Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

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

Mr. Dalton Tattan:

I do not have specific numbers on the post-primary element but I know Down Syndrome Ireland have figures on that so when our engagement with them continues tomorrow we can discuss that.

"Yes" is essentially the answer to the question about 2021. The work we were doing this year has been interrupted by the circumstances relating to the crisis but we have been doing a lot of engagement with stakeholders and with other Departments on the July provision scheme, mindful of the advice that we have got from the NCSE. We want to move to that needs-based, activity-centred model that the NCSE has advised on. That is the ambition that we have and we hope to pick up on that work as soon as possible as we move into the autumn. We will plan towards change for 2021.

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