Eileen Flynn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It strikes me children with special and additional needs and members of the Traveller community are put on these reduced timetables. Two weeks ago, a mother from a halting site came to me in tears. Her little boy has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD. She was so upset as she told me that the teacher kept saying to her that he would have to leave the school. The child goes in at 8.50 a.m. and is back out at 10.30 a.m. - this is no word of a lie - and at that point his school day is completed.

I will contact Ms Cullen through the Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community. I do not want to say any more at this point because the focus of this committee is on children with special needs-----