Special Educational Needs

Tuesday, 16 June 2026

Questions (534)

Emer Currie

Question:

534. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth when home-based summer provision sanction letters will be issued for summer 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45969/26]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth

Details of the 2026 Summer Programme were communicated to all schools on the 6th May 2026.

All schools have been offered the opportunity to run a school-based programme for children with the most complex special educational needs and those at risk of educational disadvantage. Where a school does not intend to run a school-based programme or there is no place on the programme for an eligible child, schools were invited to make an application for the home-based programme.

Decisions regarding a child’s placement on the home based programme will be communicated to schools and to parents/guardians in the week commencing the 21st June.