Special Educational Needs

431. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether graduates of educational psychology programmes with placements largely or exclusively in NEPS settings would be eligible and considered competent to work outside NEPS, including in HSE child psychology posts, CDNTs, primary care psychology, CAMHS, CAMHS-ID, CHI and assessment of need services; the discussions that have take…

432. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the role additional NEPS-supported educational psychology trainees are expected to play in reducing assessment of need waiting lists, supporting implementation of the Autism Assessment Protocol and meeting the needs of children under five or children with complex disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49878/…

691. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been diagnosed on the autism spectrum in 2022 and who has yet to be provided with services, including psychology and occupational therapy, will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48906/26]

940. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason an application to DARE refused for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49447/26]

278. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 584 of 17 February 2026, when a reply will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48459/26]

285. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide additional support for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48492/26]

286. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the proposed additional ASD special classes at a school (details supplied); the reason for any delay in progressing these classes where approval has reportedly been indicated; the expected timeline for delivery; and the steps being taken to ensure sufficient ASD class provision in the area given the clear…

162. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the summer programme 2026 for an individual (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47900/26]

165. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department and the NCSE engage with a person (details supplied) to ensure an appropriate school place is provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47954/26]

170. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the application from a school (details supplied) to allocate an additional 2.5 SET hours given the high level of need within the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47960/26]

171. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that teachers and SNAs working the summer programme will be sent home without pay if attendance targets are not met on the first day, despite staff committing part of their summer holidays to support children and their families; if she will act to provide security for these workers; and if she will make a…

174. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on progress in delivering an alternative certificate for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48099/26]

175. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide for a SENCO post in schools considering the significant workload involved in managing growing needs profiles in communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48100/26]

176. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update for the new ASD class for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48104/26]

177. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children across Ireland with special needs in both primary and secondary schools in mainstream that are awaiting access to special unit classes. [48119/26]

178. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional teachers and SNAs that are required to facilitate all children who require access to a special needs class but are stuck in mainstream, using the formula, six children per one teacher and two SNAs. [48120/26]

181. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the deadline for applications for a letter of eligibility for developmental language disorder and speech sound disorder class is 1 October; when or the way in which this date was determined; if she will acknowledge this was not known by school principals, was not included in the relevant Circular (24/25) or correspond…

189. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she will take to resolve delays with the schools summer programme, including in a particular school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48255/26]

190. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an additional SNA will be provided to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48330/26]

304. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the home-based summer provision sanction letters will be issued; the reasoning for the delay in the issuance of these letters; the measures her Department plan to take next year to prevent a repeat of such delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46901/26]

308. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which special classes in mainstream schools are intended to operate for students with different categories of educational needs, including autism, general learning disabilities, sensory impairments and others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46985/26]

309. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the extent to which the newly sanctioned special classes for the 2026/2027 school year will cater for all students with special educational needs; to provide a breakdown of classes, by category of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46986/26]

312. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a July provision for children with additional needs is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances, lack of staff, inadequate allocation of staff, if parents whose child had previously been granted a place in the provision will receive home tuition instead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47028/26]

317. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if all of the schools that have been allocated additional teaching resources for September 2026 will open as planned (details supplied); if any of the schools have indicated constraining circumstances that limit or prevent the opening of the new class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47056/26]

318. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the NCSE will provide the number of pupils across the country that applied for a place in one of the existing classes that provide for pupils with specific learning difficulty/ dyslexia; the number who could be provided with a space; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47057/26]