468. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures announced in Budget 2026 which will specifically support children with additional needs in mainstream settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55135/25]
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469. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide more detail on the way in which the 2026 allocation of SNAs and SETs will be deployed across mainstream and specialised settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55136/25]
479. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details on the design of the in-school therapies being rolled out in special schools in 2025, especially in relation to the staffing arrangements for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55216/25]
480. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the specific measures in Budget 2026 which will target behaviours of concern; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55217/25]
513. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional special classes that will be sanctioned from the SEN allocation of Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55326/25]
744. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm her Departments precise rationale for the removal of gender from the SET allocation for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44447/25]
1079. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children with additional needs who are on short school days this year, and for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41726/25]
1093. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 461, 462 and 463 of 15 July 2025, if she will acknowledge that the new circular facilitating admissions to developmental language disorder/speech sound disorder classes is exclusionary towards one particular cohort of students who would benefit from the supports offered in these classes, namely childr…
1266. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the student to special class ratio in each county based on the provision effective from September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43914/25]
1310. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 461 of 15 July 2025, her Department's precise rationale for requiring DLD/SSD of an unknown origin for enrolment in special classes; if her Department will consider revising the enrolment criteria for DLD/SSD classes to align with their stated aim of ensuring that children with the greatest level of ne…
1313. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children with additional needs that are currently waiting on a school place for September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44357/25]
1314. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children with additional needs with an appropriate school place in September that fits their educational need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44358/25]
114. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has plans to provide for specialised support for students with speech and sound disorders of a known origin, given that these children are currently excluded from enrolling in DLD/SSD special classes, and that no alternative supports are available to them, despite their needs being no less significant than those of children currently…
142. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, before issuing 0039/2025, she has considered the unique and complex situation of the cohort of students that currently benefit from the specialised education provided at MGLD special schools across the country; if her Department is aware of the potential negative impacts of a forced redesignation on these students, as expressed by paren…
460. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her rationale for limiting eligibility for entry into DLD/SSD special classes Circular 00024/25 to students with conditions of an unknown origin when students with similar symptoms with a known cause would also benefit from the targeted support provided in such classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38913/25]
461. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to develop alternative educational supports and classes for children with SSD of known origin to make up for the gap in provision created by circulars determining access criteria for DLD/SSD classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38914/25]
462. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of the contractual deployment of speech and language therapists in the DLD/SSD special classes and how duties are split between her Department and the Department of Health; the number of such posts vacant at the moment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38915/25]
463. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of concessionary places that are occupied in DLD/SSD special classes at the moment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38916/25]
225. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans in terms of the EPSEN report recommendation to bring forward legislation to change the present situation wherein students in special schools cannot legally continue education after their eighteenth birthday; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38537/25]
42. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to respond to reports of children with a diagnosis of autism who, in their autism report, it is stated that they need SNA support, and it is recommended by the SENO, in some cases, and then it is being denied by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37985/25]
43. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department plans to review SNA allocation criteria to include the sensory and emotional regulation needs of children with autism which is crucial to their learning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37988/25]
88. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans in relation to educational assessments; specifically, if she intends to review the use of standardised tests in light of evidence demonstrating their significant limitations in accurately assessing children with complex needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36244/25]
227. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department's official policy position with respect to the redesignation of mild special schools; if it is the Department's intention to redesignate all mild special schools and the timeline for same; to list all redesignations sanctioned to date and planned redesignations; the evidence base and policy rationale for the same; and if she …
235. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, under her plans to redesignate mild special school as the catch all for special schools, children with mild general learning disability will be moved to a mainstream setting in the short-term; if children with mild general learning disability being moved to mainstream is a reasonable outcome to expect from this redesignation in the medi…
236. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on whether mild special schools have a place in our educational mix; and her further views on whether mild special schools provide a tailored service and added value that justifies their continued existence as such. [35079/25]