Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion
Mr. Aaron Mullaniff:
I will answer the first part of the Deputy's question. It is difficult for us to know, in terms of the one in three statistics on the access and reach piece, but the NCSE data are pretty analogous. As vision loss is a spectrum and 95% of children and young people have some useful vision or useful residual vision, which we support them to use and we do that piece really well, it may not always be the case that everyone will need our services or inputs. It would be great if we reached 100% of people but at some point we must accept that they do not know but the most important thing is that the families affected know that we are here to help.
My colleague, Ms Doherty, will answer the question about the difficulties with accessing summer provision.
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