Special Educational Needs
Seanad Éireann — 2026-04-21
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Michael Moynihan (FF), Cork North-West

I thank St. Anne's team for the work it does.
We are commencing this weekend a regional engagement with all the leaders of special schools in locations around the country to see the challenges they are facing. We are meeting the principals to have informal discussions. We begin in Sligo this week and we have a number of others over the next couple of weeks. We want to get a sense. I have had meetings with special schools in terms of the insurance and funding mechanisms, and we have done some work in relation to the capitation grants, but there is a lot of work that needs to be done. I assure the Senator that we will be engaging with special schools over the next while to see the challenges that are being faced.
I must now go to the Dáil Chamber.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-21