593. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of reading school places available in primary schools in Swords, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4500/26]
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594. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children on waiting lists to access a reading school place in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, Garristown, Naul, Oldtown, Ballyboughal, Rolestown, Saint Margarets, Meakstown and north Santry, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4501/26]
595. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details of any plans to open additional reading school places in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, Garristown, Naul, Oldtown, Ballyboughal, Rolestown, Saint Margarets, Meakstown and north Santry for the academic year 2025-26; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4502/26]
331. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the schools that have requested sanction for additional autism class supports in the city and county of Cork; the schools that have been sanctioned and communicated with and the schools yet to be contacted with specific regard to additional supports for existing classes, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3017/26]
333. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the numbers of SNA increases that were recommended by special educational needs organisers (SENO) for Kildare, Wicklow and Meath, in tabular form; and the numbers of increases that were actually made for same, in tabular form. [3051/26]
339. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the efforts being made to increase the number of autism classes in the Clontarf area of Dublin, where there is significant demand; if she is aware that there is a particular lack of such places for female students in the locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3090/26]
349. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options available for a child (details supplied) to access an appropriate secondary school place; to ensure immediate engagement with her Department, NCSE, and relevant authorities, clear signposting regarding escalation routes, emergency measures, or interim supports available; the way her Department plans to meet its statutory obligations for thi…
350. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her special education section has reviewed the evaluation of the WALK PEER Programme that was completed by persons (details supplied); her plans to provide feedback on the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3219/26]
355. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention classes for each county, between the years 2020 to 2025; the number of new openings in each county in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3265/26]
48. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a more formalised structure required to help support children with epilepsy in classrooms will be introduced (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2521/26]
52. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to ensure that all teachers across the State are informed and provided with training for students with epilepsy; the supports that are provided to schools who have students with epilepsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2534/26]
53. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that an organisation (details supplied) is supported in providing its training, and that it can reach all schools in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2535/26]
54. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider revising the requirement for substitute SNAs to have individual Garda vetting undertaken for each school they work in, and move to a single vetting process, similar to that for teachers through the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2575/26]
56. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to provide children with epilepsy with sufficient supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2578/26]
57. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider providing fully funded epilepsy training sessions for education staff in primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2579/26]
61. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the list of schools sanctioned for special classes for 2026-2027 will be published; and the interim or alternative processes put in place for parents, given that applications have not been possible since 1 October 2025. [2623/26]
62. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth her position on proposals put forward by an organisation (details supplied) for 'Seizure Safe Schools'; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2625/26]
63. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth when an urgently needed additional ASD class will be sanctioned for 2026-2027 in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2635/26]
65. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of personnel employed across all State agencies that support special education in post primary schools (details supplied); the total annual expenditure associated with these roles, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2711/26]
66. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth when teachers and SNAs will be adequately trained on epilepsy awareness; if her Department will consider implementing the ‘Seizure Safe’ training by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2720/26]
68. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the number of reading classes in County Kerry that will be increased (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2816/26]
1034. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 9 December 2025, if she will provide the information requested in the question (details supplied) in the interest of transparency and forward planning for all stakeholders as previous response failed to provide the information requested, specifically the number of children nationwide who sought a letter…
1038. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement on the removal of the need for an AON for children with additional needs to receive an appropriate school place; the timeline for the full implementation of this policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74022/25]
1049. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department was aware that a new special educational assessment would be required for children to access a special class, school or unit for academic year 2026-2027, prior to the announcement made by the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74299/25]
1050. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she was made aware of the decision to introduce a new special educational assessment that would be required for children to access a special class, school or unit for academic year 2026-2027; to provide official documentation between the Department of Education and Youth and the Department of Children, Disability and Equality outlining the deci…