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Children with special needs ‘left in limbo’ over assessment delays, TD warns

Children with special needs have been failed by the State, the Dail has heard. Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty said youngsters have been “left in limbo” by long delays in being assessed. He said there are 17,000 children waiting on initial contact with ...

29 Sept 2022 at 15:15

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Clune welcomes 12 Special Needs Assistants for Co. Tipperary schools

Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has welcome the news that Tipperary schools are to get 49 more Special Needs Assistance positions this coming school year. This will bring the number of SNAs in primary and secondary schools in Tipperary to 463. ...

27 Jun 2018 at 11:48

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Scoil Aonghusa in Cashel, Co. Tipperary, to apply for major expansion - Lowry

Scoil Aonghusa is to host visiting officials this week with the aim of applying for major capital funding and significant expansion. Deputy Michael Lowry briefed Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the Dáil last week on the Special Needs School on the ...

22 Jan 2018 at 16:24

National News

Child with cerebral palsy was ‘prop’ for Government photo opportunity, Dail told

A nine-year-old child with cerebral palsy was used as a “prop” for a photo opportunity by the Government during last year’s local and European elections, the Dail has been told. The mother of Jack Donaghey, who is from Donegal and uses a ...

20 Mar 2025 at 15:18

National News

‘I’m not lazy, I’m autistic’: Young woman says she ‘thrived’ in special school

A young woman who is autistic has described how she “thrived” in a special school and how difficult it was to learn in a mainstream setting. Kate Raftery, 19, from Ashbourne in Dublin, was speaking at a 24-hour sleep out outside the ...

28 Feb 2025 at 18:49

National News

'Unlawful' plan to create special school centres slammed by children's rights expert

A plan to create special school centres for children with additional needs is a “watered-down” form of education that is unlawful, an expert has said. Children’s rights solicitor Gareth Noble said the government’s plan is in breach ...

27 May 2022 at 13:55

National News

Simon Harris pledges to ‘ramp up’ therapies for special schools in budget

Taoiseach Simon Harris has promised to “ramp up” special education therapy provision in October’s budget, saying the current offering was not good enough. The Fine Gael leader said that finance should “never be a constraint” in ...

27 Aug 2024 at 19:41

National News

Government ‘doing all it can’ to ensure every child will have a school place

The Government is working “flat out to do everything” it can to ensure that every child will have a school place next September, the Taoiseach has claimed. Micheal Martin said the Minister for Education is working with the ...

02 Apr 2025 at 14:45

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Special needs teachers and staff should get vaccination priority says Lowry

Deputy Michael Lowry has contacted the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, to again emphasise that teachers and staff at Special Needs Schools have a unique need to be prioritised for Covid vaccination. ‘Special Needs ...

04 Apr 2021 at 14:00

National News

Special needs assessment ‘initiative’ to be announced shortly – minister

An “initiative” for children on waiting lists for special needs assessments is to be announced shortly, Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys said. The Fine Gael minister was responding to opposition TDs raising ...

15 May 2024 at 13:32

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Christmas appeal to help children with most complex disabilities across Mid-West

The first purpose-built respite house in the country to cater for children with the most challenging physical disabilities and complex medical needs is about to open its doors following a €2.4million build. St ...

18 Dec 2018 at 17:57

National News

Worry for parents of children with special needs left without school places

Parents of children with additional needs have spoken about how they are at their wits’ end on how to secure school places for this academic year. SNAs (special needs assistants), activists, parents and their ...

23 Aug 2024 at 16:09

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