Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth
Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. John Kearney:
Yes, I have a complete lens. The confines of the circular mean there is a complete national lens, broken into the three categories of special class attached to primary, special class attached to post-primary and special school. That was, in essence, the first time, with the provision of the circular from last year, that the NCSE had a national lens of that. We have a lens of a county-wide basis in that regard and are working progressively through to individual regions as well. We have worked very closely – in fact, every week – with both the Minister, Deputy Helen McEntee, and the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Moynihan, on the submission of the numbers. The data changes weekly. The enrolment numbers are changing because enrolments are a fast-moving dynamic. The Minister-----
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