Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would have thought that was the case so I am glad Mr. Kearney gave me that answer.

I will move to the school inclusion model, SIM. We all know the issues and we know we are not going to be able to deliver, particularly in the very short term, on all those positions that do not exist for CDNTs. We have all heard of the issues of CDNTs and areas where we cannot get assessments carried out, never mind the therapies that cannot be delivered. It is about how quickly it can be done. I know what Mr. Kearney is saying about how in a perfect world, that would work alongside the CDNT, primary care and whatever else, but it is about putting the services and therapies where the need is among the kids, but not only the kids. We need to do it as best as can engage parents but even more, it is about teachers and special needs assistants, SNAs. Every time I say this, I have to include the caveat that I am not asking them to be occupational therapists or speech and language therapists, SLTs. However, the best of them are already trying to use the best practice. We are talking about reinforcement, the use of technologies and all the rest of it, and anything we can do while still trying to ensure we rectify the fact that we do not have as many people as we need and are not training enough people. We have to fix that piece. It is about how quickly we can get this done across the board.