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The Minister states: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is the statutory agency with responsibility for the provision of special education places. The NCSE has sanctioned 407 new special classes for the coming school year of which 398 are autism special classes while 3 are autism early intervention classes. This brings to 3,742 the number of special classes in our schools. The NCSE has advised my department that an updated list of these classes is available on

The Minister States: It is my department's policy, in accordance with the principles of inclusiveeducation, that students with additional learning needs to the greatest extent possible, attend mainstream classes along with their siblings, neighbours and peers, with additional supports provided as necessary. My department provides over 15,000 special education teachers to support schools to achieve this objective. This means schools get a substantial additional teaching alloc

The Minister states: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education and Youth. In the current school year over 173,000 children are transported daily in approximately 8,200 vehicles across 10,600 routes to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. In relation to the number of children who applied and paid on time, and were unsuccessful in obtaining a seat in the 2024/2025 school year, Bus É

The need for this Primary Care Centre in Graignamanagh has been identified as part of the Health Service Executive's (HSE's) overall primary care centre development programme. This PCC is to be delivered via the HSE operational lease mechanism. The HSE has advertised and identified a preferred developer for this new centre. I am pleased to advise that an application for planning permission was lodged by the preferred developer in July 2025. In response to this application Kil

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