Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My final question is on children with Down's syndrome. The point has already been well made by Deputy Butler about children with Down's syndrome who attend mainstream secondary education and who are not entitled to avail of this programme. There was much hope when the Minister announced that children with Down's syndrome would be entitled to avail of this programme but it now appears there are large categories of children with Down's syndrome who will not be in a position to do so. Do the witnesses agree that this is a form of discrimination?