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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Jun 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. For the 2025/26 school year the NCSE focused on sanctioning special education classes schools in schools that had capacity to expand particularly medium and larger primary schools with no existing special class or just...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 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. The NCSE is, in the first instance, the primary body responsible for the matter the Deputy has raised. I have forwarded this issue to them for their attention and direct reply. Deputies are also welcome to raise such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 584 and 677 together. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. The NCSE is, in the first instance, the primary body responsible for the matter the Deputy has raised. I have forwarded this issue to them for their attention and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 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. The NCSE is, in the first instance, the primary body responsible for the matter the Deputy has raised. I have forwarded this issue to them for their attention and direct reply. Deputies are also welcome to raise such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 591, 614 and 617 together. As you are aware the vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional supports, special classes and special school places are provided. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has advised...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Jun 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: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 594, 598, 602 and 603 together. As you are aware the vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional supports, special classes and special school places are provided. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: For this school year 2024/25 there are 3,335 special classes in 1,633 mainstream schools nationwide - 1,182 mainstream primary schools and 451 mainstream post-primary schools. For the coming school year 2025/26, 399 additional special classes have been sanctioned to open. This means that there will be over 3,700 special classes in operation in over 1,800 mainstream schools. Below is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Through the accelerated provision of additional special class and special school places over recent years, there are now just over 28,000 students enrolled in special classes and special schools. 2,700 new places are being created in 2025 and these, together with the over 1,200 existing places which will become available due to children and young people moving on from primary schools and post...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 604, 622, 623 and 687 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. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 605 and 610 together. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. The NCSE in its statutory capacity is responsible for the processing of details relating to individual students. The NCSE is aware of emerging need from year to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 606, 607, 608 and 609 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. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 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. As you are aware, that the vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. This is in keeping with policy on an inclusive education, which promotes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 612 and 613 together. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. My Department and the NCSE engage on a weekly basis in relation to the forward planning of special class and special school provision to meet the present, and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 615 and 616 together. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. It is important to remember that the vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The estimated full-year cost of a new entrant special needs assistant is €35,030 per annum. The estimated average full-year cost of a special need assistant is €44,300 per annum. This includes employer PRSI. The table below outlines the annual cost as outlined by the Deputy. Number of SNAs New entrant Average cost 250 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The estimated full-year cost of a new entrant special education teacher is €56,110 per annum within a primary setting and €56,510 in a post-primary setting. The estimated full-year cost of a special education teacher on average is €76,350 per annum within a primary setting and €78,490 in a post-primary setting. This includes provision for related substitution...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The Department of Education and Youth’s Summer Programme is an educational programme which is run during the summer period. Each year, all schools are given an opportunity to run a programme for those children who need it the most. The aim of the Summer Programme is to ensure that these children can continue to be supported, nurtured and encouraged to engage in a fun and inclusive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Under the Assistive Technology Scheme, as set out in my department’s Circular 0010/2013, funding is provided to schools towards the cost of computers and specialist equipment, which are required for educational purposes. All equipment provided under this scheme supports children with more complex disabilities who, in order to access the school curriculum, require essential specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 628 and 629 together. I propose to take PQs 628 and 629 together. In general, each special class sanctioned at post-primary level is provided 1.5 teaching posts and two special needs assistant (SNA) posts as standard. The estimated full-year cost of a new entrant special education teacher is €56,510 within a post-primary setting. The estimated...