Fiona O'Loughlin (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is completely fine. My apologies. I had the opportunity to listen to the opening statements. I was quite surprised when I saw the figure of 38,055 Irish young people under the age of 19 who have some type of visual impairment. That is significant. It is quite high. Obviously, we need to do all we can to try to ensure that they can reach their potential in education, socialisation and living their lives.

The key issues for me are around the summer provision programme. That is highly important in helping any of our young people who have challenges. It certainly can help make the September to June period a little easier, if that particular help is there. Will the witnesses address that, as we only have three minutes?

The issue of geographical disparity is also important.

We often talk about the postcode lottery in relation to people that have some type of challenge or disability. The witnesses might comment on those two things.