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\nCabinet will hear an update on new supports for students with additional needs sitting State examinations<\/p>\n
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is planning to crackdown on AI scams and misleading bots, as well as fake reviews<\/p>\n
It is part of the commission’s strategy for 2027 to 2029, which Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke will bring to Cabinet today.<\/p>\n
The competition watchdog delivered \u20ac21 back to consumers for every \u20ac1 spent during the previous strategy period.<\/p>\n
It pulled half a million unsafe products from shelves, and it refunded \u20ac350,000 to Irish airline passengers,<\/p>\n
Minister for Education Hildegarde Naughton will update Cabinet this morning on new supports for students with additional needs sitting State examinations next year.<\/p>\n
The Reasonable Accommodations at Certificate Examinations (RACE) scheme aims to ensure that all students can demonstrate their knowledge in exams.<\/p>\n
This initiative removes barriers for students with disabilities, learning difficulties, medical conditions and other additional needs, while maintaining the same academic standards.<\/p>\n
Since last year, eligible students can get more time to complete an exam along with supervised rest breaks, spelling and grammar waivers and help to write down their answers.<\/p>\n
New measures will see students with attention or behavioural difficulties get assistance to manage their time during examinations.<\/p>\n
\nCabinet will hear an update on new supports for students with additional needs sitting State examinations<\/p>\n
Modified large-print examination papers will be piloted for certain Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate subjects for students with visual impairments.<\/p>\n
And there will be more flexibility for those experiencing the bereavement of an immediate family member during the examination period.<\/p>\n
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon will update the Government on negotiations for the next Common Agricultural Policy.<\/p>\n
The revised text of this agreement which Minister Heydon helped negotiate focuses on generational renewal with dedicated provisions for young farmers.<\/p>\n
It also recognises part-time farmers, many of whom have off farm employment, but are seen as integral to supporting the rural Ireland economy especially along the west coast.<\/p>\n
Rise in starter home supports<\/p>\n
Minister for Housing James Browne will tell Cabinet that there was a 57% rise in starter home supports in the first half of the year,<\/p>\n
Almost 4,700 such supports were delivered in this period<\/p>\n
These included the starter home purchase scheme, cost rental home, the first home scheme, and the vacant property refurbishment grant.<\/p>\n
Minister for Children, Disability and Equality Norma Foley is bringing a memo to Cabinet on the publication of the mid-term review of the nurturing skills plan.<\/p>\n
This is the workforce plan for the early learning and childcare sector.<\/p>\n
There has been an improvement in the qualification levels, with the proportion of early years educators holding a relevant degree increasing from 12% in 2012 to 39% in 2025.<\/p>\n
There are currently around 39,000 people working in this area, compared to 25,000 in 2015.<\/p>\n
Minister for Climate Darragh O’Brien will seek Government approval for the draft of the next update to the Climate Action Plan in advance of the environmental assessment screening process.<\/p>\n
The plan is expected to be published before the end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is planning to crackdown on AI scams and misleading bots, as well…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,218,219,61,60,80],"class_list":["post-680186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}