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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: Regarding De La Salle College in Dundalk, my understanding is that, last October, five students were accepted into its ASD unit for the semester starting in September 2023. However, on 26 March of this year, the school called to state it could no longer offer a place to any of the students. The reason given to parents was that the Department of Education was not providing the promised...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: There seems to be a theme in the lack of ASD units and the interaction at times between the Department, the NCSE and schools. When people are looking for extensions, planning permission and so on, it becomes even more difficult. I have been approached by a number of parents looking for their kids to get into what they had hoped would be a second autism unit in De La Salle College in...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputies for the questions and for giving me an opportunity to outline how the Department of Education and the National Council for Special Education continue to support children with special educational needs. Enabling students with additional needs to receive an education appropriate to their needs is an ongoing priority for the Government. It is a priority to ensure all...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)
Mattie McGrath: What is happening with the NCSE and the Department is typical. Is there any joined-up thinking? St. Michael's Junior Boys School has been offering to open a class for the past two years but the NCSE has not approved it so far. It is imperative this be provided in a town the size of Tipperary, where five national schools are available and where a school has offered to accommodate them. I...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: There are multiple issues for multiple families throughout County Louth and the wider State. The Minister of State has supplied me a written answer concerning De La Salle College. The planning permission for the main extension was given on 21 July. Will the Minister of State examine the issue? According to this answer, "The Stage 2b cost report was received by the Department in Q4 2024...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)
Mattie McGrath: ...in national schools in County Tipperary. In December 2023, Burncourt National School received a letter from the NCSE regarding a second autism class from September 2024. It invited enrolments and was ready to offer places last week but the Department has delayed approval of the modular accommodation stating that the NCSE had not sanctioned the class. This class was sanctioned a number...