858. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of appeals to the NCSE, by county; and the number of successful appeals over each of the past five years. [19243/25]
Topics / Special Educational Needs
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSpecial Educational Needs
2,921 questions from 146 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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2,881 written, 40 oral
146
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 31 |
| February 2025 | 124 |
| March 2025 | 114 |
| April 2025 | 160 |
| May 2025 | 134 |
| June 2025 | 183 |
| July 2025 | 215 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 113 |
| October 2025 | 76 |
| November 2025 | 191 |
| December 2025 | 122 |
| January 2026 | 163 |
| February 2026 | 283 |
| March 2026 | 270 |
| April 2026 | 167 |
| May 2026 | 181 |
| June 2026 | 171 |
| July 2026 | 101 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 44 |
| October 2026 | 78 |
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The questions
860. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education her views on the recent changes to the allocation model for special education. [19245/25]
883. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education for an update on the EPSEN review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19377/25]
884. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that the reporting mechanisms on the use of restraint within schools is human rights compliant, particularly in light of the lack of investigative powers of the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19378/25]
890. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to review the current quota system in operation for the allocation of SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19422/25]
891. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of schools in the Drogheda School Planning area who have sought an NCSE review of SNA support for the current academic year; the number of these reviews have been concluded to date; and the number of these reviews that are still ongoing. [19423/25]
892. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education the reason the SENO recommendation made to provide additional SNA resources to a school in the Drogheda School Planning area (details supplied) has been declined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19424/25]
893. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education to confirm what advice has been given by her Department regarding the SNA quota at a school in the Drogheda school planning area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19425/25]
905. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education her views on whether there is a need for a purpose built special school in Tallaght; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19552/25]
908. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) can access a suitable educational setting for the 2025/2026 academic year. [19571/25]
911. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education when the new special school in Nenagh will open and there the location of the school will be. [19624/25]
923. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if she will allocate an additional special needs assistant support to a school to assist a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19691/25]
926. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education if parents must provide a school with an assessment of needs report in order to access school a place for their child in a public primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19714/25]
929. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if a child is diagnosed with autism and receives a special class recommendation after the deadline of 19 February 2025, if the child is then not eligible to enter the appropriate education setting the following September for the 2025-2026 school year. [19780/25]
930. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education the reason for the requirement for professionals who wish to extend their registration with the Teaching Council in order to provide home tuition, to undertake additional courses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19815/25]
931. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education the reason for the requirement for professionals in fields such as occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and psychologists to be registered with the Teaching Council in order to work as home tutors (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19816/25]
932. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education the reason qualified professionals are required to register with the Training Council; the reason home tutors working under the home tuition grant scheme for her Department need to register with an outside body such as the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19817/25]
944. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education to sanction as a matter of extreme urgency, an autism unit for a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19943/25]
978. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education regarding schools that had been approved for additional SNA posts in their school and have since been told not to advertise the post as “the Department is approaching a cap on SNA’s nationally”; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20261/25]
984. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the planned opening date for the new special school in south Lucan on the Lucan East ETNS site; the ages of the children it will cater for; the number of children will be facilitated at optimum levels; the categories of special educational needs it will cover or not cover; when and through what medium parents can apply for places and or be referred; i…
991. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education if he will provide financial support to a school (details supplied) that have been approved for new ASD classes in the premises adjacent to the school; if it can be rented in the meantime until there are modular classrooms put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20575/25]
994. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that an autism class previously sanctioned at a school (details supplied) will be permitted and resourced to open in September this year; if she realises that the NCSE and her Department are holding up the opening of a much-needed autism class at a school which is willing, which is supported in this by its patron, which has the space, and…
1011. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education the number of students on a waiting list for a special school place in County Kildare; the number per each school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20620/25]
1015. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education if she can provide clarification on what happens to children whose parents do not notify the NCSE that their child is seeking a special class or special school place by 1 February 2025. [20643/25]
1023. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if her Department has received a request from a school (details supplied) to establish a special class; if this request will be considered as a matter of urgency to ensure that this class is established in time for the next school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20669/25]