Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Down's Syndrome Education Equality: Discussion

1:25 pm

Professor Sue Buckley:

Yes. On the Department's current criteria, what I stated was a specific speech and language disorder, because it is a gap with the child's IQ, does not count. If the child has Down's syndrome, he or she must have a normal IQ, above 70, to get resource teaching.

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