Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education
Mr. Hubert Loftus:
St. Patrick's Special School was referenced. It is a fantastic facility but it can also act as a magnet for children coming as well. It is about trying to get the balance right and ensuring the cohort of enrolments for that school is appropriate for that particular region. It goes into regions when looking at special schools. It is certainly something we are conscious of. More generally, we are conscious that special educational needs, SEN diagnoses are increasing. Even when we look at and engage quite a bit with our counterparts in the North and the UK, they see similar issues and pressures regarding special school capacity. We are learning from each other in that area as well.
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