Person: Josepha Madigan

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New special school to open in Carrigtwohill in September 
The school, one of two to open nationally in September, will prioritise children who do not yet have a school place

Wed, 12 Apr, 2023

Autistic twins have still not started school despite state apology 
Autistic twins have still not started school despite state apology 
Ryan and Kyle Milne will mark their 12th birthday today at home with their parents despite promises from the government last year that the children would start school in September

Thu, 23 Mar, 2023

Post-primary special classes to double over next three years
Post-primary special classes to double over next three years
The number of new special classes at post-primary level will need to double over the next three years, according to the Minister for Special Education.

Wed, 15 Mar, 2023

Mental health stock
Fears domestic violence leave may impact victims' safety
Women’s Aid has said it disagrees with the proposed legislation due to financial hardship, safety, and privacy concerns

Fri, 24 Feb, 2023

€40m summer programme for 'maximum number of schools'
€40m summer programme for 'maximum number of schools'
Schools will be able to recruit newly-qualified teachers graduating this summer as well as undergraduate student teachers who have registered with the Teaching Council

Thu, 09 Feb, 2023

Government rules out creating two new junior ministries
Government rules out creating two new junior ministries
This means that the party leaders — Mr Martin and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar — will have to cut people if they want to promote anyone

Tue, 20 Dec, 2022

Ministers to be spared the axe in uneventful reshuffle
Ministers to be spared the axe in uneventful reshuffle
Micheál Martin is expected to be appointed to the ministry of Foreign Affairs on becoming Tánaiste.

Sat, 17 Dec, 2022

Madigan condemns school's 'appalling' treatment of child with Down Syndrome
Madigan condemns school's 'appalling' treatment of child with Down Syndrome
The girl with Down Syndrome had spent most of her school day in a foyer outside the classroom and away from her classmates

Thu, 10 Nov, 2022

Increased funding for SNAs to 'respond quickly' to growing need for school places
Increased funding for SNAs to 'respond quickly' to growing need for school places
Budget 2023 also includes funding to open 370 new special classes next year, covering 2,000 additional places

 Listen | Wed, 28 Sep, 2022

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An autism class opens. What happens then?
Political pressure around autism classes for schools in June saw Minister Josepha Madigan pushing schools to open autism classes for September. But what happens when the 'quick fix' breaks children?

Mon, 12 Sep, 2022

Children have no sign language interpreters six months after they were promised 
Children have no sign language interpreters six months after they were promised 
Profoundly deaf children have yet to be allocated sign language interpreters in school, six months after the positions were first promised.

Tue, 06 Sep, 2022

Irish Examiner view: Another minister departs with a sorry tale to tell
Irish Examiner view: Another minister departs with a sorry tale to tell
Robert Troy's resignation comes against the background of an utterly broken housing market stacked against the have-nots

Wed, 24 Aug, 2022

Increase in special education provision is 'insufficient', say campaigners 
Increase in special education provision is 'insufficient', say campaigners 
Josepha Madigan announces a record number of new special classes — but teachers and inclusion advocates say the provision is still only minimal

Wed, 24 Aug, 2022

Ofsted inspection report
Record number of special education classes to open this September
Three schools, in Dublin and Cork, will provide additional special education places

Wed, 24 Aug, 2022

Varadkar is likely to reshuffle the Cabinet when he resumes taoiseach's office
Varadkar is likely to reshuffle the Cabinet when he resumes taoiseach's office
With a key minister on leave, and several TDs 'knocking at the door' for promotion, Fine Gael leader has a lot of juggling to do

Mon, 25 Jul, 2022

Cork Education & Training Board to run new special school
Cork Education & Training Board to run new special school
The school will be located on an interim basis in Rochestown in a premises which will become available in early 2023.

Thu, 30 Jun, 2022

Primary principals criticise Josepha Madigan's 'disrespect' for schools 
Primary principals criticise Josepha Madigan's 'disrespect' for schools 
Special education minister said she would be 'relentless' and would put schools that 'refused to engage' with the department in the spotlight

Mon, 27 Jun, 2022

Minimum qualification for SNAs to be reviewed this year
Minimum qualification for SNAs to be reviewed this year
Members of an Oireachtas committee meeting heard of SNAs being asked to do tasks outside of their remit such as cleaning fish tanks, washing cars and gardening work

Tue, 21 Jun, 2022

CC LEINSTER HOUSE
Parents of special needs children 'have their backs to the wall', Dáil told
The debate heard a call for the resignation of Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion Josepha Madigan.

Tue, 14 Jun, 2022

Judge queries if minister has 'set her face against funding' learning disability classes
Judge queries if minister has 'set her face against funding' learning disability classes
The judge wrote that it seems to "demonstrate a marked lack of communication" between Minister Josepha Madigan and the National Council for Special Education

Tue, 07 Jun, 2022

Ukrainians moved at short notice despite children already attending local schools
Ukrainians moved at short notice despite children already attending local schools
Norma Foley tells Oireachtas committee that her department is alerting the Department of Children to areas where there is school capacity but its first priority is to provide

Thu, 02 Jun, 2022

Moves to compel schools  to open special classes for 130 children without a place
Moves to compel schools  to open special classes for 130 children without a place
Education Act gives the minister the power to compel a school to open a special class and Special Education Minister Josepha Madigan confirmed stage one of legal process has been completed

Tue, 31 May, 2022

Funding the Future implementation group meeting
Government 'does not want to go backwards' on special needs education — Harris
Higher Education Minister Simon Harris said the reason he entered public life was because of lack of services for people with additional needs

Fri, 27 May, 2022

Special education centres plan 'won't wash' as Government denies abandoning integration
Special education centres plan 'won't wash' as Government denies abandoning integration
Fierce reaction from disability advocates to 'stop gap' plan for children with special educational needs

Fri, 27 May, 2022

Tánaiste defends Government after coming under fire over special education centres proposal
Tánaiste defends Government after coming under fire over special education centres proposal
The Government is planning to create special education centres as an emergency response to the shortage of appropriate school places for vulnerable children.

