Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate Ms Lynch's remarks. I also acknowledge that the schools, particularly the school management boards, have done excellent work trying to rise to all the challenges they have. Some of these challenges have come up before. I note that Inclusion Ireland's submission refers to the issue of children with disabilities who are in groupings or bubbles. It says that in the event of a coronavirus case such children will suffer even more unduly. It highlights that parents report having no access to supports such as the HSE therapies, services in schools, the visiting teacher service or NEPS services. We have spoken about NEPS services before. I did some informal work on this with local schools in Waterford and was appalled, to be frank, by the waiting times for the educational assessments and the fact that only a couple of assessments were being offered to individual schools each year. Do those witnesses who are engaging with the Department in this area see any daylight on this?