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# Special Education

This month
March 2024
Hundreds of primary principals decry changes to special education criteria in new petition
Last month
February 2024
'Exhausted with the fight': Outrage as Minister defends changes to special education criteria
Last year
2023
Fears extra 1,200 SNA posts from next September 'doesn't go far enough'
Dublin primary schools finding it incredibly difficult to recruit teachers for September
No 'specific number' on how many children can participate in Summer Programme
All time
Minister Madigan announces 17% increase in special class places for Dublin and Cork
Government approves legislation to compel schools to provide special education classes more quickly
'Ten steps backwards': Govt proposal to open 'special educational needs centres' met with criticism
'It's a mixed day for families': Special-education classes in mainstream schools return from today
Children with special education needs return to 124 special schools today
Education Minister: Unions 'refused to accept public health advice' over special schools return
'Our kids are suffering': Some parents 'devastated' over failure to re-open special education as planned
Norma Foley: It's a matter of deep regret that unions won't recognise special education as essential
Doubt over Thursday re-opening for special education classes amid 'make or break' talks
At-risk SNAs and childcare among final obstacles in resuming special-education classes
The government has just made a rake of promises about special needs education
Court tells department to give two children with Down syndrome maximum resource teaching hours
'I don't have to fight for more money from the government' - Education Minister
Radical shake-up on the cards for country's 10,000 special education teachers
Column: Austerity isn't working – so what alternatives exist for October's Budget?
Number of SNAs 'similar to last year' but schools to get less resource hours
One in four children have special educational needs - study