1468. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current and projected provision of early intervention and special class places in the Cork east constituency, including for children with mild general learning disability; the number of children awaiting an appropriate school place; and the steps being taken to expand provision. [26053/26]
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1469. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department is aware of concerns from families regarding insufficient special class and appropriate school-place provision for children with mild general learning disability, Down syndrome and related needs in the Cork east constituency; and the action planned in response. [26054/26]
1515. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the Department has not published the disaggregated results for parents from the survey on school patronage and ethos of pre-school children, given that the survey explicitly included parents of children aged 0-12, including those not yet in the school system; and whether this omission risks undermining the survey's stated objective of plan…
88. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the safeguards in place to prevent under-identification of children under the revised assessment of need framework, particularly in light of evidence that twice-exceptional children are already under-recognised within Irish education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22600/26]
645. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of staff from her Department seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the Department or agency, in tabular form. [18590/26]
646. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of staff from her Department seconded to a firm in the private sector, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the company, in tabular form. [18608/26]
647. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of staff from her Department seconded from a firm in the private sector, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the company, in tabular form. [18626/26]
118. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the revised Code of Behaviour Guidelines for all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17254/26]
399. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has a stance on the value of early intervention classes in assisting children with additional needs to transition to school. [16421/26]
429. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention classes nationally in 2023, 2024 and 2025. [16419/26]
430. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to increase the number of early intervention classes nationally in 2026/2027. [16420/26]
683. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether consideration has been given to the inclusion of age-appropriate education on premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) within the school curriculum, including within Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) and Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE); the steps being taken to ensure that menstrual and reproductive health education reflec…
684. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a primary school (details supplied) has been notified of a reduction of 1.5 Special Needs Assistant (SNA) posts in its allocation for the coming school year; the criteria and assessment process used to determine this reduction; whether her Department has considered the impact this reduction will have on pupils with additional needs, staff c…
542. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students in post-primary schools, by county, who have a recommendation for a special class placement but do not have a place in the current academic year. [6260/26]
543. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the NCSE provides a specific continuing professional development course on running a post-primary special class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6261/26]
544. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the advice provided by the NCSE to teachers with respect to their participation in an assessment of need report; whether they can decline to provide assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6262/26]
545. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school giving priority to a post-primary special class placement to a student already enrolled in the school, but who only just received an autism diagnosis, and a recommendation requiring a post-primary special class placement would contravene either the Schools Admissions Act 2018 and/or Circular 0039/2025; and if she will make a statement on t…
546. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to specify a minimum number of administration hours per teacher assigned to a special class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6264/26]
547. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled in post-primary fee-paying schools; and the number of those same students enrolled in a special class, in the current academic year. [6265/26]
548. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled in post-DEIS schools; and the number of those same students enrolled in a special class, in the current academic year. [6266/26]
549. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a breakdown of special class numbers by county, and in the case of Dublin by area code, in each of the years 2020 to 2025 respectively. [6267/26]
550. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of successful applications for home tuition in each of the years 2020 to 2025, respectively. [6268/26]
551. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding available to a special class at post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6269/26]
560. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of occasions, per county, that section 37a of the schools admissions Act 2018 has been used by her Department, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, respectively. [6345/26]
1036. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she accepts that survivors affected by the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in a case (details supplied) continue to lack access to an effective, independent redress mechanism; whether any proposal has been brought to Government since June 2020 to establish such a mechanism; and if not, when such a proposal will be advanced; and if s…