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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 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. Budget 2025 provides for an additional 2,700 specialist places, made up of 400 new special class and 300 additional special school places. On top of this, there will be over 1,000 places available...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 85, 87, 88 and 89 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: Special Educational Needs (5 Mar 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: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 356 and 357 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 (4 Mar 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. It is important to remember that the majority of children with autism are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. The number of special classes, which are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The majority of children with special educational needs are supported by mainstream class teachers, special education teachers and special needs assistants (SNAs) to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children have more complex needs, special classes are provided and for children with the most complex needs, special school places are provided. Budget 2025 provides for an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Enabling children with special educational needs to fulfil their full potential is a priority for this government. It is also a key priority for my department and for the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). In 2025 over €2.9 billion will be spent supporting children with special educational needs. This figure builds on previous years and represents over a quarter of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Mar 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. I can...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (4 Mar 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. They...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Mar 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 Admissions (4 Mar 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. They...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Mar 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. They...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Mar 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. They...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Patronage (27 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue of the criteria for school patronage. He mentioned a specific issue in his own constituency. The reply I have relates to the specifics of how school patronage works. I will outline that and might come back to him later on the specific issue, if that is okay. I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. It gives me the opportunity to report to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Patronage (27 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Some of the long-established Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí, primary and post-primary schools that have developed across the country in the past 25 or 30 years, contrary to the criteria we now apply, were set up by local groups and in small entities. They have flourished and grown. I take the point that certain criteria are stifling development. I will take this specific...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (27 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The Deputy mentioned someone waiting for an ASD class. Since I was appointed just over four weeks ago, we have had considerable engagement with senior officials in the Department and the National Council for Special Education to ensure sufficient places for children with additional needs come September. We have moved the discussion back from one later in the year. Our aim is to move it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (27 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I thank Deputy O'Reilly very much for the question about additional school places in Fingal West. I thank her for raising this matter, which gives me the opportunity to set out to the Dáil the position with regard to a shortfall of school places at both primary and secondary levels in Fingal West. It is an absolute priority to ensure that every child in the State has access to a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (27 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: There is no doubt that when lived experiences of being and working in the classrooms is brought to the floor of the Chamber, it brings the matter very much to life in the political forum. Clonlara school applied for major capital works. An application is assessed following the site visit by the Department’s technical team. A brief of accommodation was issued to the board of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (27 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Deputy. I accept the point. In the departmental documents, it is clearly stated there is no direct internal connection to other facilities. The Department clearly understands the challenges in Clonlara. What we have to do now is ensure the project proceeds through the various stages so the building can be got up and running. I commit to working with the Deputy to ensure this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (27 Feb 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I thank Deputy Crowe very much for the question on Clonlara. I can confirm to him that the Department is in receipt of an application for funding for major capital works from the school in question. The application has been assessed under the Department's additional school accommodation, ASA, scheme. For background, since 2020, the Department has invested more than €5.7 billion...