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Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: Over the past few years, I have seen mainstream schools embracing the idea of opening up autism classes and special classes. I have seen them repeatedly get letters back from the SENO or the NCSE saying they cannot sanction it because there is a school 15 or 18 miles over the road with two spaces. That might sound fine on a spreadsheet in the Department but it does not work practically. I...

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: The redeployment panel for SNAs is wonderful. I trained as a teacher. Our SNA colleagues in the school lacked all the security we had, even going into the bank trying to get a mortgage. They could not plan ahead. It is great that they now have that bit of security coming. Thank you, Minister. The next speaker is Deputy Jen Cummins.

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: Thank you, colleagues. The voting bell is ringing in the Dáil, so we will suspend momentarily. We will be back shortly to continue the meeting.

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: The next contributor is Senator Curley.

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: We may be able to conclude this section within the time remaining.

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: As another vote has been called in the Dáil, we will suspend the meeting.

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: We will now go to Deputy Emer Currie.

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State and the Senator. Our last contributor is Deputy Coppinger. I have a suggestion for the Minister of State, his team and the members. Many members are staying on, which indicates to me that they would like to make another contribution. I suggest that, after Deputy Coppinger, we have 90 seconds each to deal with any unanswered questions we want clarity on. When...

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I call Deputy Coppinger. She has six minutes and we will come back to her in the second round.

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: There will be a second round of questions. I have allowed an overrun for everyone. Deputy Coppinger will get an opportunity again to come at this-----

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: In the second round members have 90 seconds and there will be three minutes for Deputy Daly at the end of that. I am up first with 90 seconds. I was teacher for many years. When I was in Mary Immaculate College, we had lectures on the philosophy and history of education every week. I could rattle off a whole range of quotes about what Maria Montessori and Socrates had to say about...

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: It might move better if the Minister of State could take note of everyone's questions and answer them at the end. That is my question. If members are happy with that we can move on to Deputy Cummins.

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: We are grouping the questions. Does Deputy Cummins want to ask any more questions in the remaining time?

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: That is a point well made. Before we go the Minister, our last contributor is Deputy Daly who is welcome. He has three minutes as a non-member.

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: There is a lot there. If the Minister of State can-----

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: Deputy Ó Murchú wants to come in again, as we would all like to do, but I have to end the meeting now.

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: No. I have facilitated non-members. The Deputy may catch the Minister of State on the way out. I apologise but we are here three and a half hours. I thank the Minister of State and his officials. It has been a long evening. I agree with Deputy Coppinger's point that it was not great timing for the meeting, with the calling of votes and so on. We apologise to people who tuned in from...

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: Yes, if you could clarify that point, Ms Mannion, we will then have to break up for a vote very shortly.

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: Deputy Ó Murchú has joined us as a non-member. He has three minutes. The Minister of State will then conclude with answers.

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister and his officials. I know he has been in the job several months now, but this is his first time before this committee and I wish him the very best of luck in his role. He is the right man for the right job, and we wish him every success. He has already been cutting ribbons in County Clare, so I am delighted to have him in this role. I will talk first about Dublin...