84. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on her plans to remove a diagnosis as an eligibility criteria for a special education placement; the extent of engagement with teachers and their representatives in developing her plans to date; the extent to which the impact such a change would have on demand for resources has been assessed and the approach taken to this asses…
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66. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to reintroduce special allowances for teachers who invest personal time and money to pursue a diploma in special education. [74846/26]
68. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of NEPS posts currently filled and unfilled, respectively. [74844/26]
485. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in Waterford who require specialist placements for September 2027 based on NCSE data. [73775/26]
486. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special class places expected to be available in Waterford for the 2027-2028 school year according to NCSE data. [73776/26]
487. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional ASD classes or special school places planned for Waterford for the school year 2027-2028, in the event of a shortfall between available spaces and numbers requiring a specialist placement; and a timeline of the delivery of same. [73777/26]
1. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children with additional needs who require but have yet to receive an offer of an appropriate school place for September 2026, based on her most recent meeting with the National Council for Special Education, NCSE; the date of same; the measures she is taking to ensure that every child with additional needs has an appropriate school pl…
492. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNAs currently employed; the estimated first and full-year cost of providing an additional 100 SNAs in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45663/26]
493. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special education teachers currently employed; the estimated first and full-year cost of providing an additional 100 special education teachers in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45664/26]
498. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of increasing the Summer Programme provision by 10%, 20% and 50%, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45668/26]
535. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the SET posts at primary school level for the years 2024-2025, 2025-2026 and 2026-2027, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45970/26]
80. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of applications made to date to the National Council for Special Education from parents seeking a special class or special school placement for their child; the number of applications made since the deadline of 1 October passed; the status of the roll-out of new special class and special school places to meet that need; the number …
512. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special classes in Dublin 13 area at primary level, by school, in tabular form. [37267/26]
513. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of ASD classrooms that are currently in post primary schools in County Wexford. [37268/26]
515. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special classes in Dublin 9 area at post primary level, by school, in tabular form. [37270/26]
577. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth following comments by the Taoiseach (details supplied), to outline the original number of teachers that were to be provided, and the additional number provided for in this announcement; the original number of special needs assistants that were to be provided, and the additional number provided for in this announcement; and the number of applicatio…
1478. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth she is aware of the need for additional SEN places in County Meath; her plans to progress the two SEN and one mainstream class building project at a school (details supplied) in order to help meet existing and projected demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26301/26]
457. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can confirm that for mainstream placements under section67(2)(f), the NCSE must consider the school’s ability ‘including that ability when resources are made available’, and that oversubscription or year-group caps do not extinguish this obligation; and if her Department has considered sanctioning the additional resources needed to allow a …
496. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a student (details supplied) has been removed from a school; and the supports or steps that are available. [21746/26]
497. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if section 67.2 of the Education Act 1998 sets out the mandatory factors the NCSE must consider in designation decisions (details supplied); and if she will further confirm that no Department circular, including circular 75/2022, can override or displace these statutory requirements and if the NCSE must complete a full section 67.2 determination w…
627. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a county-by-county breakdown of each special class funded and approved to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18373/26]
628. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNAs are projected to be employed within the education system by Quarter 3 of this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18374/26]
873. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if long term substitute SNAs have been given consideration and formally recognised within the SNA redeployment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20233/26]
880. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No’s 487, 489 and 490 of 3 March 2026, the number of early intervention preschool classes for autistic children in mainstream and special schools that have been redesignated to primary autism classes/other special classes for the 2026/2027 school year. [20437/26]
351. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the decision making criteria and weighting used when selecting which school in an area that should provide additional mainstream capacity when a shortage is identified (details supplied); if existing space, Gaeilge, special class provision are factors for example; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17989/26]