314. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the situation of a first year student (details supplied) who is currently without a school place without the learning supports they require, despite their family applying to several schools; and if she will intervene to secure a suitable special school placement for this child. [67699/26]
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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]
533. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the level of staff sanctioned for the summer programme in a school (details supplied) given that the resources allocated will not cover the demand for provision and will mean the school will have to refuse eligible pupils a place on the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45968/26]
78. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in South Kildare that have had SET hours reduced; the overall gross reduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44204/26]
943. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which the proposed changes to autism assessments will impact children’s access to specialist school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43800/26]
946. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional special class places and special school places that will be provided in County Kildare for the 2026/27 school year; whether she is satisfied that provision will meet identified demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43828/26]
326. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider introducing measures to improve SNA pay and conditions such as tax credits for SNAs, EPV days for CPD courses completed, increased pension payments or increased payment for July provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40935/26]
350. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the SNA Workplace Development Plan will be launched; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41103/26]
263. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to roll out the autism class application trial nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39361/26]
124. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will identify pressure areas in South Kildare in terms of the demand for special class places; the number of children in the location have not been offered an appropriate place; if she anticipates children not being provided a place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38011/26]
134. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is considering a data-sharing arrangement with the Department of Health to facilitate forward planning in the area of special education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38101/26]
135. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if Project Nexus will be linked with a centralised application system for families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38102/26]
136. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on recruitment for the Education Therapy Service; the funding available to the service for expansion over the coming years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38103/26]
137. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to ensure that every special school has a summer programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38104/26]
138. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the preliminary findings of the inspectorate with regard to the evaluation of 25 autism-specific ELC settings in receipt of the home tuition grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38105/26]
135. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will increase funding for summer provision for children with additional needs given that many schools are unable to recruit sufficient teachers to run the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31279/26]
71. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the policy rationale for the introduction of a new category of ‘inclusive special class’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29026/26]
361. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to provide training for teachers working with children with visual impairment; if she will engage with charities with already-developed resources ready to be deployed for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29227/26]
362. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the specific training modules that deal with the question of visual impairment in the state-subsidised SNA upskilling programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29228/26]
1389. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have been designated under section 67 of the Education Act 1998; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25302/26]
1393. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to expand NEPS capacity to ensure Ireland is aligned with other EU countries in terms of student-to- psychologist ratio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25311/26]
1394. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which universal design for learning was integrated into the design of the recently published primary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25313/26]
495. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children currently in the education system with a student support plan. [21730/26]