386. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the number of primary and secondary school children and children travelling to special schools from the Donabate and Portrane area in the 2025 school year; and to include a breakdown of children attending these schools by roll numbers, in tabular form. [68343/26]
Parliamentary questions
Questions
TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
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Showing questions asked by Duncan Smith under the heading Special Educational Needs.
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902. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will bring forward plans to deliver ASD classes in Malahide for the 2026/2027 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43082/26]
1246. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be supported in delivering a specialised literacy and reading class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23931/26]
1413. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) is expected to be given approval to move forward with its plans to establish a special class for children with additional educational needs and increase capacity in four currently undersized mainstream classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25498/26]
1442. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) has been informed that the number of hours sanctioned to the school for supporting pupils with additional learning needs has been cut; if her Department will roll back on this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25809/26]
848. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans her Department has to deliver ASD classes in Malahide for the 2026/2027 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19975/26]
487. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department can intervene in the case of a school (details supplied) to ensure that adequate special needs assistant provision is obtained following the SNA review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14189/26]
562. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a ratio for the number of SNA’s to schools across Ireland in each of the years 2021 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14890/26]
493. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a teacher will be sanctioned to ensure a school (details supplied) can operate a new autism class from January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72255/25]
427. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update for the provision of a special education/autism class at a school (details supplied); the timeline for the delivery of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62772/25]
1514. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the process for an individual to receive reimbursement for the cost of an assessment of need when the individual had to go private, due to the State not meeting its statutory requirement for a timely assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58568/25]
448. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school bus escorts are entitled to be paid to attend mandatory, full-day child protection training courses that special needs assistants are paid for under the Croke Park Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54933/25]
84. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will bring forward a plan to support children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39783/25]
826. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the lack of education provision in Donabate (details supplied) for children with ASD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19021/25]
136. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if her Department will engage with a school (details supplied) to open a new autism classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16320/25]
598. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will be sanctioned to open a fifth autism classroom, with consideration to the high volume of applications that they receive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11105/25]
158. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the waiting list for classes for dyslexia in the greater Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8573/25]
159. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education her plan to increase the provision of classes for dyslexia in the greater Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8574/25]
160. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education whether it is her policy not to have specific classes for dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8575/25]
517. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on an application for a school (details supplied) to open a fifth class for students with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46530/24]