Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)

I thank the Deputy and the Minister of State. Before we move on to round 2 if people want to come back in, I will make some very brief comments.

Deputy Kehoe mentioned the issue of therapy dogs in schools. That is something we should be progressing as best we can. My local school, Corpus Christi, has a dog called Uni. It is fantastic to see how the dog interacts with everybody who comes into the school, especially the children and those with special needs. It is positive. It would be good to see that rolled out. I understand St. Michael's school in Limerick has one as well. I understand that is working really well there.

The Minister of State also said, on the issue of assessment of needs, that it is broken and I agree with her. I think I speak for most people on the committee, if not everybody, when I say that the review that is taking place must ensure that the guarantees that families and children have are protected. I would imagine, without pre-empting anything we put into any of our documents or reports, that will be a feature in that. Unless the Minister of State wants to comment briefly on that, we will move on to round 2.