Special Educational Needs

445. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education for an update on an application by a school in south Tipperary (details supplied) to open an ASD class in their school; the status of this application; if this application will be expedited as there are children in the area without an appropriate school place for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8039/25]

454. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will give urgent consideration to the expansion of a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8150/25]

195. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the additional needs allocation for a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of school management in relation to the potential reduction in this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6837/25]

196. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the plans to provide a special class in a school (details supplied); when a special class will be provided; and the plans to provide a special education teacher in the school. [6843/25]

198. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if her Department considers rule 64 (1) of the rules for national schools a barrier that prevents pupils with moderate intellectual disabilities in special schools access to transition year, as it states that a pupil may not be retained on the rolls after the 18th anniversary of their birth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […

199. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education the number of children the National Council for Special Education has identified in Dublin 15 that require a place in a special class or special school for September 2025; the number that have secured places; the number that do not have one, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6926/25]

200. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education the number of new special classes and new classes in special schools that will be opened in Dublin west for September 2025 across secondary and primary levels. [6927/25]

201. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education the schools in Dublin west that are opening new special classes for September 2025 to cope with levels of demand. [6928/25]

202. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education if the National Council for Special Education and the Department of Education building unit are aware of the number of children in Dublin 15 who require a school place for September 2025; and whether they have a plan in place to deliver on this demand.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6929/25]

203. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education the exact location of the new special school in Cork which is due to open in September 2025 for the 2025-2026 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6969/25]

207. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the procedure for forward planning and identifying the number, type and location of special classes in mainstream primary and post-primary schools for 2025-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7014/25]

211. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education if the National Council for Special Education and her Department have a plan for all the children who need a special class or special school place for September 2025 in Dublin 15; and if so, if she will share the details of same. [7027/25]

212. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education the actions expected from the Dublin 15 taskforce; and when a report or interim report is due. [7028/25]

213. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if more schools in the Crowenstown, Delvin, Collinstown, Castlepollard and Fore areas of Westmeath have been sanctioned to open an ASD class for 2025/2026. [7046/25]

215. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied), who is on a waiting list for their local special school will be able access an appropriate special school space this coming September. [7079/25]

218. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the status of the pilot scheme that provides additional speech and language therapy and occupational therapy supports, based on need, to children attending special schools; if the scheme will be extended to north Kildare in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7089/25]

220. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education to review the case of a child (details supplied) needing a primary school place; the measures being taken to address the shortage of special school places in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7095/25]

223. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education if he would examine the delays in implementing the new model of front-loading SNA support which was announced back in 2020; the reason it has not been implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7119/25]

99. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education the number of special classes at secondary school level, per county, in tabular form. [6562/25]

100. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education the number of special classes at primary school level, per county, in tabular form. [6563/25]

351. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to consider extending the pilots for enhanced in-school therapy supports to special schools in the midlands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5926/25]

352. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education how the effectiveness and outcomes of the pilots for enhanced in-school therapy supports to special schools in the midlands are being monitored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5927/25]

357. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if more schools in an area (details supplied) have been sanctioned to open an ASD class for 2025/2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5985/25]

360. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education to clearly articulate her Department’s policy with respect to reading or literacy schools and reading classes attached to mainstream schools; if her Department has taken a policy decision not to permit anymore reading schools or reading classes; if her Department has taken such a position, what is the basis for this decision; and if she…

361. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education to list all the reading/literacy schools in the country, all the reading classes in the country, and the number of children attending each, in tabular form. [6012/25]