Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Discussion

Mr. John Kearney:

It is helpful but is also very necessary. With our colleagues in the Department and the tremendous school leaders around the country, we have been improving our timelines for how we are working towards that. We are moving quicker than we were at this time last year. We have more work to do and the school leaders have recommended that in an ideal world, there would be a two-year lead-in. That makes perfect sense and is a target we will be working towards to give the necessary assurance to individual schools and communities to allow them to prepare properly. Parents and young children also deserve that assurance.

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