1319. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from her Department in the past five years. [24626/26]
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1324. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason refusal letters for SEN applications are taking several months to issue; the current average timeframe for issuing such letters; the impact these delays have on families' ability to lodge appeals in a timely manner; if she will ensure that the refusal letter for a person (details supplied) is issued without further delay; and if she will …
1408. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she agrees with the NCSE's view that special needs assistants (SNAs) should be primarily or only provided to children with physical care needs; if she will work to ensure that children with educational needs, children who need help with emotional regulation or sensory overload are not excluded from automatically receiving an SNA; and if she will …
1409. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can provide an estimate on the number of children who were previously entitled to an SNA but from whom an SNA will be removed this year. [25486/26]
1410. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who lost their SNA allocation in each of the past ten years in tabular form. [25487/26]
1411. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who qualified for an SNA in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [25488/26]
1475. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of non-governmental organisations that have received State funding from her Department in each of the past five years; the number of such organisations currently registered in the State which have been funded by her Department; the number located outside the State that have received Irish public funds from her Department for each of the p…
94. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria used by the National Council for Special Education when determining annual special education teacher allocations; the data sources; the way in which multiple-year reductions are considered in respect of school stability; the average processing times and outcomes of appeals over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the…
95. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will direct the National Council for Special Education to publish clear decision rationales for special education teacher allocation appeals; to reduce duplication in evidence required from schools; and to introduce an independent review layer for appeals that are initially unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22666/26…
96. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will introduce a stability mechanism that prevents schools from incurring recurrent annual losses of special education teacher hours except in exceptional circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22667/26]
97. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide additional administrative support and protected leadership time for teaching principals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22668/26]
98. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a leadership and management recognition mechanism for principals to reflect the management of special needs assistants, bus escorts, secretaries, caretakers, and cluster teacher posts in base schools, given the significant workload involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22669/26]
99. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide explicit time allocations and administrative support to base schools for the management of cluster teacher posts, including the associated inter-school coordination, scheduling, and reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22670/26]
100. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that experienced reductions in special education teacher hours; the total number of hours reduced; the number of appeals lodged; the number of appeals upheld, by county and by year for the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22671/26]
101. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has conducted an impact assessment of repeated reductions in special education teacher hours on student learning outcomes and inclusion; if she will publish the findings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22672/26]
102. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ring-fence administrative time during the school day for principals to complete child protection oversight reports, maintain records of concerns raised, and complete statutory annual reviews and mandatory reports, so that these obligations do not displace teaching time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22673/26]
103. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special education teachers employed each year since 2020; the number of posts created, reduced, or removed; the number of teachers redeployed or reassigned; the number of schools that gained or lost special education teaching hours, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22674/26]
104. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will initiate a review of National Council for Special Education decision-making in relation to special education teacher allocations and the appeals framework, with a view to improving transparency, timeliness, and school engagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22677/26]
105. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide standardised, simplified guidance and a support helpline for schools preparing appeals for special education teacher allocations, and to minimise duplication of evidence requested across stages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22678/26]
281. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures in place to ensure continuity of transport for students with additional needs when a sanctioned bus escort is absent; whether a relief or substitute panel for bus escorts is being developed to prevent disruption to school attendance and family routines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21044/26]
710. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total anticipated costs associated with her foreign travel for St Patrick's Day; the delegation size; and if a breakdown can be provided on these costs including on accommodation and flights. [18889/26]
745. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will seek clarification from the State Examinations Commission (SEC) as to why the proposed RACE accommodations for a student (details supplied) do not address their primary access needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19136/26]
863. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way a student with profound visual impairment, whose 2018 functional vision assessment by the National Council for Special Education recommended that Braille be seriously considered as an access method, can remain non proficient in Braille after twelve years in the education system; the oversight mechanisms in place within the Department to ensur…
864. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the Department measures outcomes for students receiving visiting teacher service supports for visual impairment, such as achieving functional Braille literacy or independent access to textbooks, rather than simply recording that supports have been allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20194/26]
865. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify who holds ultimate responsibility for ensuring that students with severe visual impairment can access State examinations in an appropriate and accessible format, in cases where medical reports and functional vision assessments indicate that standard print based accommodations are unsuitable; whether this responsibility lies with the school…