Special Educational Needs

Tuesday, 23 June 2026

Ceisteanna (369)

Michael Healy-Rae

Ceist:

369. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47562/26]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

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.

On making an application for the home-based programme, both schools and parents received acknowledgement emails which outlined that decisions regarding a student's placement on the programme would be communicated after the school-based applications had been reviewed. Department officials have confirmed that sanction letters for the home-based programme began issuing on the 18th June 2026.