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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (2 May 2024)

Dessie Ellis: The Minister of State did say that stage 3-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (2 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: There have been considerable changes to the design and plan of the school. The Department is aware of the current condition of the buildings at Scoil Chiaráin. It is committed to progressing the major school building project and to assist the school to maintain its existing accommodation pending the delivery. As I said, the Department is currently reviewing all its building projects...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Before I call the Minister of State to respond, I wish to make the procedures here quite clear. When a Deputy tables an issue for a Topical Issue debate and it is selected, the Department is notified. If the Department is not able to supply a Minister or a Minister of State, the Department is required to contact the Member and tell them so. The Member may then decide to proceed with the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: Go raibh maith agat. Gabhaim buíochas arís le gach Teachta as scéal Scoil Eoin a ardú inniu. On behalf of the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, I will outline how the Department and the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, continue to support children with special educational needs around the country and I will deal especially with the issues raised. It...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Am I to understand from the reply that the Department carried out an in-depth review of the site in 2021 and that it took until January 2024 for the NCSE to confirm that three classes were needed, which it knew were needed before it started in the first place? Is that what the reply is saying?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: Yes.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: I thank the Ceann Comhairle because I think he has highlighted an important issue. It is shocking to go back over some of the points in this reply. Mention was made of supporting children and enabling students with additional needs to receive an education. The Minister of State also said it is a priority to ensure that all children have an appropriate school placement. He said that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Deputy.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: All the children of the nation should be cherished equally. They are not being cherished in Ballincollig. There are children with additional and special needs who have nowhere to go to school. It is a disgrace.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Mick Barry: The Minister of State used a lot of statistics in his reply. I am not going to use statistics. I am going to give him the words of a parent in the form of an extract taken from a letter that was sent. This parent had to move her child out to another school. She wrote that her family is being literally ripped apart and that instead of dropping her three children to school, she is now only...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: There are a couple of things in play here. I acknowledge initially that approximately 20 children are impacted. They are already in situ in the school. Not all of them will require an ASD class. There are many who are pending assessments and so on. There is, however, still a requirement in this regard. As the Minister of State said in his response, three classes were allocated and this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: I can assure all the Deputies that the Minister has recently secured significant extra capital funding for the Department. She fought very hard to secure it. The board of management's report will be assessed. Extensive demolition proposals were examined in the original review. The new engineer's conditional report will be assessed. The Minister has committed to Deputy O'Sullivan that she...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (2 May 2024)

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (2 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence pursuant to Standing Orders 95 and 181.

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (2 May 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (2 May 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 4.03 p.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar 4.06 p.m. Sitting suspended at 4.03 p.m. and resumed at 4.06 p.m.

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (2 May 2024)

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Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (2 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Louise O'Reilly - To discuss the need for an ASD unit for Skerries Educate Together National School. Deputies Thomas Gould, Mick Barry and Pádraig O'Sullivan - To discuss the provision of sanctioned ASD classes in Scoil...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (2 May 2024)