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Special Educational Needs

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 June 2020

Tuesday, 30 June 2020

Questions (151)

Joan Collins

Question:

151. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS schools and special schools, respectively that have to date opted in to provide the July provision; and the number of teachers and SNAs that have opted to provide home schooling July provision for special needs children. [12961/20]

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Written answers

My Department published details of Summer Provision 2020 – Reconnecting with Education including a programme for children with complex special educational needs.

The programme is a significant expansion on the July Provision programme of previous years with the eligibility criteria widened to include approximately 9,000 additional primary aged children with complex needs.

All special schools and primary schools with special classes are invited to provide the school based summer provision for their students.  This programme will run for a minimum of two weeks and can extend up to four weeks where the schools, teachers and Special Needs Assistants are willing to participate. 

Home-based provision will be available where a child’s local school is not providing a programme or does not have the capacity to accommodate a child in a planned programme this year. In this situation my Department will provide grant funding towards the engagement by Parents of a registered teacher/SNA to provide home based support for 10 hours a week for 4 weeks.

To date 231 schools have indicated that they intend to run a school based programme involving approximately 3,700 children.  9,781 families have registered for the home based summer programme involving 9,820 children.   

A programme for DEIS schools for this Summer was also announced. To date 71 schools have indicated that they intend to run this programme.

Full information on summer provision and its various strands, including guidance information for parents, is available at Gov.ie/summerprovision

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