Michael Moynihan (Cork North-West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is no policy change this year on that. There is collaboration between the schools. It is something we need to explore very carefully between the special schools such that we get an understanding of what is within their schools. There is no policy change in that no child within a special school will have that place taken off them. That is the first thing. It is also important that we understand the complexity of need within the schools. There will be further collaboration and consultation between the Department, the NCSE and those schools before there will be any changes of any description, as I understand it.