Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 40 - Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised)

1:00 pm

Ms Moira O'Mara:

I would be surprised by it, too. I will look into it. It is true that because it was a half year when the programme started in January 2010 we allowed parents of children with special needs to have a year and a half. That was a one-off provision in order that they would not fall short. A mainstream approach to all children having equal provision is probably better for all children and feeds into their transition to primary school. It comes back to the point about the working group in which we are participating and the new high level group, to which the Minister referred, that we are joining.

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