schools. Our policy relating to supporting all of our children in our schools based on their level of need remains. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Mar 2024)

Josepha Madigan: ...the strengths and shortcomings of the allocation model. The feedback has been incorporated into the revised model for 2024/25. The review of the SET model focused on ensuring that we had the best possible data available to inform the distribution of resources to our schools. Our policy relating to supporting all of our children in our schools based on their level of need remains. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Feb 2024)

Josepha Madigan: ...available number of SET posts in line with each school’s profile of need. The model makes an allocation on the basis of a number of inputs, including enrolment numbers. It also uses school-level data from standardised tests in order to reflect relative levels of overall need. It seeks to distribute teaching resources in the fairest possible manner, taking into account quality,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2023)

Josepha Madigan: ...) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs nationwide. The NCSE have advised my Department that they do not collect data on the number of students who have places in special classes for children with autism who are currently refusing to attend school. If a student is experiencing difficulties in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Dec 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...the HSE Children Disability Network Teams (CDNT) advise that a student is entering junior infants and who has either been assessed or is on a waiting list for assessment (following initial contact) by CDNT. The data provided by the HSE CDNT is a value of the number of students commencing in junior infants in a school in a given year. The Complex Needs calculation for each school is as...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (23 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...1 January 2014, Irish Water has had statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. In turn, the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, as environmental regulator is responsible for setting quality standards and enforcing compliance with EU directives and national regulations for the provision of drinking...

Report on Commission on Pensions: Motion (3 Mar 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...and I will take them all back to her. The State pension is the bedrock of the pension system in Ireland and is extremely effective in ensuring our pensioners do not experience poverty. The CSO data for 2020 indicates that the 65-years-and-over age group had the lowest poverty rates of all age groups. This was across three poverty measurements: at risk of poverty, deprivation rate and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (15 Jun 2021)

Josepha Madigan: In accordance with the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 schools are obliged to report on school attendance, and data on non-attendance in primary and post-primary schools at the aggregated level are collected by Tusla through the Annual Attendance Report (AAR) and, also at the student level through the Student Attendance Report (SAR). This latest report published presents data for the academic...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (10 May 2021)

Josepha Madigan: ...framework requires that any proposed community CCTV scheme must, first, be approved by the local joint policing committee, second, have the prior support of the relevant local authority, which must also act as data controller, and, third, have the authorisation of the Garda Commissioner. This is the legal basis for all community CCTV schemes regardless of how they are funded. These key...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (22 Mar 2021)

Josepha Madigan: ..., with one SEN, special educational needs, base class, as the Senator mentioned, and it is critical that this goes ahead. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. It also uses a geographical information system, GIS, which uses data from a range of sources, including child benefit...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (11 Mar 2021)

Josepha Madigan: ...it gives me the opportunity to outline for the House the position with regard to post-primary school development in east Cork. To plan for school provision and to analyse the relevant demographic data, the Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a geographic information system, GIS. The GIS uses data from a range of sources, including child benefit data...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Enrolments (1 Feb 2021)

Josepha Madigan: ...position on the provision of additional primary school places in Dundalk, County Louth. As mentioned by the Senator, in order to plan for school provision and to analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. It uses a geographical information system, GIS, which uses data from a range of sources, including child benefit data from...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: ...biodiversity study will be conducted in respect of every farm in order that we might inform future policy development. There are many other areas referenced in the context of reviewing natural heritage protections, including hedgerows. We have committed to establishing a citizens’ assembly on biodiversity within 100 days of a new Government being formed. We have also committed to...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Josepha Madigan: ...a healthy economic and social life. Biodiversity provides us with clean air, water, food, materials, medicines and health benefits. It supports pollination and soil fertility, regulates climate and protects us from extreme weather and other effects of climate change. Despite the important role that biodiversity plays in underpinning our economy, health and resilience to climate change,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Biodiversity Plan (12 Dec 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ...which meets at least twice a year, and also by an independent advisory group, the Biodiversity Forum. My Department is currently preparing an interim review of the Plan and is in the process of gathering data from other Departments, agencies and stakeholders to inform that review. Since the its launch in 2017, there have been a wide range of measures implemented on foot of actions...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Biodiversity Plan (12 Dec 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ...of government, civil society and private sectors to achieve Ireland’s Vision for Biodiversity. My Department is currently preparing an interim review of the Plan and is in the process of gathering data from other Departments, agencies and stakeholders to inform that review. Over the course of the last year I have listened very carefully to the debate on biodiversity loss and the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Data Sharing Arrangements (10 Dec 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Details of the Data Sharing Agreements my Department has in place with organisations other than Departments or State Agencies are summarised in the following table. Department Business Unit Recipients of Data under Sharing Agreement Type of information Purpose of Sharing Agreement National Parks and Wildlife Service RPS Ireland Ltd...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data (4 Dec 2019)

Josepha Madigan: Significant efforts have been made by the State to resolve the issue of the protection of Ireland’s raised bog special areas of conservation and natural heritage areas within the framework of the EU Habitats Directive. This has included the establishment of the Peatlands Council, intensive and on-going engagement with turf cutting interests, the farming community, non-governmental...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Data (6 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ...for the implementation of the Wildlife Acts and the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, both of which underpin the legislative and policy framework for the protection and conservation of our natural heritage. In particular, the 2011 Regulations transpose two key pieces of EU nature legislation: the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive. The main aim of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Funding (5 Nov 2019)

Josepha Madigan: The National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC) is the name given to a programme established by the Heritage Council in 2006. It addresses the need identified by the Council that data on Ireland’s biodiversity be collected recorded and fully accessible to the public. The NBDC is operated on contract under the aegis of the Heritage Council and receives funding from a variety of sources...