Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 October 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Trevor Ó ClochartaighTrevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is worth looking at the matter again. Sometimes a translation can be very literal and does not work for the child concerned. Sometimes it is good to generate it through the medium of the language. I know that An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta, COGG does fantastic work. It would be great if it was given specific resources in the area. I suggest the Department uses someone who is a native speaker or a teacher who can work from the base language and translate back to English. The measure could act as a double-whammy because the Department would get extra English resources as well.

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