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Special Education Press Releases
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From: Department of Education
- Published on: 11 September 2023
- Last updated on: 5 March 2025
- Ministers McEntee and Moynihan announce €1.9 million contract for the National Training Programme for Special Needs Assistants
- Ministers encourage all primary, post-primary and special schools to participate in the 2025 Summer Programme
- Ministers Foley and Naughton announce the recruitment campaign for therapists to work in schools with children
- Ministers Foley and Naughton announce consultation with children and young people on the role of Special Needs Assistants
- Ministers Foley and Naughton welcome the publication of new guidelines for schools dealing with behaviours of concern
- Ministers Foley and Naughton update on the five new special schools for 2025/26 school year
- Ministers Foley and Naughton and CEO of City of Dublin ETB announce permanent location for An Cosán Community Special School
- Ministers Foley and Naughton announce plans to establish five new special schools
- Ministers Foley and Naughton announce new structure for the National Council for Special Education
- Extension of deadline for schools to participate in the Summer Programme 2024
- Minister Naughton announces details of additional funding for special schools
- Ministers Foley and Madigan confirm the location of two special schools in Kildare and Limerick
- Ministers Foley and Madigan announce four new special schools to provide more places for students with special educational needs
- Minister for Education announces €5 million pilot programme of counselling and mental health supports for primary schools
- Ministers Foley and Madigan announce two new special schools as part of forward planning for 2023/24
- Ministers Foley and Madigan publish report on use of reduced school days