Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth
Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion
2:00 am
Ms Andrea Feeney:
The number of students being accommodated because of vision impairments is approximately 350. It is small and they are a discrete cohort with particular needs because they are either blind or vision impaired. The difficulty in looking at it in a broader way is simply the numbers. How do we assess the eligibility of 36,000 students? We cannot just say we will provide additional time-----
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