Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a question regarding one of the new categories of eligibility, namely, children transitioning into a special class in a primary school from an early-years setting. I see what the Department is trying to do there. I raised it with Inclusion Ireland. I wish to raise the case of children who have been in supported early-years settings and are now transitioning into mainstream primary school. I argue that they face a bigger and more difficult transition because they are transitioning not into a special supported class but into the mainstream. They arguably require more support than children who are transitioning into a special class. I want to press the case for children who have been away from the educational sector for six months and are now transitioning into mainstream school, which is difficult for anybody. Is there any way of reviewing what is being done to try to include this group of vulnerable young people, even at this late stage?