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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: It has been a long standing policy within my department that children with special educational needs be supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional supports, special class and special school places are provided. My department and the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) are committed to ensuring that no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: My department and the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) have begun preparatory work in relation to planning for the provision of further new special class and special school places for the 2026/27 school year and beyond. As you are aware parents were asked to notify the NCSE of their requirement for a special class for the 2026/27 school year by 1 October 2025. The NCSE is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. Unfortunately, difficulties have arisen in a number of locations, with a small number of contracted services, where it has not yet been possible to provide vehicles/drivers. I am pleased to advise that a contract has now been awarded to operate the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. As part of the operation of the scheme, Bus Éireann manages the procurement tender process and contract management arrangements to include services provided by contractors under the School Transport Scheme. The competitive process is conducted in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Oct 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. In the current school year already almost 178,000...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. As part of the operation of the scheme, Bus Éireann manages the procurement tender process and contract management arrangements to include services provided by contractors under the School Transport Scheme. The competitive process is conducted in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Oct 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. Special needs assistants (SNAs) play a central role in the successful inclusion of students with additional and significant care needs in schools by helping to ensure that these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Oct 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 (7 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Enabling children with additional 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 NCSE is, in the first instance, the primary body responsible for the matter the Deputy has raised. I will arrange for your query to be forwarded to the NCSE for their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Oct 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 National Council for Special Education through its network of Special Education Needs Organisers (SENOs) acts in an advisory role to my Department on the suitability of placements for children with special educational needs. Eligibility is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. Under the terms of the School Transport Schemes children are eligible for transport at primary level where they reside not less than 3.2 kms from and are attending their nearest national school, and at post primary level where they reside not less than...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Oct 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The purpose of the Department of Education and Youth’s Home Tuition Grant Scheme is to provide funding towards the provision of a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of specific reasons, are unable to attend school. The Home Tuition Grant Scheme is governed by annual circulars which sets out the purpose, eligibility criteria and details of the scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. Further to my recent response to the Deputy on this matter, I can confirm that circular 0085/2024 guides Boards of Management/ETBs to the information pack that has been circulated to schools and is also available online. The information pack is set out at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. Unfortunately, difficulties have arisen in a number of locations, with a small number of contracted services, where it has not yet been possible to provide vehicles / drivers. These difficulties have arisen in some cases due to lack of driver or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Further information on this matter has been requested from Bus Éireann by School Transport Section of my Department and they will revert directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Enabling children with additional 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 NCSE is, in the first instance, the primary body responsible for the matter the Deputy has raised. I will arrange for your query to be forwarded to the NCSE for their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Oct 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 232 and 233 together. I want to thank the Deputy for raising this matter. The National Strategic Framework for Lifelong Guidance and Strategic Action Plan (2024-2030) were published in December 2023. Four pillars underpin the vision for lifelong guidance in Ireland. One of these pillars is that of ''Access, Inclusion and Universal Design.'' Within the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Oct 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 (7 Oct 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. Substantial investment has been provided to increase the number of places available in special schools. Sixteen new schools have opened in the last five years and many more have...