Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Special Needs Education: Impact of Covid-19

Mr. Mark O'Connor:

If there is, we have not seen it. Obviously, the summer programme is a very welcome measure, even though there are significant shortfalls in it which we have already indicated in response to previous questions. Apart from this, we are not aware of it. In our own survey, we asked families what sort of supports they would like to see. Some indicated access to the summer programme, which is happening, and others indicated access to the teacher before they go back and perhaps some visits to the school in the week or two running up to going back to school. Having that contact from the teacher and the SNA would ease their way back in. However, we have not seen any plan from the Department as yet, although when the Department appears before the committee this afternoon, it might have something.

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