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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you may be aware the provision of clinical therapy services is within the remit of the HSE and HSE funded agencies. In the Education Plan 2025, the government made a commitment to and the approval of the establishment of the Education Therapy Service (ETS). It is anticipated that the ETS will commence in 45 special schools at a later stage in the 2025/26 school year and will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: This government is fully committed to supporting children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential and the Programme for Government makes a number of commitments to deliver on this objective. Almost 1,900 classes have been sanctioned by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) in the last five years, sixteen new special schools have been established and many...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: This government is fully committed to supporting children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential and the Programme for Government makes a number of commitments to deliver on this objective. Circular 30/2014 sets out the department’s policy in relation to the Special Needs Assistant (SNA) scheme. Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) play a vital role in meeting the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Aids and Appliances (22 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The Board of Management of each school is responsible for the care and safety of all pupils. Where the school is aware of potential difficulties that may arise as a consequence of a medical condition suffered by one or more pupils, it may be possible for the management authorities, working in conjunction with parents, teachers and children to put preventative measures in place to lessen...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (22 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. The purpose of the Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who reside remote from their nearest school. The School Transport Scheme is significant in scale and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is the statutory body responsible for the provision of special education and allocating supports for children with special educational needs. In order to support the NCSE and forward planning my department published Circular 0039/2025. This circular informs school management and patrons of measures introduced to support forward planning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. Under the terms of the Primary School Transport Scheme, children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 3.2 kms from and are attending their nearest primary school as determined by the Department/Bus Éireann, having regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 367, 368, 369, 370, 371 and 372 together. The Department of Education aims to facilitate every individual through learning, to achieve their full potential and to ensure that the education system upholds the rights of every individual to receive an education appropriate to their needs. To support this, there has been significant growth and investment in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. The scheme is made up of three separate schemes, the school transport scheme for primary, post primary and for children with special educational needs. Transport is also provided for children who have arrived in Ireland from Ukraine and those residing in IPAS/EROC...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Officials from the School Transport Section of my Department are looking into the matter raised by the Deputy and are currently engaging with Bus Éireann and will reply directly to the Deputy as soon as the information is available.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (21 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. Unfortunately, difficulties have arisen in a number of locations, with a small number of contracted services, where it has not yet been possible to provide vehicles/drivers. Both the department and Bus Éireann are very conscious of the challenges...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. The scheme is made up of three separate schemes, the school transport scheme for primary, post primary and for children with special educational needs. Transport is also provided for children who have arrived in Ireland from Ukraine and those residing in IPAS/EROC...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (21 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs, including the allocation of special needs assistants (SNAs). The NCSE issues guidance each year to schools regarding SNA reviews and the guidance for 2025/26 school year issued on the 12 September 2025. The SNA allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: This government is fully committed to supporting children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential and the Programme for Government makes a number of commitments to deliver on this objective. Updated and revised Guidelines for Post-­Primary Schools Supporting Young People with Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Classes were issued to all schools on the 10th...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. Bus Éireann is responsible for the planning and timetabling of school transport routes on behalf of the Department. Safety of children travelling on the school transport services is of paramont importance to the Department and to Bus Éireann....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. Under the current terms of the School Transport Schemes, children are eligible for transport at primary level where they reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from and are attending their nearest national school, and at post primary level where they reside...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is the statutory body responsible for the provision of special education and allocating supports for children with special educational needs. Close to 4, 000 places were made available for the 2025/26 school year. This was made up of 2,700 new places and 1,200 places through the natural movement of students from primary to post-primary or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. The purpose of the Department's School Transport Scheme is, having regard to available resources, to support the transport to and from school of children who live certain distances from their closest school. Under the current terms of the School...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I listened to both Deputies. I acknowledge the complete sincerity of the work Deputy Ó Murchú is doing. Others must judge my character but I would like to think that I am open. I do not have a monopoly on wisdom but I have a monopoly on experience and want to make sure that we are doing the best we can. I will outline a number of things we are doing. I outlined the...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I move: To delete all words after "That" and substitute with the following: "Dáil Éireann declines to give the Education (Amendment) Bill 2024 a second reading consequent on Dáil Éireann's passage of the following motion on 16th October, 2025: notes that: — a child's right to education is enshrined in the Constitution and, under the United Nations Convention...