Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is a message we need to send out clearly across the Government. I have seen documentation for a particular special school to which I have referred here before. It has already decided that it will not provide summer provision in summer 2023. It has made that decision 12 months out. That is not acceptable. I think Ms Jennings made the point about a teacher in a school who took on and started work 12 months in advance and provided special summer provision for more than 70 kids who would not have got it otherwise. Ms O'Mahony took children on board because services were not being provided in her area. With no funding she provided summer provision for more than 1,000 kids.