Circular Number | Title | Publication Date |
0024/2025 | Criteria for Enrolment in Special Classes for Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) or Speech Sound Disorder (SSD) | March 2025 |
0023/2025 | Review of Enrolment in a Special Class | March 2025 |
0022/2025 | Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma of Teacher Professional Learning for Teachers working with Students with SEN – Autism | March 2025 |
0011/2025 | Staffing Arrangements in Primary Schools for the 2025/26 school year | Feb 2025 |
The Special Education Teacher (SET) allocation for the 2025/26 school year | Feb 2025 | |
Guidelines for Primary Schools Supporting children with special educational needs in mainstream classes | Dec 2024 | |
0064/2024 | The operation/application and deployment of Special Education Teacher resources | Dec 2024 |
0053/2024 | Recruitment of Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) – Supplementary Assignment Arrangements for the 2024/2025 school year | May 2024 |
0050/2024 | Home Tuition Grant Scheme 2024/2025 | June 2024 |
0049/2024 | Special Needs Assistant Allocation 2024/2025 | May 2024 |
0025/2024 | Report of Education Needs for the Purpose of the Assessment of Need Disability Act 2005 | April 2024 |
The Use of Reduced School days: Guidelines for schools on recording and notification of the use of Reduced School days | Sept 2021 | |
0007/2020 | Commencement of certain sections of the Education (Admissions to Schools) Act 2018 – changes to school admission processes | Feb 2020 |
0009/2015 | Payment of Travel Expenses to GAM/EAL (Learning/Language Support) and Resource Teachers in Recognised Primary Schools
Circular and updated expenses claim form (2024) available here: https://www.gov.ie/en/service/ec81d-payment-of-travel-expenses-to-gameal-learning-language-support-and-resource-teachers-in-recognised-primary-schools/ |
Feb 2015 |
0030/2014 | The Special Needs Assistant (SNA) scheme to support teachers in meeting the care needs of some children with special educational needs, arising from a disability | April 2014 |