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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank both Deputies. The NCSE has confirmed the need for special classes in the area, and it is working with Department to identify suitable locations. There are 14 special classes in Ballincollig already. I very much welcome and think it is really positive that the schools want to provide these services for children in the area. We are open to more coming into it, and how that is...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)
Special Educational Needs
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with a school (details supplied) regarding the urgent need for an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16186/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: What has been the extent of the Minister of State's engagement with Scoil Eoin in Ballincollig regarding the urgent need for an ASD unit and will she make a statement on the matter?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for the question. 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. My Department engages intensely with the NCSE on the forward planning of new special classes and additional special school places. This forward...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: I acknowledge the presence of Deputy Aindrias Moynihan to my left. He has worked on this issue for a number of years. The Minister of State's response is no different from the previous response that was given on 9 April in respect of this school. Traditionally in Ballincollig, ASD classes have been outsourced to villages, such as Ovens, Berrings, Farran and other surrounding rural county...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)
Hildegarde Naughton: As the Deputy stated, in January this year, the NCSE confirmed the need for special classes in that area. The NCSE and the Department are working to identify suitable locations for those classes to ensure the children who require access to this provision can avail of it as soon as possible. Separately, the board of management of the school subsequently submitted a new engineer's...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome that. I need to stress again, as Deputy Moynihan will, the urgency around the technical team submitting that report. As the Minister of State knows, those things take time and often require planning permission. It is not just a case of landing a modular unit or building. There are considerable planning requirements from the school's point of view as it arranges resources and so...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)
Aindrias Moynihan: There is considerable need for ASD services in Ballincollig schools, and Scoil Eoin has been keen to provide classes for people in their own community so they do not have to travel outside to places such as Farran, Berrings and elsewhere. Finding a location to fit these classes on the site has been challenging, and the option of replacing an existing building, the section beside Station...