Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 17 February 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion
Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
That brings me to my last question to some degree. I am not sure who wants to take this; it might be for Ms Kelly or Mr. McGinn. Mr. McGinn mentioned formal transition planning processes in his opening statement. Based on the conversation we are having this morning I wonder whether he is talking about further education, vocational training or higher education. There is a version of this which is almost like an educational care plan where the person is tracked and the funding more specifically follows the person than it has done so far. Would anybody like to speak to the idea that we would have a full plan for each person as he or she moves through particular education access points? Does that have a meaning for the likes of personal budgets?
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