173. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress being made to create an alternative to assessment of needs reports in order to access appropriate school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9920/26]
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1038. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement on the removal of the need for an AON for children with additional needs to receive an appropriate school place; the timeline for the full implementation of this policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74022/25]
191. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement with her Department and other Departments to ensure that assessment of needs reports are not required for school placements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70259/25]
1520. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which additional funding to clear the backlog of assessment of need applications, allocated under Cara’s Fund, will be detailed in the National Service Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58670/25]
396. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that children with disabilities are frequently granted exemptions from studying Irish in order to access special educational needs support; if she accepts that this practice effectively denies these children access to the Irish language curriculum on the basis of their disability; if she will outline the steps she is taking to ensu…
437. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans and timelines for the expansion of the School Inclusion Model and school-based therapies for special schools, for autism classes and for mainstream and the number of various therapists required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47578/25]
438. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline any plans for assistive technology as a means of facilitating special education and school-based therapies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47579/25]
439. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans in place to ensure students with special educational needs are facilitated in getting appropriate school places, at primary and secondary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47580/25]
442. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress being made to provide additional autism units at primary and secondary schools in County Louth for the September 2025 intake of students; the plans for additional autism units to come on stream for September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47583/25]
443. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department intends to develop a strategic plan for the provision of SEN at primary schools over the next three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47584/25]
445. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to update the educational system at primary and secondary level to cater for students with mild learning disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47586/25]
446. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to update the SNA allocation process in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47587/25]
1218. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans and timelines for the expansion of the school inclusion model and school based therapies for special schools, for autism classes and for mainstream; the number of various therapists required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43424/25]
1219. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans for assistive technology as a means of facilitating special education and school based therapies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43425/25]
1220. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans in place to ensure students with special educational needs are facilitated in getting appropriate school places, at primary and secondary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43426/25]
1223. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress being made to provide additional autism units at primary and secondary schools in County Louth for the September 2025 intake of students; if she will outline plans for additional autism units to come on stream for September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43429/25]
1224. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department plans to develop a strategic plan for the provision of SEN at primary schools over the next three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43430/25]
1226. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans to update the educational system at primary and secondary level to cater for students with mild learning disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43432/25]
1227. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans to update the SNA allocation process in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43433/25]
128. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the plans there are to offer educational solutions at primary and secondary schools for students with mild learning disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39353/25]
147. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children with additional needs who have yet to secure appropriate places in primary and secondary schools in the next academic year; what plans there are to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39352/25]
158. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the timelines and details for the roll-out of school-based therapies for special schools, schools with units and general mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31243/25]
24. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education to outline plans for the creation of additional autism places at primary and secondary schools in County Louth for the next academic year, 25/26; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6003/25]
62. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the school inclusion model; to outline future plans for the delivery of holistic therapies in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6002/25]