The Government has declined to set out when it will meet its statutory target to provide an assessment of need (AON) to children within six months of application. Children’s minister Norma Foley said ...

Children with additional educational needs will no longer need an assessment to access a special class or special school under reforms designed to cut years-long waiting lists for vulnerable children.

A review by a national oversight body into the case of missing Co Louth schoolboy Kyran Durnin will not be published following the advice of the Attorney General, Minister for Children Norma Foley has ...

Childminders who use their own homes as their place of work should not be assessed for commercial rates, Children’s Minister Norma Foley has said. Ms Foley said she was aware of the issue, noting that ...