Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Deputy MacNeill touched on therapies and so on earlier but can I ask about therapies specifically in special schools? We have 11 or 12 special schools in Cork and I would often talk to management in those schools. Many of them say they prefer dealing with the Department of Education, for example, than with the Department of Health. There are significant blockages when it comes to dealing with that Department. In regard to the therapies about which Deputy MacNeill spoke and which people are crying out for at this stage, could they be placed under the remit of the Department of Education rather than the Department of Health because it is clear the current process is not working? Is that something the NCSE would welcome?