311. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm what supports are in place to assist special schools that are understaffed due to leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71714/26]
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313. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Education and Youth the processes and supports in place to protect a child's right to education in the event that a school does not have enough SNAs to open at regular hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71722/26]
324. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of post-primary schools in the Dublin Rathdown constituency that offer autism classes, broken down by whether they are single sex or co-ed schools, fee-paying or public, in tabular form; her Department’s plans to oblige schools without autism classes to provide them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71806/26]
349. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications for assistive technology for children with special educational needs received by her Department in each of the years 2024, 2025 and 2026; the number approved and refused, respectively; the number currently awaiting a decision; the average processing time to sanction; the longest period an application has remained awaiting sa…
355. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide ring-fenced funding for additional staffing, specialist input and other control measures identified as necessary through individual and workplace risk assessment in special education. [72150/26]
358. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the arrangements that are in place for assistive technology provided to a child under the Department's assistive technology scheme when that child transfers to another primary school or the child moves from primary to post-primary education; whether the child retains the device and brings it to their new school; whether a new application or assessment…
360. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the maximum timeframe her Department considers acceptable between a child's need for assistive technology being identified and the child receiving the required device; whether her Department has a formal service standard or target for processing assistive technology applications; and the percentage of applications in 2025 and 2026 that were processed …
361. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will engage with the management of a school (details supplied) in relation to their SNA resource allocation in terms of dealing with pupils with additional needs. [72027/26]
364. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the current pupil-teacher ratio includes special education teachers; if so, the rationale for their inclusion as special education teachers do not generally teach children within a whole classroom setting. [72081/26]
365. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has plans to establish standalone special educational needs co-ordinator positions within the education system. [72082/26]
368. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has any plans to reintroduce the high and low incidence of needs criteria back into the SET allocation process (details supplied); and the rationale for not including this criteria in the process of SET allocation. [72078/26]
369. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether all primary and post-primary schools have been formally informed of the provisions of Circular 0010/2013, concerning the transfer of assistive technology with a pupil when they change school, including when progressing to post-primary; whether further guidance has issued to schools on this process; and whether she will publish any circular, gu…
377. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to calculate the true cost of workplace violence in special education including assault leave, ordinary sick leave, substitution, occupational health, healthcare, staff turnover and long-term absence; and to compare it with the cost of prevention. [72142/26]
380. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a special education school (details supplied) reducing the number of days per weeks students can attend due to insufficient teaching and SNA staff numbers; and if her Department will provide assistance to resolve the matter. [72209/26]
383. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth following the review of the assistive technology scheme, whether she will provide the findings and outcome of that review; and to detail the actions taken, or proposed, arising from the review, including changes to the scheme eligibility criteria funding or provisions of the devices. [72127/26]
393. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige the CPD resources available to teachers seeking to upskill to support dyslexic students. [72474/26]
394. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige the number of assessments completed by NEPS psychologists each year for the past five years that produced a diagnosis of dyslexia. [72473/26]
395. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige her views on the challenges in the system of identifying and assessing children with both dyslexia and autism. [72471/26]
396. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the portion of funding announced in Budget 2027 that will be committed to special education in Dublin bay south; the number of new places in mainstream and special schools that will result from that allocation in Dublin bay south, respectively; and her plans to ensure that pupils with additional needs will be required to leave their community to acces…
205. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the date on which the policy of automatically including special class provision in all new school builds was first adopted; whether the policy was approved by Government decision, departmental instruction, NCSE recommendation or school design guidance; and if she will share the relevant documentation. [69888/26]
218. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding an assessment of demand for SEN places in primary schools in the Shankill area; and the way this demand will be matched. [70022/26]
219. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the provision of an additional SEN classroom in a school (details supplied) to meet the demand for places in the Shankill area. [70023/26]
220. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans regarding the proposed increase in the provision of SEN places in primary schools in the Shankill area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70021/26]
234. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth If, having regard to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied), she will outline the actions being taken by her Department and the National Council for Special Education to secure an appropriate school placement for a child with significant additional needs who, despite applications to a special school and all suitable special classes …
240. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department refused to release the funds required to accommodate necessary works for the additional autism class at a school (details supplied) in Summer 2026. [70331/26]