549. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the portal to register for both school and home based summer provision will open at the same time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34101/26]
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550. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the portal for both school and home based summer provision will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34102/26]
519. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans for her to use Section 37A of the Education Act 1998 to progress new special education classes. [29643/26]
632. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children engaged with the CDNT who are in need for an appropriate school place. [30935/26]
998. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of children engaged with the primary health care facilities for disabilities who are in need for an appropriate school place. [30983/26]
386. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to use Section 37A of the Education Act 1998 to progress new special education classes [29472/26]
93. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the decision to have autism class hubs is intended as a pilot initiative; and if so, the timelines and evaluation criteria for SEN classes. [28822/26]
98. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address the critical shortage of special class placements within the Dublin 10 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28858/26]
540. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration was given to designing the newly announced special education classes as broader SEN classes rather than restricting enrolment to autism only; if schools were consulted on this model; if so, whether they actively request these classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28717/26]
541. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if this intended as a pilot initiative, and if so, what are the timelines and evaluation criteria for SEN classes. [28718/26]
542. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which the apparent contradiction reconciled between the Minister stating that diagnosis will not be required for primary provision, while simultaneously introducing classes that appear to rely on an autism-specific threshold for access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28719/26]
1279. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure all children have access to developmental language disorder or speech sound disorder special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24215/26]
1280. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address the clause in revised circular letter 0024/2025 that is leading to the exclusion of children from developmental language disorder or speech sound disorder (SSD) due to the interpretation of the term “SSD of unknown origin”; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24216/26]
1281. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if clarification been sent to the HSE regarding the exclusion of children from developmental language disorder (DLD) or speech sound disorder (SSD) due to the interpretation of the term “SSD of unknown origin" now that the evidence has been received of such exclusion of children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24217/26]
1282. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has carried out a review on the impact of children with mild general learning disabilities that have been placed in mainstream schools due to the absence of a more appropriate school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24218/26]
74. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the EPSEN plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22504/26]
77. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special classes that are being built from the sanction lists from 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [22507/26]
78. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which schools will be included in advocating for their own inclusion in the new DEIS+ designation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22508/26]
478. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address the lack of feeder special classes in the secondary schools (details supplied). [21578/26]
149. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are sanctions for an ASD class in any school in Tramore; and if any school in Tramore has been discussed as a potential for an ASD class. [17668/26]
313. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reduction of SNA's in Dublin 12 after the latest review, by each school. [13525/26]
148. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans to address the impact the latest SNA review has had on schools where SNA allocation has been reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13196/26]
149. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have lost SNAs after the most recent review, by county, in tabular form. [13197/26]
643. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address the discrepancy in post primary special education places (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10339/26]
644. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures which have been put in place to address the concerns uncovered in the report ''Supporting all Children and Young People to Access an Appropriate Education'. [10340/26]