204. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the case of (details supplied); and if her officials will investigate the case. [66055/26]
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382. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47693/26]
383. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47694/26]
379. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a proposed reduction in allocated SNA hours for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13974/26]
380. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the annual national budget allocation for SNA resources for the years 2020 to 2025 inclusive, and the projected budget for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13975/26]
381. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth is she is aware of a case (details supplied); if her officials will investigate the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13977/26]
382. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that the NCSE propose to increase, decrease, or leave unchanged SNA allocation posts from September 2026, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13978/26]
383. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have appealed NCSE proposed SNA post allocations for September 2026, as of 14 February 2026, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13979/26]
507. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the decision to refuse retrospective payment of set up grants for the autism special classes opened in 2021 and 2022 at a school (details supplied), in view of the contribution the school has made in opening three autism classes in succession and the very high needs of the students concerned; the circulars, guidance or policies on…
508. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of the circulars and scheme rules governing set up grants for autism and other special classes at primary and post primary level; the formal time limits for submitting grant applications; the way in which these time limits are communicated to schools; if discretion is available to approve retrospective claims where classes are already es…
509. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have received autism or special class set up grants retrospectively in each year from 2018 to date, the total amount paid in retrospective grants in each year, disaggregated by county and school type; the criteria used by her Department when deciding whether to approve retrospective applications; and if she will make a sta…
510. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new autism and other special classes opened at post primary level for each year from 2020 to date; the number of these classes that received the full set up grants available; the number of applications refused or not processed on the basis that they were submitted outside the relevant timeframe; and if she will make a statement on the …
511. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the internal guidance issued to Department officials on the processing of applications and late applications for autism and special class set up grants, including any instructions on the use of discretion in cases where schools have responded positively to requests to open special classes in their area; how consistency of decisio…
683. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58156/25]
496. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary schools with three or more special education teacher (SET) posts, by local authority area; if she will introduce dedicated special educational needs coordinator (SENCO) posts at assistant principal level in such schools in 2026; the projected full-year cost, timeline, and CPD framework for SENCO implementation; and if she will …
1209. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional special needs assistants and special education teachers employed by her Department for the academic year 2024-2025; the planned for recruitment for 2025-2026; how these will be allocated across schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43381/25]
531. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education to detail the investment of SEN classes across Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown over the past five years, specifically to detail the supports that now exist in those primary schools for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17377/25]