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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Sep 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. My department's planning and building unit confirm that the they have not received an accommodation application in relation to this school. It is understood that the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (30 Sep 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. SNAs play a central role in the successful inclusion of students with additional and significant care needs in schools by helping to ensure that these students can access an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Sep 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. SNAs play a central role in the successful inclusion of students with additional and significant care needs in schools by helping to ensure that these students can access an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 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 my 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. It is made up of the Mainstream scheme at Primary and Post...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 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, at post primary level, pupils are eligible where they reside not less than 4.8 kms from and are attending their nearest post primary school/education centre. Distance is determined by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 467 and 468 together. The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. Under the 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. Bus Éireann have confirmed that the families who reside in the area referred to by the Deputy are not eligible for school transport as they are attending their 2nd nearest school. These pupils were successful in obtaining a seat on the service, however the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. Both the Department and Bus Éireann are very conscious of the challenges faced by parents awaiting transport for students with special educational needs. Bus Éireann are required to tender services in line with procurement guidelines and are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Sep 2025)

Michael Moynihan: There continues to be an increasing need to provide additional special school places to support children with complex needs. To meet this need, sixteen new special schools have been established in recent years, and capacity has been expanded in a number of others. Five of these were established for the 2025/26 school year in counties, Cork, Dublin (2), Monaghan and Tipperary. The new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 490 and 491 together. The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. As part of this Bus Éireann is obliged to tender all works, goods and services in line with European Directives on public procurement. Over 148,000 mainstream tickets have issued to date for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Sep 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. My department recognises the role and value of SNAs. The SNA service comprising more than 23,000 SNAs plays a central role in the successful inclusion of students with additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Sep 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. Allocations of special education teaching (SET) posts for the school year 2025/26 have been provided to schools. The NCSE has also published SET allocations on their website:...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 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 has advised that all pupils residing in the Ballinagar area are eligible for school transport to Tullamore College. Bus Éireann has further confirmed that 34 pupils applied and paid on time for the current school year and that all have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Sep 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 510 and 514 together. 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. SNAs play a central role in the successful inclusion of students with additional and significant care needs in schools by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 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 pupil referred to is eligible under the terms of the above scheme. Bus Éireann has advised that transport commenced for this pupil on 22 September 2025. Both the Department and Bus Éireann are very conscious of the challenges faced by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 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 my 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. Under the terms of the School Transport Schemes,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 518 and 519 together. The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. There is a facility within the Special Educational Needs Transport Scheme for the appointment of a school transport escort where a child’s care and safety needs while on school transport...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Further to my previous response to the Deputy, I can confirm that School Transport Section has been liaising with Bus Éireann in relation to the school transport applications of pupils for whom Rathcoole ETNS is their closest school but for whom applications were submitted after the deadline date. Bus Éireann has been requested to source a suitable service for these pupils and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Sep 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is, in the first instance, the primary body responsible for the matter the Deputy has raised. Deputies are welcome to raise such queries with the NCSE directly through their dedicated Oireachtas query line at oireachtasqueries@ncse.ie. The NCSE advise my department that the school received the outcome of their special need assistant...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Transport (25 Sep 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Senator for raising the matter. The school transport scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. The Senator may be aware that under the terms of the scheme children are eligible for transport at primary level where they reside not less than 3.2 km from attending the nearest school, and at post-primary level...