Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education
6:00 pm
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
It would make sense to keep it under constant review.
The school inclusion model seems to be the way to do it. Logic, intuition and everything else would say that, and the evidence backs that up. The big issue I have across the board is that we have never sat down properly and asked how we best use the resources we have as regards these therapists, of which we will not have all that we need. How do we back it up with assistive technology? It can be used by the kids themselves, their parents, teachers, SNAs and everyone else. It means that everybody has that information in front of them and has the ability to gen up, as we all do. Even occasionally, from time to time, I forget stuff, so it would be very handy if I have it on the phone or whatever. It is a case of when we have that argument and we do that. I know there is a wider issue beyond this related to how assessments are carried out and the whole issue of assessments of need, but could we even just concentrate on getting our best bang from buck from therapies?
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