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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Jun 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. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs.? There...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 294, 295 and 296 together. Legal cases which are taken against the State are managed under the guidance of the Office of the Attorney General (AGO) and Chief State’s Solicitor’s Office (CSSO). The approach adopted by my Department in relation to management of Special Education litigation alongside the development and roll-out of Special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: This government is fully committed to supporting children with special educational needs to fulfil their 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 education provision for children with special educational needs. I know the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Jun 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. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has advised my department that all schools have been informed of their SNA allocations for the 2025/26 school year. Deputies are also welcome to raise such matters with the NCSE directly through their dedicated Oireachtas query line at oireachtasqueries@ncse.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: 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. Budget 2025 secured funding for up to 400 new special classes in mainstream schools, and an additional 300 special school places...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 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. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 86 and 87 together. The government is committed to the provision of additional special school places for children with more complex educational needs. Over 300 new special school places are being provided for the coming 2025/2026 school year. Five new special schools are being established in addition to the eleven new special schools opened over the last...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 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. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. Of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: 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. Budget 2025 secured funding for up to 400 new special classes in mainstream schools, and an additional 300 special school places...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: As you are aware five new special schools will be established for the next school year, two in County Dublin and one each in counties Cork, Monaghan and Tipperary. This will bring to 129 the number of NCSE supported special schools in the country. The new special school in Belmayne will be located in Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School Campus and will operate under the patronage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 372, 445 and 448 together. The government is committed to the provision of additional special school places for children with more complex educational needs. Over 300 new special school places are being provided for the coming 2025/26 school year. Five new special schools are being established in addition to the eleven new special schools opened over the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: My department has recently issued a new circular letter to schools in relation to the approach and measures being undertaken to support the forward planning of special classes and special school places for the 2026/2027 school year. The circular letter and NCSE guidelines clearly set out the eligibility criteria for access to a special class or special school. For example the eligibility...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The NCSE has responsibility for coordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. The NCSE has advised my department that all schools have been informed of their special needs assistant (SNA) allocations for the 2025/26 school year. As the NCSE is responsible for the allocation of SNAs to schools. I have forwarded the school's details to them...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 377 and 404 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 education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: It is my intention to prioritise the Programme for Government commitment to introduce a National Therapy Service in education, commencing in special schools and subsequently extending to schools with special classes and mainstream provision. It is intended that the National Therapy Service will commence in some special schools at a later stage in the 2025/26 school year. Further roll out...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Enabling children with special educational needs to receive an appropriate education is a priority for this government.?It is also a key priority for me, my department and for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE).? The vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Minister McEntee and I continue to meet the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) and senior Department officials each week to track the progress being made in terms of new special class and special school places for the coming school year. As you will know, the NCSE confirmed the sanctioning of 399 new special classes for the coming school year before Easter. This was several...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 388, 389 and 410 together. There are approximately 30 of our 129 special schools that were originally designated as schools for children with a MGLD. The establishment of these special schools predated the significant expansion in the range of supports offered in mainstream schools through additional special education teaching and special needs assistant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 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 has advised my department that all schools have been informed of their SNA allocations for the 2025/26 school year. The NCSE is responsible for the allocation of SNAs to schools, I have therefore forwarded the...