Thu, 26 May, 2022

Coronavirus - Fri Apr 3, 2020
Ministers urged to extend year for special schools 
Parents told there will be no summer programme in 26 special schools this year

Tue, 24 May, 2022

Fergus Finlay: Boys deprived of education as law left to languish on shelf for 17 years
Fergus Finlay: Boys deprived of education as law left to languish on shelf for 17 years
You know what needs to be done, Taoiseach. Decide to commence the act in full, and do it now

Tue, 24 May, 2022

CC LEINSTER HOUSE
Ireland 'not able to defend itself from air, sea, or cyberattack'
Senator quizzes minister about country's current defence capabilities

Wed, 04 May, 2022

Leaving certificate exams
Cabinet approves €40m funding for school summer programmes
Scheme includes the running of numeracy and literacy summer camps in Deis primary schools, among other things

Wed, 04 May, 2022

Close up of boy praying
Fergus Finlay: What is it about religious orders and land? It makes me want to gag
You couldn’t be up to them, could you? The religious orders in Ireland, I mean. Let’s talk about one of them in particular, the Holy Ghost Fathers. Or the Spiritans, as they’re grandly called.

Tue, 29 Mar, 2022

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Ashling Murphy's murder was an evil act and will be treated as such, says justice minister
TDs across the political spectrum have united in expressing their shock and condemnation at the killing of Ashling Murphy.

Thu, 13 Jan, 2022

Cork family launch Christmas card campaign for autism class
Cork family launch Christmas card campaign for autism class
Katie and Charlie Gould got almost 100 people to sign their special Christmas cards  calling for autism classes in the secondary schools in Ballincollig in Cork

Tue, 21 Dec, 2021

Coronavirus - Fri Apr 3, 2020
Key laws on education for children with disabilities to be reviewed 
Josepha Madigan has announced the commencement of a full review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004

Mon, 20 Dec, 2021

Children Raising Hands In Class, Rear View
Special education teachers 'should not be used for substitution'
Last year, schools could ‘bank’ the hours that SETs had been used to cover mainstream absences and use them at other times

Thu, 02 Dec, 2021

Ofsted inspection report
'Largest ever' rise in funding for disadvantaged schools in Budget
Minister for Education Norma Foley highlights increase of more than 20% in funding for the Déis programme that will allow it to expand into more schools

Wed, 13 Oct, 2021

'I stupidly put my faith in our legal system': Councillor shares sexual assault story
'I stupidly put my faith in our legal system': Councillor shares sexual assault story
Councillor adds her story after TD says sexual assault of women is more common than many believe

Wed, 07 Jul, 2021

Coronavirus - Fri Apr 3, 2020
Josepha Madigan praised for her 'important' Dáil speech on being a survivor of sexual assault
Noeline Blackwell of the Dublin RapeC risis centre said people who heard Ms Madigan’s speech would recognise that she was speaking out of her own experience

Wed, 07 Jul, 2021

Coronavirus - Fri Apr 3, 2020
Josepha Madigan praised for 'important' Dáil speech on being a survivor of sexual assault
Noeline Blackwell of the Dublin RapeCrisis centre said people who heard Ms Madigan’s speech would recognise that she was speaking out of her own experience

Wed, 07 Jul, 2021

Thousands of years of heritage, but the clock is ticking for these priceless Dingle Peninsula sites
Thousands of years of heritage, but the clock is ticking for these priceless Dingle Peninsula sites
Archaeologists in Kerry are in a race against time and tide, writes Clodagh Finn, as our priceless historical heritage is slowly eroded away by the sea.

Sat, 12 Jun, 2021

'I have cried myself to sleep': Families of children with autism challenge school refusals
'I have cried myself to sleep': Families of children with autism challenge school refusals
Three sets of Cork parents fear their children with autism will regress after being refused places in secondary school 

Wed, 26 May, 2021

New schools are still being built with '1990s designs'
New schools are still being built with '1990s designs'
Green Party senator criticises lack of whole-school ventilation and reliance on gas boilers

Mon, 24 May, 2021

CC SINN FEIN
Letters to the Editor: SF hypocrisy in selection of ministers in North
Mary Lou McDonald needs to clarify and justify past decisions

Tue, 23 Mar, 2021

'The public has been lost': Fine Gael TDs warn Government
'The public has been lost': Fine Gael TDs warn Government
A number of Fine Gael members have voiced their dissatisfaction with the level of communication between the Government and the public in recent weeks, with TDs warning that "the public has been lost".

Mon, 01 Mar, 2021

Special schools could return to full capacity in early March, says minister
Special schools could return to full capacity in early March, says minister
Currently, special schools are operating for students at 50% capacity, with students attending on alternate days or schedules.

Tue, 23 Feb, 2021

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