526. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth If she will personally review the application made by a school (details supplied); if she is aware that in the last school year this school had a significant enrolment of children with higher needs and were not granted additional SNA support, resulting in 15 children who require SNA support left with no support; and if she is aware that Tusla Childr…
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347. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason special needs assistants are required to attend in-service training courses in their own time outside of school hours, without receiving either leave in lieu or monetary payment; if she will review the mechanism for the provision of such courses for SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47316/26]
284. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale underpinning the decision of the NCSE that there be no change to the SNA allocation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31523/26]
285. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to provide additional special classes in the upcoming school year to schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31530/26]
248. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 910 of 18 March 2026, if she will provide the exact numerical data requested; the exact number of applications or expressions of interest from primary and post-primary schools in County Wexford to open special classes that have been refused, paused, or delayed solely due to her Department not sanctioning modular…
637. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the acute lack of ASD unit places for children attending schools in County Wexford, and in the south east generally; the steps she intends to take to address this urgent need; if she will takes steps to ensure that a suitable place is found for a child (details supplied) who has been unable to find a placement for …
687. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the acute lack of ASD unit places for children attending primary schools in County Wexford; the steps she plans to take to address this urgent need; if she will ensure that a suitable place is found for a child (details supplied) who has been unable to find a placement for the next school year; and if she will make a statement on …
777. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the acute lack of ASD unit places for children attending schools in County Wexford and in the south east generally; the steps she will take to ensure that a suitable place is found for a child (details supplied), who has been unable to find a placement for the next school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1940…
909. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify her Department's current policy regarding the provision of modular accommodation for special classes; the reason schools that have exhausted existing internal capacity, but possess adequate external grounds, are being refused modular builds to open necessary ASD classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20755/26]
910. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary and post-primary schools in County Wexford that have expressed a willingness to open a special class but have been unable to do so due to the Department's refusal or delay in sanctioning modular accommodation in the past 24 months; the steps being taken to urgently address this specific bottleneck; and if she will make a statem…
911. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way her Department justifies children and teenagers with additional needs being forced to travel outside their local communities for education when local schools are willing to accommodate them but are denied modular building approval; the way in which this aligns with the Government's commitments to inclusive education; and if she will make a s…
365. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the acute lack of ASD unit places for children attending schools in County Wexford and in the south-east generally; the steps she intends to take to address this urgent need; if she will takes steps to ensure that a suitable place is found for a child (details supplied) who despite applying to every secondary schoo…
259. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the policy of her Department in relation to the eligibility of children to access autism special classes, in particular where a child has completed the assessment process over a prolonged period and has been diagnosed as being eligible for an autism special class but missed the NCSE portal closing date of the 1 October and where therefore no confirm…
494. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she examined the case of a child with very complex needs (details supplied) who needs SNA support as they transfer schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39358/25]
227. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the new services for children with special needs in County Wexford for which funding was sought for delivery in 2025; the funding sought for each initiative project, the funding allocated to each to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38576/25]