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'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 of children’s ...

27 May 2022 at 22:53

Local News

Oireachtas committee request extension to school year for special schools

An extension on the school year for special schools has been sought by the Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters. Members of the Committee have written to ministers Norma Foley and Josepha Madigan calling for the extension of the school ...

24 May 2022 at 15:53

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

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 National ...

02 Apr 2025 at 14:45

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 concerns ...

15 May 2024 at 13:32

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 children marched ...

23 Aug 2024 at 16:09

National News

Dublin parents to hold 24-hour sleep-out over ‘cruel’ lack of special placements

Around 50 parents from Dublin are to hold a 24-hour sleep-out at the Department of Education over difficulty accessing special education school places. The demonstration is set to start from 1pm on Friday at the department ...

22 Feb 2025 at 13:43

National News

Oireachtas committee request extension to school year for special schools

24 May 2022 at 14:36

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 ...

27 Aug 2024 at 19:41

National News

Seven-year-old special needs pupil forced to make four-hour round trip on bus

A seven-year-old child is forced to make a four-hour round trip on a bus to attend a special school in a neighbouring county because there are no facilities locally, the Dail has heard. Sinn Fein president Mary ...

09 Oct 2024 at 13:36

National News

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

27 May 2022 at 13:55

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