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Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Minister for Education
- Introduced
- 29 Jun 2022
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- School patrons and boards must cooperate with the National Council for Special Education, provide and operate special classes when requested, and comply with ministerial directions on special education provision.
- Minister can issue binding directions requiring schools to make additional provision for children with special needs after NCSE reports insufficient capacity and gives schools opportunity to make representations.
- Removes school appeals against NCSE/Tusla decisions to designate school places for children with special needs; schools must comply with placement directions after making representations.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil29 Jun 2022
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil1 Jul 2022
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil6 Jul 2022
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil6 Jul 2022
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil6 Jul 2022
- Second Stage 26th Seanad6 Jul 2022
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad11 Jul 2022
- Report Stage 26th Seanad13 Jul 2022
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad13 Jul 2022
- Enacted19 Jul 2022
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