Jen Cummins (Dublin South Central, Social Democrats)

I recently had a correspondence with someone recently and would like a bit a clarity on an issue. When students are in a special school and they reach 18 years of age, is that the cut-off point? Do they have to leave or can they finish their course? If they have to go when they are 18 or when their course finishes, what is the pathway for those students to go to further education or work and so on? There are situations where they age out but it does not necessarily mean they have finished their course. What is their pathway? It is great that we can get these children into schools and keep them there, but what do they afterwards?