1359. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide guidance to the parents of a child with additional needs who cannot access an available, appropriate school place in their locality (details supplied). [25201/26]
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1422. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that one school from a cluster of eight schools in an area (details supplied) has been excluded from the extension of home school community liaison supports to rural and non-DEIS areas; if the decision to exclude the school will be reviewed given the eight schools operate in the same area and face the same challenges; and if she will…
1541. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 18 March 2026, the remaining options that are available to the parents of a child (details supplied) who have been unable to find an available school place they deem appropriate in their locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27221/26]
280. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 841 of 18 March 2026, which was unanswered in the reply provided, when a NEPS assessment will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23418/26]
82. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the recently revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in cases where intellectual disability is not suspected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22563/26]
83. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which the revised assessment of need framework ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles, including those who may be gifted or twice-exceptional (details supplied) will be appropriately identified within the system; whether her Department has conducted any impact assessment on the way in which the revised model may affect the…
84. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will clarify if access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22567/26]
85. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether consideration has been given to the potential for increased reliance on private assessments arising from any restriction in public access to cognitive assessment; the implications this may have for equity of access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22569/26]
86. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the training or guidance being provided to assessment officers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, are recognised under the revised model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22571/26]
87. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Departments plans to review the implementation of the revised assessment of need framework to ensure that no cohort of children is excluded from identification due to the streamlining of assessment processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22573/26]
90. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the tender for a long-awaited school project (details supplied) collapsed prior to works commencing in 2025. [22614/26]
91. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth when sign off for previously agreed phases and refurbishments regarding a school building project will be forthcoming (details supplied); the current timeline for the commencement and completion of the project; if commitments are available regarding timelines, given the desperate need for further capacity and upgraded facilities and the lengthy wait o…
138. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 12 February 2026, if the required documents have been received from Tailte Éireann; and if a further timeline is available for conclusion of this long outstanding matter. [22983/26]
521. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide guidance to the parent of children (details supplied) who cannot secure a second class school placement in their locality; the supports available in the case a school place cannot be obtained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22158/26]
654. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide guidance to parents who are finding it difficult to secure a second class school placement for their child in their locality (details supplied). [18677/26]
678. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the training provided to teachers at both primary and secondary level regarding dyslexia, how to recognise if a student is experiencing this learning disability and how to support them consistently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18772/26]
679. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the educational supports available to students with dyslexia at primary and secondary level; if all supports are available in all schools, including access to assistive technology; the route to access the supports; the route to access supports when they are not being provided by a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18…
770. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to an issue presenting for a school (details supplied); the reason for delay in attending to the issue identified a number of months ago; if works will be carried out as a matter of urgency to ensure the space attached to the ASD class can be used safely by children and adults; and if she will make a statement on the m…
819. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth reason two SEN classroom extensions requested by her Department are not now being provided alongside an ongoing project (details supplied); if reasoning is based on budgetary constraints; if so, the reason funding was not available for these important classroom additions; if the decision to omit the SEN classrooms will be reviewed and overturned give…
840. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is correct that NEPS assessments are not available to students in a school (details supplied) as a result of there being no psychologist assigned to the school for three years; if she will outline how students in this school can access a NEPS assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19905/26]
841. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a NEPS assessment will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if this assessment will be prioritised. [19912/26]
157. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider correspondence (details supplied); and to provide guidance to a parent regarding the query outlined. [17798/26]
407. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a campaign by parents regarding the modular project proposed for a school (details supplied); if a commitment will be provided regarding the retention of the greenspace in situ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16283/26]
408. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 652 of 17 February 2026, if she will consider correspondence from a parent (details supplied) in relation to the need for a school transport service for young people attending the school; if she is aware there are over 25 young people using a private bus service on this route at high cost to families; if a school…
409. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 638 of 10 February 2026, if two extra places will be available in a school (details supplied) following the completion of the current major project to provide the three storey 1,000 pupil community school, given information provided in that reply indicates current enrolment is circa 998; and if she will make a …