Michael Moynihan (Cork North-West, Fianna Fail)

On universal design, the planning and building unit in the Department of education is looking very seriously at all the proposals that come into it. The first thing we are looking at now is what is the special education provision within a new campus or a repurposed building. We have to make sure of this when we are building. There is no point in building physical buildings that are not going to meet the needs of all our children. If we are true to Article 24 of the UN convention, we have to be very mindful that any money being spent on school buildings into the future also considers special education.