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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (11 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive reply. This arose many times, as I said, in the Limerick and Clare ETB when I was chairman. One of the members was Dónal Ó hAiniféin. Thug sé sárthacaíocht don fheachtas chun neamhspleáchas a bhaint amach do bhaile na hInse agus don Ghaelcholáiste atá ann. Gaelcholáiste an Chláir opened in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (11 Jul 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I submitted a similar question to the Minister. Along with the points that have been mentioned, another point to note is that more than 700 students are in Gaelscoileanna in County Clare, over 200 of whom are in areas outside of Ennis, in Shannon, Moy and Kilrush. As the Gaelcholáiste is still just an aonad, all those students have been deprived access to the free transport scheme,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: As both Deputies noted, the Irish-medium provision in Ennis is currently provided by Gaelcholáiste an Chláir, which is an Irish-medium aonad within Ennis Community College. I welcome the level of enrolment in the aonad, at 116 students. It is fantastic that these students are taking up the opportunity to avail of their post-primary education through the medium of Irish. These...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (11 Jul 2024)

Pauline Tully: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (11 Jul 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I get what the Minister is saying about enrolment, but I hope that if the level of enrolment increases, as I am confident it will, this will remain under review. The Minister has in recent weeks sanctioned a new school for Gaelscoil Donncha Rua in Shannon. The Irish language movement in the county is growing, as is the number of students taking on all-Irish education. We are specifically...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: The Department has received correspondence, as I said, from Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board proposing that Gaelcholáiste an Chláir become a stand-alone school. The enrolments in Gaelcholáiste an Chláir, as I outlined, do not currently appear to be at a level where a stand-alone Gaelcholáiste could be established and the majority of children leaving...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: First, we are increasing the number of SENOs from 73 to 120 and they will be in place by September this year. I will come back to the Deputy with the exact figure but it is up in the eighties at this point. The 120 will be in place for the coming school year beginning in September 2024. What is really important about the role of the SENOs and the feedback we got from the NCSE was that they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Pauline Tully: Thank you, Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I can come back in with further details.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Joan Collins: I know we are quite tight for time. Perhaps the Minister of State will come back on a few of these things in a few minutes or later on. There have been no NCSE applications in a number of secondary schools in the Dublin 12 area. Will the Minister of State use the section 37A process on those schools? I think she knows the names of the schools. I gave them to her as part of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I concur on the anxiety and that parents need the reassurance of knowing their child has a place for the upcoming school year. We really do not want to be in this position again. Parents need to know early in the year where their child is going to be that coming September and that is why the resourcing of the NCSE is so important. Today, I have written to a number of schools in the Dublin...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who will be left without a place on the summer programme this year; if her attention has been drawn to the practice of parents paying teachers privately to secure a summer provision space; if she has established the extent of this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29346/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Tá mé ag díriú isteach ar an togra faoi leith atá ar siúl i rith an tsamhraidh agus go háirid chun ceist a chuir ar an Aire Stáit an bhfuil a fhios aici cé mhéad dalta nach mbeidh rochtain acu ar an scéim sin. Freisin, an bhfuil an tAire Stáit ar an eolas faoin gcleachtas atá ann go bhfuil ar tuismitheoirí íoc as an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for her question. I am delighted that funding of €40 million has been secured again this year to ensure a comprehensive summer programme is available in 2024. The funding of €40 million is designed to cover the full costs associated with the summer programme. On that particular issue, parents should not be asked to make financial contributions to the summer...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State for the clarification and for telling me that just one case has been brought to her attention. I hope there will be no more. It is a totally unacceptable practice. I welcome all the progress that has been made in this programme. I welcome the increase in student numbers and the number of schools. I welcome the changes and the various appointments that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: When we reached out to schools in order to increase the numbers partaking, we asked them what the barriers to doing the summer programme were. The issues that came up were the rate of pay for teachers and SNAs. We have increased the rate of pay for teachers and SNAs. We have opened up a portal because some of the schools were saying they could not get the teachers or the SNAs. A portal...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I am not diminishing the progress that is being made but to appreciate it fully we need to realise the Government is under a legal obligation to provide summer provision. Within that, how do we assess the progress? It has come as a result of pressure from the parents and the hardship of parents. I have received representations related to parents seeking residential care simply because...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Transport (11 Jul 2024)

Michael Collins: I thank the Minister for her reply but I did not get a reply. The question I asked was will there be a bus service provided for 31 children from Bantry to Schull Community College. The Minister has bamboozled me there with figures but I did not get a reply to the question I asked. I do not know how much time there is but I would really appreciate it if she would concentrate on that when...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Transport (11 Jul 2024)

Norma Foley: The Deputy will appreciate that the scheme is managed on behalf of the Department of Education by Bus Éireann. He will appreciate that there is a criteria of eligibility for the scheme, namely students who live 3.2 km from the nearest primary school or 4.8 km at post-primary, from their nearest or next nearest school. That is the criteria as laid down. The Deputy will be aware that...