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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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). The vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Assistive Technology Scheme is provided by the Department of Education to supplement the overall approach to providing funding to schools for digital technology and equipment to support children for education purposes. All equipment provided under this scheme supports children with more complex disabilities who, in order to access the school curriculum, require essential specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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). The vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas Gaeltachta (11 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Is tosaíocht í don rialtas seo leanaí a bhfuil riachtanais speisialta oideachais acu a chumasú le hoideachas a fháil. Tugtar tacaíocht d’fhormhór mór na leanaí a bhfuil riachtanais speisialta oideachais acu chun freastal ar ranganna príomhshrutha lena bpiaraí. Áit a bhfuil tacaíochtaí breise ag teastáil...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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). The vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) produce life expectancy tables every 5 years. Population figures from the most recent census, and the number of deaths recorded the year prior the census, of the census, and the year after the census are utilised to produce life expectancy for men and women. The most recent data published by the CSO is for the period 2015-2017 and the next iteration will...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The usually resident population is estimated and published by the CSO in its annual Population and Migration Estimates publication. The CSO also publishes population projections in the Population and Labour Force Projections publication after each Census. The last set of projections were published in June 2018 and cover the years 2017 – 2051. Work has started on the formulation of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The total population aged 65 years and over in the State was 776,315 in Census 2022. This was 23.1% of the population aged 15-64 years (3,360,537). The following table shows the percentage of people aged 65 years and over as a percentage of the working population (people aged 15-64 years) in each local authority. Percentage of population aged 65 years and over to the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Central Statistics Office carries out a survey on supplementary pension coverage on an annual basis, in the third quarter of the year, using the Labour Force Survey (LFS) survey instrument. The first iteration of this annual data collection on pension coverage in the State commenced in Quarter 3 2018. This survey does not measure pensions provided through the State Social Welfare Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a household survey which provides quarterly statistics on employment and unemployment and is the official source of labour market estimates in the State. The classification of employment status in LFS results is determined according to ILO (International Labour Organisation) concepts and definitions. It should be noted that as per Eurostat’s...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) publishes the Inbound Tourism statistical series, which reports the number of overseas foreign visitors to the state each month, based on passenger surveys at airports and seaports. Foreign visitors are those who are normally resident outside of the State and who stay for one or more nights. Day visitors are not included. This series commenced in April...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. Table A: Exports to Israel 2023 - 2024 Exports Jan-Dec 2023 Jan 2024 Product Group Value (€000) Value (€000) Food and live animals 31,937 5,198 Beverages and tobacco 3,107 350 Crude...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1340 to 1345, inclusive, and 1347 together. Encouraging mothers to breastfeed is a priority, both for the Department of Health and for the HSE National health policy, including the Healthy Ireland Framework, Healthy Ireland Strategic Action Plan, the National Maternity Strategy, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan, and the National Cancer Strategy,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this is an operational matter, I have referred the question to the HSE for their attention and direct response to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this is an operational matter, I have referred the question to the HSE for their attention and direct response to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this refers to a service matter, I have sent this PQ to the HSE for direct response. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday 6th October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or processes. As a result, the question...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Ireland established a national HIV PrEP programme in November 2019, following a HIQA HTA, which concluded that the introduction of HIV PrEP would be safe, effective and cost saving. The HTA also found that significant investment in public STI services was required to implement PrEP and €5.4 million was set aside in Budget 2020 to roll out a national HIV PrEP programme, managed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The HSE Sexual Health Crisis Pregnancy Programme (SHCPP) is a national programme, within the HSE, with responsibility for sexual health and well-being. It has five core functions (Clinical, Funding, Education and Training, Research, and Communications) which lead on the development and implementation of the national strategic goals outlined in the National Sexual Health Strategy (NSHS). ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (20 Mar 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Thank you for your query on the education pathway to becoming a qualified lactation consultant. The Department of Health national health policy, including the Healthy Ireland Framework, the National Maternity Strategy, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan and the National Cancer Strategy, emphasises the importance of supporting mothers who breastfeed, as well as taking action to increase...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (20 Mar 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this refers to a service matter, I have sent this PQ to the HSE for direct response. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday 6 October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or processes. As a result, the question asked...