Questions

349. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a discretionary reopening of the portal or a late-stage manual application process for home-based tutor or coordinator hours for a child (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49110/26]

952. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria used by her Department and the National Council for Special Education to determine when an area is deemed to have insufficient special class capacity in free-scheme schools; the inputs used in making such determinations, including the role of demographic projections and current applications; and if she will make a statement on the mat…

953. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department is taking to ensure that planning for special class provision is based on forward-looking demographic and geographic data rather than reactive identification of demand at the point of application; if she will outline any planned reforms to improve early identification of need for the 2026-2027 school year and beyond; and i…

954. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way the travel distance is weighted in the decision-making process when sanctioning new special classes; whether maximum or recommended travel distances for children with additional needs are applied in practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43902/26]

531. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the second autism class planned for a school (details supplied) will be opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38780/26]

620. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a timeline for the addition of the dedicated autism class planned for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34994/26]

623. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline, all primary and secondary schools in Dublin 2, Dublin 4, Dublin 6 and Dublin 6W with special classes; those under consideration, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35041/26]

551. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total spending on programmes targeting children with special education needs in 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2023 and 2025; the amount of this which is the provision of extra teachers as distinct from other supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30090/26]

553. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children supported by SEN programmes before the NCSE was established; the way that number has grown since the NCSE was put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30092/26]

555. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way the criteria for allocating resources teachers and special needs assistants for the support of children with different categories of special education needs have changed since the NCSE was established and differ from those used by her Department before its establishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30094/26]

557. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of reviews of special education needs provision commissioned by her Department before and since the NCSE was established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30096/26]

559. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures of outcome and impact her Department tracks to measure the achievements of the special education needs programmes; the way in which they have evolved since its establishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30098/26]

561. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the feasibility of commencing the remaining sections of the Education for Persons with Special Education Needs Act 2004 has been assessed by her Department; the resource and organisational implications of such a move; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30100/26]

562. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the correlation between schools with high needs, under measures of disadvantage and measures of special education need have been evaluated; if so, what does it show; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30101/26]

563. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department collects evidence to shed light on the comparative effectiveness of different interventions within disadvantage or special needs programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30102/26]

506. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ask Department officials to examine and seek to resolve an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5926/26]

186. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans for the educational therapy service to be rolled out to all special schools and, in time, all mainstream schools; if she can provide a timeline for this rollout; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70225/25]

455. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the SNA review process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51475/25]

724. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans or strategies being considered for the integration and inclusion of neurodivergent people in higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28854/25]

421. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education the names and locations of schools currently in receipt of the NCSE educational therapy support service, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15649/25]