Written answers
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Department of Education and Skills
Special Educational Needs
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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878. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that availed of the summer provision, per county, in 2021 for primary and secondary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19944/22]
Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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In 2021, due to the ongoing pandemic, the Government announced a further expansion to the Summer Programme. Under this expansion, students with complex special educational needs and those at greatest risk of educational disadvantage had access to an enhanced summer programme of education. The total funding available to provide the programme was €40 million, which was a 100% increase on the allocation for summer provision in 2020. The range of programmes on offer built on the success of the expanded programmes that ran in 2020 and incorporated feedback from education stakeholders. For the first time, all primary schools were given the opportunity to run a 2-3 week inclusion programme, an expansion to all post-primary schools that had been previously only been available in DEIS post-primary schools in 2020. In addition, enhanced supports provided included measures to reduce the administrative burden, provision of funding to schools towards preparation and overseeing of the programmes, earlier payment to school staff and provision to recruit newly qualified teachers to work on the programme.
As primary schools had the option of running multiple programmes the information requested by the Deputy for 2021 is broken down into the different programmes.
(a) (a) Primary Schools that ran the Primary Inclusion Programme and/or Special Class and Special School Programme
| County | Schools that ran Primary Inclusion Programme and Special School and Special Class Programme | Schools that ran Primary Inclusion Programme | Schools that ran Special Class and Special School Programme |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Cavan | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Clare | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| Cork | 25 | 26 | 21 |
| Donegal | 3 | 11 | 7 |
| Dublin | 31 | 28 | 50 |
| Galway | 7 | 23 | 19 |
| Kerry | 8 | 16 | 7 |
| Kildare | 9 | 11 | 11 |
| Kilkenny | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| Laois | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Limerick | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Longford | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Louth | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Mayo | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| Meath | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| Monaghan | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Offaly | 9 | 5 | 7 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Sligo | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 14 | 10 |
| Waterford | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Westmeath | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Wexford | 9 | 11 | 7 |
| Wicklow | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| TOTALS | 156 | 248 | 221 |
(a) (b)Number of Literacy and Numeracy Camps (English and Gaeilge) run in DEIS Primary Schools 2021
English
| County | Number of Schools |
|---|---|
| Carlow | 5 |
| Cavan | 2 |
| Clare | 2 |
| Cork | 19 |
| Donegal | 11 |
| Dublin | 66 |
| Galway | 10 |
| Kerry | 5 |
| Kildare | 2 |
| Kilkenny | 3 |
| Laois | 4 |
| Leitrim | 2 |
| Limerick | 7 |
| Longford | 8 |
| Louth | 9 |
| Mayo | 5 |
| Meath | 1 |
| Monaghan | 3 |
| Offaly | 7 |
| Roscommon | 3 |
| Sligo | 2 |
| Tipperary | 8 |
| Waterford | 7 |
| Westmeath | 2 |
| Wexford | 6 |
| Wicklow | 2 |
| Totals | 201 |
Gaeilge
| County | Number of Schools |
|---|---|
| Cavan | 1 |
| Clare | 1 |
| Cork | 6 |
| Donegal | 2 |
| Dublin | 12 |
| Galway | 3 |
| Kerry | 2 |
| Laois | 0 |
| Limerick | 0 |
| Longford | 3 |
| Louth | 1 |
| Mayo | 2 |
| Monaghan | 1 |
| Sligo | 0 |
| Tipperary | 0 |
| Waterford | 2 |
| Wexford | 1 |
| Totals | 37 |
(b) (c) Post-Primary Schools that than ran the Post-Primary Inclusion Programme in 2021
| County | Number of Schools |
|---|---|
| Carlow | 1 |
| Cavan | 1 |
| Clare | 9 |
| Cork | 8 |
| Donegal | 26 |
| Dublin | 8 |
| Galway | 6 |
| Kerry | 2 |
| Kildare | 2 |
| Laois | 1 |
| Leitrim | 2 |
| Limerick | 3 |
| Longford | 3 |
| Louth | 2 |
| Mayo | 5 |
| Meath | 2 |
| Monaghan | 2 |
| Offaly | 4 |
| Roscommon | 3 |
| Sligo | 5 |
| Tipperary | 4 |
| Total | 99 |
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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880. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the National Council for Special Education will complete and submit its policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools first commissioned in September 2018. [19973/22]
Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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This policy advice is expected to be completed in 2022.
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