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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Details of the 2025 Summer Programme were published on the 13th of February 2024. For this year’s programme, funding of €62 million was secured in Budget 2025 to ensure its continuance. Between 2021 to 2024, €40 million in funding had been allocated each year to the Summer Programme. All of this funding will be utilised to meet the needs of our most vulnerable children. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 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 (17 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 141 and 166 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 advised that just over 400 new special classes have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: 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 last few years. Special school capacity is also being expanded...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 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 has advised my department that all schools have been informed of their SNA allocation for the 2025/26 school year. SNAs play a central role in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 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 has advised my department that all schools have been informed of their SNA allocation for the 2025/26 school year. The National Council for Special...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is the national agency with responsibility for the provision of special education places. This year the NCSE has sanctioned 407 new special classes for the coming school year bringing to 3,742 the number of special classes in our schools. There are new classes in every county in Ireland and with the number of special classes doubling in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is the national agency with responsibility for the provision of special education places. The NCSE does not have a breakdown per constituency. In general, this year the NCSE has sanctioned 407 new special classes for the coming school year across the country, bringing to 3,742 the number of special classes in our schools. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is the national agency with responsibility for the provision of special education places. This year the NCSE has sanctioned 407 new special classes for the coming school year bringing to 3,742 the number of special classes in our schools. There are new classes in every county in Ireland and with the number of special classes doubling in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The Department of Education and Youth continues to support the needs of children and young people in the school system through the provision of additional resources to schools to the point where there are approximately 40,000 teachers and SNAs working to meet the educational and care needs of children and young people in schools. It is also important to note that the provision of speech and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport 2030 report was published in early 2024 following a comprehensive analysis and review of the scheme as it currently operates. The recommended changes to the future operation of the schemes include expansion of the current eligibility criteria, addressing current operational challenges and moving towards better integration with public transport to ensure the best value for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. The retirement age for school bus drivers has been set by Bus Éireann at 70 years of age, which also applies to all Bus Éireann road passenger services. The policy and criteria also apply to drivers nominated by private operators who operate services...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 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, including...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 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: Disability Services (17 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: 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 few years. Special school capacity is also being expanded...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (17 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: While the provision of clinical therapy supports to children is the responsibility of the HSE, it is this government’s ambition, and as outlined in the Programme for Government, to extend therapy supports within the education system, initially in special schools, and subsequently extending to schools with special classes and mainstream provision overtime. This is not to replace...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The Summer Programme is an educational programme providing supports to children with special educational needs during the summer months. All schools are given an opportunity to run a programme, particularly in special schools, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for the allocation of SNAs to schools, I have forwarded the school's details to them for their attention and direct reply. Deputies are also welcome to raise such matters with the NCSE directly through their dedicated Oireachtas query line at oireachtasqueries@ncse.ie. It is open to any school which feels like it has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 297 and 306 together. 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. By the end of the year there will be close to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for the allocation of SNAs to schools, I have forwarded the school's details to them for their attention and direct reply. Deputies are also welcome to raise such matters with the NCSE directly through their dedicated Oireachtas query line at oireachtasqueries@ncse.ie. It is open to any school which feels like it has...