Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Special Educational Needs: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed)

Mr. Eddie Ward:

Yes. There is actually a more enhanced range of options for them this year than was available last year. In addition, if a tutor is not available to them in the home-based strand, they have access to an SNA, should that be the choice of the parent. Again, if the school is offering a HSE programme, there is a chance, depending on the level of the child's disabilities, that he or she could be included in that strand. What we have tried to do is expand the range of options and have a suite of options that are flexible and available over a significant period of the summer.

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