Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth
Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion
2:00 am
Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
I will probably speak on the same lines. On the new allocation of special classes for 2025-26, I think just over 1% and 2.3% of special classes are allocated for children with mild and moderate general learning disabilities. Is that discrepancy the same issue? Is it connected with the 2024 circular? Is there a move away from providing those specific types of special classes? How does that relate to the real move in terms of the proposal for special school places for mild and moderate general learning disabilities?
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