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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: Kinsale and Bandon are not local, just to let the Minister of State know that. I see parents who have to take their kids all over Cork. It is not good enough.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...new special schools opening this school year, 390 new special classes, which break down to 254 at primary and 136 at post-primary level, have been sanctioned by the NCSE for opening this school year. Of these, 76 are in Cork, 52 at primary level and 24 at post-primary level. This brings to 496 the number of special classes in County Cork, 351 at primary and 145 at post-primary level. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: ...the way Scoil Eoin in Ballincollig has been treated. It is insulting to the seriousness of this issue we have tabled that the Ministers are not here to discuss it. Scoil Eoin in Ballincollig in Cork has been trying to secure special classes for over 11 years, since 2013. The principal, staff, board of management and parents have done everything they could to work with the Department to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...like Ovens, Farran, Dripsey and Inishcarra on minibuses and taxiing them all around the place. The problems in Ballincollig have been known for a long time at departmental level and locally in Cork. From this debate, and I do not know if this is included in the Minister of State's response, I would like to have it reaffirmed that the Minister is going to have this meeting. As I said,...