Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 10 July 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed)
Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:
There are a couple of issues there. Special schools are included under our Department's remit and we are working with the special schools and their representatives on the reopening of schools and keeping them open. We work very closely with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The people who gave us the health advice and the health authorities have given very helpful advice on reopening crèches, preschools and so on. We will also have the experience of the crèches being open in July, which will help to inform any further health advice we have. We have been working very closely with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, and we always do. We have a particular policy link on preschool and the access and inclusion model, AIM, which is helping in particular the young children in preschools with special educational needs. We are very focused on their transition as well, so we have a range of issues on which we work very closely with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.
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