397. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline of payments for the summer programme. [49571/26]
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399. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a school (details supplied) has been forced to withdraw its summer programme due to her Department’s failure to sanction the necessary staffing levels, leaving children with special educational needs without vital supports over the summer; whether she intends on rectifying this so that the school’s summer programme can proceed; a…
400. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional support will be provided for the Summer Programme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49614/26]
404. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the recommendations of the report on inclusive education for persons with disabilities published earlier this year; when she intends to implement the recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49696/26]
405. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a proposed special education needs extension will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49697/26]
406. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a person (details supplied) can be provided with an urgent date for an NEPS assessment. [49702/26]
416. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the provision of a special class for a school in County Kildare (details supplied). [49798/26]
424. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department or NEPS has sought any change to the current accreditation or training standards for educational psychologists, including any change from a requirement for experience across mental health, disability and education settings; the rationale for any such change; whether an organisations relevant professional divisions (details suppl…
425. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether NEPS is currently supporting, funding or facilitating educational psychology doctorate placements that are primarily or exclusively school-based; whether such placements meet existing PSI accreditation standards; whether any concerns have been raised by PSI, CORU, universities, the HSE or other child health services; and if she will make a sta…
426. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of educational psychology trainees currently funded or sponsored by NEPS, the HSE or other agencies; the contractual obligations attached to such funding; the number of trainees who have sought to withdraw from NEPS-funded arrangements or repay funding in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49871/26…
427. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of NEPS psychologists that are currently employed; the number of whole-time equivalent vacancies; and the turnover rate in each of the past five years. [49872/26]
428. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the assessment that has been carried out on whether educational psychology training delivered largely through NEPS placements would equip graduates to work with children under five, non-verbal children, children with acquired brain injury, children with significant mental health needs, children requiring autism diagnostic assessment, and children requ…
429. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether NEPS has engaged with the Higher Education Authority in relation to increasing the number of educational psychology doctorate trainees; whether NEPS has proposed to act as the principal placement provider for such trainees; whether the HSE, CHI, CDNTs, CAMHS and primary care psychology services were consulted; and if she will make a statement …
430. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has examined the implications of training a significantly increased number of psychologists through school-based placements when major psychology shortages exist in CDNTs, CAMHS, primary care psychology, CHI and assessment of need services; whether there is a risk that public funding will produce graduates whose training is too …
431. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether graduates of educational psychology programmes with placements largely or exclusively in NEPS settings would be eligible and considered competent to work outside NEPS, including in HSE child psychology posts, CDNTs, primary care psychology, CAMHS, CAMHS-ID, CHI and assessment of need services; the discussions that have taken place with the HSE…
432. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the role additional NEPS-supported educational psychology trainees are expected to play in reducing assessment of need waiting lists, supporting implementation of the Autism Assessment Protocol and meeting the needs of children under five or children with complex disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49878/26]
278. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 584 of 17 February 2026, when a reply will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48459/26]
285. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide additional support for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48492/26]
286. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the proposed additional ASD special classes at a school (details supplied); the reason for any delay in progressing these classes where approval has reportedly been indicated; the expected timeline for delivery; and the steps being taken to ensure sufficient ASD class provision in the area given the clear and growing demand.…
162. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the summer programme 2026 for an individual (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47900/26]
165. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department and the NCSE engage with a person (details supplied) to ensure an appropriate school place is provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47954/26]
170. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the application from a school (details supplied) to allocate an additional 2.5 SET hours given the high level of need within the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47960/26]
171. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that teachers and SNAs working the summer programme will be sent home without pay if attendance targets are not met on the first day, despite staff committing part of their summer holidays to support children and their families; if she will act to provide security for these workers; and if she will make a statement on the ma…
174. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on progress in delivering an alternative certificate for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48099/26]
175. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide for a SENCO post in schools considering the significant workload involved in managing growing needs profiles in communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48100/26]