Fifteen special needs schools have alerted the Government in recent weeks to difficulties they are having in meeting soaring insurance costs, which would threaten them with closure if they cannot be paid. The Department of Education told The Irish Times that 14 other special schools had contacted it directly about the same issue. Seven of the special schools are in Dublin while the others are in counties Carlow, Galway, Limerick, Louth and Westmeath. Around 40 special schools were represented at a NABMSE meeting in Athlone last Thursday to discuss the problems posed by soaring insurance premiums. It is understood options being discussed include bringing special schools together to apply for group insurance schemes, or bringing special schools under a type of State insurance.

Source: The Irish Times June 10, 2019 00:22 UTC