Written answers

Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Department of Education and Skills

School Admissions

Photo of Kathleen FunchionKathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is not eligible to repeat their final year of secondary school. [18598/20]

Photo of Josepha MadiganJosepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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Special schools funded by my Department are classified as national schools and are intended, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 64(1) of the Rules for National Schools, to cater for children and young persons with special educational needs from the age of 4 years until the end of the school year in which they reach their 18th year.

Special schools may, however, seek approval from the Department for an exemption from Rule 64(1) in respect of students over the age of 18 who are pursuing courses leading to accreditation on the National Qualifications Framework (e.g. Junior Certificate/LCA/FETAC 3).

In correspondence issued in March this year, the Department advised the management of special schools of the criteria under which schools may seek this exemption in respect of individual students for the 2020/2021 school year; and the process to be followed.

I am pleased to inform the Deputy that following receipt of additional clarification in respect of the application to retain the student in question, approval has been granted and the school has been informed.

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