Given the clear State obligation to provide an appropriate school place for every child with additional needs, can the Tánaiste explain why parents who applied after the NCSE's 1 October deadline are being excluded from the process of securing a school place for next September? There is silence from the line Ministers and a standard response from the NCSE telling parents who applied after the 1 October deadline: "The NCSE is no longer in a position to issue letters of eligibility." This is simply unacceptable. Every child with additional needs has a right to an appropriate school place. Nothing less will do. Will the Tánaiste instruct the NCSE to reopen the portal and start issuing letters of eligibility again? Will he ensure that every child has an appropriate school place for next September?

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