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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The Assessment of Need (AON) process is provided for under the Disability Act 2005 and is a process under the remit and responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Department of Children, Disability and Equality. Therefore, any queries regarding assessment of need waiting lists should be directed to the HSE and the Department of Children, Disability, and Equality.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 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. A range of options are available to teachers in regard to training opportunities in special education. These are provided within initial teacher education (ITE) programmes for...

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the House for the opportunity to speak on this hugely important and challenging motion. I join the Minister, Deputy McEntee, in recognising that the enormous contribution of the survivors whose tireless work and participation has brought us to this point today. I add my personal note of welcome to David Ryan who is in the Gallery, and who spoke so compellingly about his experiences...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Jul 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 current terms of the scheme, pupils at primary level are eligible where they live no less than 3.2 kilometres from and are attending their nearest primary school. At post primary level, students who live no less than 4.8 kilometres from and are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 438 and 439 together. Aligned to the publication of the Department of Education Understanding Behaviours of Concern and Responding to Crisis Situations guidelines, a training programme is provided to schools consisting of three elements (Circular 0081/2024). The NCSE provides a comprehensive programme of teacher professional learning to all special schools....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: For September 2025/26 there will be 23,179 special need assistant (SNA) posts nationwide. The estimated full-year cost of a new entrant special needs assistant is €35,030 per annum. The estimated average full-year cost of a special need assistant is €44,300 per annum. This includes employer PRSI. The table below outlines the current annual cost to increase SNA posts to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Jul 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 information requested by the Deputy in relation to County Monaghan has been provided in the attached table. 2022/23 School Year 2022/23 School Year 2023/24 School Year 2023/24 School Year 2024/25...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Each school is provided with special education teaching (SET) hours to support children who have been identified with an additional learning need via the continuum of support framework. There are over 14,700 special education teachers supporting students with additional needs attending mainstream classes in the 2024/25 school year, which is an increase of over 1,000 since the end of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 460, 461 and 463 together. 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....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: There are 63 special classes for children with DLD or SSD of unknown origin in primary schools located across the country. There is a 7:1 pupil teacher ratio in these classes. Additionally, the Health Service Executive assigns speech and language therapists to these classes to assist in meeting their language needs. The allocation of therapists to these classes is a matter for the HSE and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: Bus Éireann have advised that the pupils in question are not eligible for school transport as they are attending their second closest school. Under the current terms of the Primary School Transport Scheme, children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from and are attending their nearest primary education centre. Distance is determined by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (15 Jul 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 current terms of the scheme, pupils at primary level are eligible where they live no less than 3.2 kilometres from and are attending their nearest primary school. At post primary level, students who live no less than 4.8 kilometres from and are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 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 (15 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. As the NCSE is responsible for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 478, 479 and 480 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: School Transport (15 Jul 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 in the 2024/25 school year, the school transport service operated from Earl of Desmond Hotel into Flemby NS and Caherleaheen NS. My Department has received an application from the patron for the closure of Flemby NS and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. 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. Children who are not eligible but who apply for school transport are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Jul 2025)

Michael Moynihan: The information required is not readily available in the format requested by the Deputy as costs are not attributed on a per county of school basis, and is dependent on the number of days operated on a per route basis. Routes can cover a number of schools in an area that may not be in the same county. The estimated total cost of providing school transport nationally including escort grant...