Education Welfare Service

1296. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options available to a child (details supplied) regarding a school place. [24301/26]

863. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way a student with profound visual impairment, whose 2018 functional vision assessment by the National Council for Special Education recommended that Braille be seriously considered as an access method, can remain non proficient in Braille after twelve years in the education system; the oversight mechanisms in place within the…

864. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the Department measures outcomes for students receiving visiting teacher service supports for visual impairment, such as achieving functional Braille literacy or independent access to textbooks, rather than simply recording that supports have been allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20194/26]

865. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify who holds ultimate responsibility for ensuring that students with severe visual impairment can access State examinations in an appropriate and accessible format, in cases where medical reports and functional vision assessments indicate that standard print based accommodations are unsuitable; whether this responsibility …

866. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the Department has examined cases in which an assessment of need under the Disability Act found that a child's severe visual impairment did not affect learning, communication or mobility, despite professional reports indicating significant educational access needs; the way in which such discrepancies are reconciled with the edu…

868. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the training and qualification requirements that apply to visiting teachers supporting students with visual impairment within the National Council for Special Education Visiting Teacher Service; to clarify whether visiting teachers are required to hold qualifications in Braille literacy and tactile instruction; the number of visit…

869. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the body responsible for ensuring that students with profound visual impairment can access curriculum materials and State examinations where course content contains diagrams, graphs or other non linear visual materials that cannot be accessed through standard assistive technology; the oversight that exists to ensure such accessibi…

870. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the formal advisory documentation that is normally provided by the National Council for Special Education Visiting Teacher Service when determining appropriate educational supports for a student with visual impairment; whether such advice is normally recorded in writing and made available to schools and parents; and if she will ma…

888. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the filling of the post for the Education Welfare Officer in the Finglas area; her plans to expedite this appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20474/26]

1259. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of education welfare officers employed in Dublin south central; if that constitutes a full complement of staff; the number of vacancies, if any; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2208/26]

955. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the upcoming situation facing adult educators who will have to draw down the dole for the Christmas period closure of their classrooms; if he will engage with FET colleges on the matter; and his plans to resolve this shortfall for those impacted; and if he will make a statemen…

1158. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if she will consider amending legislation governing SUSI to allow students who have previously completed Springboard courses to have these courses discounted in terms of progression when applying for SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63137/25]

489. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of educational welfare officers employed by Tusla in Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39323/25]

551. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process of referring a primary school pupil to an educational psychologist for assessment; if there is a certain number of referrals allocated to each school; if part of the criteria is that the child needs to be a certain age before referral can be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29522/25]

689. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding levels for home school liaison officers and other measures to help ensure young people complete school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30596/25]

263. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current number of full-time equivalent educational welfare officer positions in Waterford city and county; the number of these positions currently vacant; the timeline for filling these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26711/25]

316. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of educational welfare officers employed by Tusla in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27504/25]

317. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of educational welfare officers employed by Tusla in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27505/25]

432. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether an educational welfare officer can intervene to first work with the family to address the issue of improving attendance for 15 yea- olds currently enrolled on the Youthreach programme, or issue a school attendance notice to the parents prior to escalating the matter to the Distric…

441. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education the number of education welfare officers there are in the country, and where, in tabular form. [16570/25]

481. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education if education welfare officers are permitted to extend their support to young people under the age of sixteen attending a Youthreach programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16719/25]

130. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education when it is intended to appoint an education welfare officer for County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16215/25]

381. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in Clare in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13905/25]

385. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in Cavan in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13909/25]

601. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education the number of appeals against expulsions from post-primary schools initiated by the Child and Family Agency under the provision section 10(b) of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 for each of the school years 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11138/25]