Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I meet that a lot when I visit schools. It is a very happy and positive story, and an enormous endorsement of the school.

I hear what Deputy Clarke is saying about the importance of ISL. We are very conscious of that and we are intent on driving that on as much as we possibly can. I want to reference the DCU bachelor in education for graduates of deaf and hearing schools, which is another positive. In other words, a transition should be available as well. A very strong body of work is being done around the transition from schools to further education, higher education or whatever the case might be. A body of work has been done around the ISL interpreters and there is more to be done there.

In terms of flexibility for ASD classes, I particularly hear what Deputy Crowe is saying about areas where parents have a child in one school and then have to go to the next school. There is flexibility and it does not have to be six if there is no facility within the area. The Deputy was specifically referencing where there might be one school in close proximity to another. The officials will revert to him about the two specific schools.