Special Educational Needs

505. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a letter of eligibility has not been issued to a child (details supplied) in South Tipperary who has applied through the parents notify portal for a letter of eligibility; if she will provide reassurance that when reports are submitted after the 1 October deadline that this will not prevent families from getting lette…

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]

522. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the ongoing absence of speech and language therapy, SLT, support for the language class at a school (details supplied); and to advise when a replacement SLT will be provided, or the alternative arrangements can be put in place to ensure that the children’s therapeutic and educational needs continue to be met. [6024/2…

523. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth to advise on a policy matter (details supplied); if she will allow retrospective flexibility of the deadline for notifying the NCSE and obtaining a letter of eligibility from a SENO for parents applying for a special school or class place for the 2026-27 school year for their child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …

542. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students in post-primary schools, by county, who have a recommendation for a special class placement but do not have a place in the current academic year. [6260/26]

545. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school giving priority to a post-primary special class placement to a student already enrolled in the school, but who only just received an autism diagnosis, and a recommendation requiring a post-primary special class placement would contravene either the Schools Admissions Act 2018 and/or Circular 0039/2025; and if she will m…

555. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the efforts being made to increase the number of autism classes in the south Louth and east Meath areas; the measures that have been taken to map demand for the next academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6332/26]

556. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on establishing a special education class in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6335/26]

566. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of sanctioned special classes in the Stapolin area; the current level of demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6387/26]

568. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department's plans to increase the provision of second-level special school classes in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6391/26]

108. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth , further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1200 and 1201 of 13 January, if he will explain the reason a report is being insisted upon when a letter from the children's disability network team, CDNT, has always sufficed in the past; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4704/26]

110. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reasons an additional ASD special class was not sanctioned in a post-primary school (details supplied); the criteria applied in determining that the class could not be sanctioned at this time; whether the availability of a modest capital grant to facilitate the fit-out of an additional classroom was considered as part of thi…

119. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new special classes which were delivered 2025, by county. [4764/26]

120. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new special class places that were delivered in 2025, by county. [4765/26]

121. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if new special schools were delivered in 2025; and the details of same. [4766/26]

122. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new special school places that were delivered in 2025, by county. [4767/26]

126. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a request to open two additional special classes will be sanctioned by the NCSE for a school (details supplied); when the next tranche of sanctioned schools will be announced; if she will ensure that the information will be communicated to parents and schools in the first instance, and not Government Teachtaí Dála; and if s…

127. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a request to open two additional special classes will be sanctioned by the NCSE for a school (details supplied); when the next tranche of sanctioned schools will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4974/26]

129. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a plan is in place to re-open the sensory room in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5013/26]

471. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the proposed new process to remove the requirement for professional reports, such as assessment of need reports, from entry requirements for special schools and special classes [3324/26]

474. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the commencement date of the new special education class in a school (details supplied). [3382/26]

476. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if further details will be provided regarding an announcement for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3389/26]

477. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if further details will be provided regarding an announcement for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3390/26]

478. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for a special education needs class at a school (details supplied). [3393/26]

479. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for a special education needs class at a school (details supplied). [3394/26]