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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 May 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 the route referred to by the Deputy is not operating at present due to driver illness. Bus Éireann also advise that they issued correspondence to affected families regarding this service disruption on 02/05/2025 and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (20 May 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Access to higher education is a matter for the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS). Queries in relation to supports provided to students should be addressed to that Department.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (20 May 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: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 452 and 455 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 (20 May 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 co-ordinating and advising on the education provision for children with special educational needs. My...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Section 37A of the Education Act, 1998 gives powers to the Minister to compel a school to provide additional provision. Under urgent legislation enacted in 2022 – the Education (Provision in respect of children with special educational needs) Act 2022 - this can happen within a period of 6 to 8 weeks of receiving a detailed report from the NCSE advising of a lack of provision in a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 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. My...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 May 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Only general information can be provided to the Deputy’s query based on the level of detail provided: Pupils residing in the first area mentioned are generally not eligible for transport to the post-primary centre in question as they are nearer to two different post-primary centres depending on their address. There is a service that pupils of this area can avail of, with pick up...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 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 (20 May 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 467 and 468 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 (20 May 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 470 to 473, inclusive, 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: School Attendance (20 May 2025)

Michael Moynihan: My department's Home Tuition Grant Schemes provide funding towards the provision of a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of specific reasons, are unable to attend school. By its nature, it is intended to be a short term intervention. The Home Tuition Grant Schemes are governed by annual circulars which sets out the purpose, eligibility criteria and details of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 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 (20 May 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: School Transport (20 May 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 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The school transport scheme is a demand led scheme based on the number of children who apply. The scheme is operated using a mix of Bus Éireann owned vehicles and directly recruited drivers, and private contractors who recruit their own drivers to operate on the scheme. Under the terms of the Department's School Transport Scheme for Children with Special Educational Needs,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 May 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 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 May 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The school transport scheme is a demand led scheme based on the number of children who apply. The scheme is operated using a mix of Bus Éireann owned vehicles and directly recruited drivers, and private contractors who recruit their own drivers to operate on the scheme. The Current eligibility criteria is as follows:Primary school: Children are eligible if they live 3.2 km or more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 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 (20 May 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...