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- 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)
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)
Special Educational Needs
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)
Thomas Gould: I am very disappointed that neither the Minister for Education nor the Minister of State with responsibility for special education is here today. This goes to the heart of the way Scoil Eoin in Ballincollig has been treated. It is insulting to the seriousness of this issue we have tabled that the Ministers are not here to discuss it. Scoil Eoin in Ballincollig in Cork has been trying to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)
Mick Barry: How many children with autism in the town of Ballincollig have been let down badly by the State and the Government? I know of 21 straight off the bat. They are the boys who attend the Scoil Eoin primary school, who are forced to struggle along in mainstream classes when special classes are what they need. This was recognised three years ago by the National Council for Special Education,...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: I do not want to pre-empt what the Minister of State might say. I confirm that I spoke to the Minister last Friday after the public meeting that the three of us attended. She confirmed to me and the principal that she would meet him in the next three to four weeks. That meeting is confirmed and arranged. I suppose that is a first step. I will not dwell on the history because the two...
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)
Dara Calleary: Thar ceann an Tánaiste, gabhaim buíochas le gach Teachta a ghlac páirt sa díospóireacht seo. Gabhaim buíochas as the constructive contributions, comments and inputs. The Tánaiste was very clear in his opening statement that this is the first of two substantial defence Bills. To address the point made by Deputy Howlin and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, the...
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I always have the privilege, although I do not know if it is a privilege, of being the last speaker on Thursday afternoon. The Bill has 24 sections, three Parts and one Schedule. Ostensibly, it sets out to do four things. One is to establish an external oversight body on a statutory basis. There is already a body in place but it is not on a statutory basis and it is a good thing that this...