Special Educational Needs

55. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in County Kildare with ASD units each year from 2022 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57474/25]

59. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there is a distinction between emotional support and behavioural management in relation to Circular 0030/2014; the supports available for children with emotional support needs that is, overwhelm, sensory overload and so on; to clarify clearly what is considered primary care needs and what is not; and if she will make a stateme…

66. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of plans to open a speech and language class in Connemara, in order that families living in Connemara are not required to travel long distances to access a class; the details of analysis carried out by her Department, or bodies under the aegis of her Department, in this regard; and if she will make a statement on t…

385. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special transport grants paid out, by county, in tabular form. [56580/25]

396. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that children with disabilities are frequently granted exemptions from studying Irish in order to access special educational needs support; if she accepts that this practice effectively denies these children access to the Irish language curriculum on the basis of their disability; if she will outline the steps s…

420. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children with additional needs in County Wexford who are currently without a suitable school place for the upcoming academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57210/25]

427. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to calls from parents and representative groups in relation to students with dyslexia and dyspraxia and other conditions what may require them to have additional time allocated and other accommodations for State examinations; if this is under review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57…

443. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update in respect of opening the autism class in a school (details supplied). [57431/25]

224. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if special needs assistants will be urgently provided to a special school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56059/25]

225. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider broadening SNA eligibility in order that children with neurodevelopmental conditions like dyspraxia and dyslexia can receive SNA support for organisation, sensory regulation, safe participation, and access to learning; if she can provide an update regarding the efforts to ensure such children are receiving…

229. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a school (details supplied) in Cork has a critically low level of SNA support and has reduced the timetable of children in the school to three and four days a week, which will greatly upset their heavily relied upon routine; and the measures she will take to ensure there is adequate SNA support available fo…

232. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the number of special needs assistants in a school (details supplied); if a review can be carried out by her Department for the school to see if there is an adequate number of SNA staff in the school; if additional SNA staffing can be considered for the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56148/2…

234. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of the number of early intervention class places available broken down, by county in each of the years 2020-2025. [56255/25]

148. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she expects the NSCE to begin the process of distributing SNAs among schools following an allocation of 1,717 additional SNAs under Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55641/25]

160. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to sanction more early intervention classes in Kerry; the number that will be available in 2026; the number of places that will be available in total; the number that will be available for new students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55863/25]

180. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth her policy on the provision of places for children with autism in fee-paying schools, whose teacher salaries are paid by the taxpayer; the way in which such schools are or should be encouraged to provide such places; the other provisos in providing special school places in these facilities; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

185. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an application by a school (details supplied) for repurposing of existing space to accommodate two special classes. [55992/25]

189. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional SNAs will be made available to a school (details supplied) following a review done in June that stated that the number of SNAs available does not meet the demand from the pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56056/25]

435. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications received for the academic year for transport for children with additional needs; and the number that have been processed, by county, in tabular form. [54765/25]

436. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth if children with emotional and behavioural challenges will continue to be supported with SNAs; the proposed changes to the SNA supports; where children with additional needs present with emotional and behavioural challenges as opposed to primary care needs; the way in which these children will be supported if they do not have ac…

444. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a special education teacher application by a school (details supplied); to confirm her Department has received same; when the application will be decided on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54912/25]

448. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school bus escorts are entitled to be paid to attend mandatory, full-day child protection training courses that special needs assistants are paid for under the Croke Park Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54933/25]

452. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will investigate the case of a school (details supplied) that has waited over 130 days for a decision on an SNA review, despite escalating health and safety concerns in an autism class; if she will intervene to ensure appropriate resources are sanctioned without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…

453. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the remit of SNAs in relation to health and safety in special education settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55003/25]

455. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available to schools dealing with high-risk behaviours in autism-specific classes, including pupils with PICA, elopement risks, and self-harming behaviour and whether additional resources will be provided to ensure staff and pupil safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55005/25]